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In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of everyday life. But it does it so up close and so effortlessly that it has the effect of elevating the intimacy of the story to a grand scale.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Celebration Cinematography Close Courage Does Effect Effortlessly Everyday Everyday Life Grand Intimacy Life Records Scale Small Story Tree Tree Of Life Up

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Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it, but the reason there's art is that it tries to bring some kind of understanding of all the suffering and joys and pain that we go through. Storytelling brings some value to it.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Art Bring Brings Go Joys Kind Know Match May Movies Pain Reality Reason Some Story Storytelling Suffering Telling Through Tries Understanding Value You

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You tend to compose things more in the middle of frame in 3-D than you would in a conventional frame. You can really see composition in 2-D but in 3-D your composition is much more complex. Everything has to be artificially enhanced. But you do gain something else with 3-D: you have a sense of space and heightened reality.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Artificially Complex Compose Composition Conventional Else Enhanced Everything Frame Gain Middle More Much Reality Really See Sense Something Something Else Space Tend Than Things Would You Your

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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Absorb Believe Brought Chinese Class Just Listen Say Should Silent Speaks Teacher They Say Up You

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Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Big Choosing Epic Images Most Nature Off People Show Show Off Subjects Sweeping Think War

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The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Bit Composition Every Frank Great Had Intimate Life Lighting Like Makes Most Much Must Nurturing Personality Photographer Photographers Quality Reality Really Reveal Robert Some Special Subjects Understanding Walker

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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.

~Caleb Deschanel

Topics: Actor Atmosphere Brighter Even Great Right Shine

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: September 21st, 1944

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