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Stephen Hopkins
Jamaican
Director
Born:
1958
Been
Film
Made
Make
Me
People
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If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.
Stephen Hopkins
Work
People
Sync
Out
Well
Work Out
Things
I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.
Stephen Hopkins
Life
Me
Editing
Stupid
System
Inside
Prevents
Emotional
Adult
Emotional Life
Being
Which
Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys.
Stephen Hopkins
Good
Try
Honestly
Everyone
Bad
Pretend
Bad Guys
Guys
Part
Going
Play
It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another.
Stephen Hopkins
Rare
Minutes
More
Scene
Scenes
Another
Sound
Than
Helps
Last
24 isn't like other shows, where you set the look once and you're done. The show started at midnight, then moved to a pre-dawn look, and now we're at dawn and we're warming up the day.
Stephen Hopkins
Day
You
Other
Once
Dawn
Like
Look
Up
Done
Moved
Where
Midnight
Warming
Then
Show
Shows
Now
Started
Set
Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling.
Stephen Hopkins
Complicated
Thought
Could
Terms
Because
Sound
Going
Stories
Pace
Story
Storytelling
Help
Fast
I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.
Stephen Hopkins
Birthday
Me
Waiting
People
Face
Farm
Wearing
One-Night
Had
Masks
Tent
Were
Walked
Shooting
Night
I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while.
Stephen Hopkins
Lose
Nothing
Monsters
Those
Running
All Things
Had
Allure
Blew
Around
Up
Effects
Times
Done
After
While
Special
Special Effects
Many
Things
I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.
Stephen Hopkins
Reality
Light
Pilot
Crew
Characters
Follow
Directed
Split
Documentary
Around
Felt
Always
Sound
Were
Cameras
Screens
Available
Should
Premise
Using
Suit
It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.
Stephen Hopkins
Saying
People
Able
Exciting
Stuff
Like
Without
Go
Been
Should
Forward
There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.
Stephen Hopkins
Made
Preview
Make
Were
Wanted
Film
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