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Just going along with this, what I did, or what I do is I imagine not being myself seeing it, but imagine somebody else who's seeing it for the first time.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Along Being Being Myself Did Else First First Time Going Imagine Just Myself Seeing Somebody Time

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Steven and I have worked together a lot and I'm far ahead of the curve than most people in knowing what he wants, but he knows far more than I know about what's important for the story. So, most of the changes he will make will involve story changes.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: About Changes Curve Far He Important Involve Know Knowing Knows Lot Make More Most People Steven Story Than Together Wants Will Worked Ahead

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And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Also More One Way Something Than Trust Way

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Because you're telling a story, and I'm sure people fifty years ago would tell the same story differently if they were telling it to you today. Because the time is different. The film is the work of today's audience.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Audience Because Different Differently Fifty Film People Same Same Story Story Sure Tell Telling Time Today Were Work Would Years Years Ago You

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It's harder for me to work on a Forrest Gump kind of movie, where everything is invisible.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Everything Harder Invisible Kind Me Movie Where Work

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Yes, if I had it my way I would do all the shots myself - I used to do that when I was just a cameraman, an operator - but there's no way; you can't do that anymore.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Anymore Cameraman Had Just Myself Operator Shots Used Way Would Yes You

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What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Afraid Away Because Being Being Afraid Down First First Thing Get People Shot Show The First Thing Thing Want Which Work You

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I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Direction Done Early Enough Going Tell Wrong Wrong Direction I Can

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So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Character Clearly Communicate Design Dramatically Few Frames Got Just Motion Movie Much Same Same Things Shot Something Things Work You

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I'm always reaching for something we really haven't done, and War of the Worlds has a lot of this sort of documentary look to it and first-person camera view that is a new thing for me. I've done some stuff like that before, but nothing like the extent of this and digitally.

~Dennis Muren

Topics: Always Before Camera Documentary Done Extent First-Person Like Look Lot Me New New Thing Nothing Reaching Really Some Something Sort Stuff Thing View War Worlds

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: November 1st, 1946

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