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Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director - whether it's in slow motion or whether it's quick cut - or... the choice of music behind the close-up or the costume that you're wearing or the makeup.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Actor Behind Camera Choice Close-Up Costume Cut Different Different Ways Director Down Enhanced Films Makeup Million Motion Music Performance Quick Shot Slow Slow Motion Ways Wearing Whether You

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Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain and think and be believed in a close-up, as much as anything else.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Able About Actually Anything Anything Else Around Being Believed Capture Close-Up Contain Doing Else Everybody Lots Movement Much Performance Think Thinks

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My close-up was magnificent!

~Bela Lugosi

Topics: Close-Up Magnificent

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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

~Charlie Chaplin

Topics: Close-Up Comedy Life Life Is A Seen Tragedy

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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Big Big Picture Close-Up Everything Forgetting Look Picture Trick

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I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in a close-up. There's less mystery.

~David Duchovny

Topics: Close-Up Forceful Get Information Kind Less Like Lot Mind Mystery See Them You

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'Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Again Been Certainly Close-Up Cry Face Felt Final Gene House Kelly Known Life Movie My Life Opening Play Purple Rose Sam Same Shot Watching

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You have to learn to express differently. Whenever I do TV or film, I ask if I can see the shot to see, to see if it's full body or a close-up. That helps me understand how to communicate.

~Denis O'Hare

Topics: Ask Body Close-Up Communicate Differently Express Film Full Helps How Learn Me See Shot Tv Understand Whenever You I Can

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When you're shooting with long lenses, even if you're shooting a close-up, you feel the air, the distance between the camera and the subject.

~Emmanuel Lubezki

Topics: Air Between Camera Close-Up Distance Even Feel Lenses Long Shooting Subject You

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I don't like, and I've never been very good at, close-up shots. As soon as you have the camera right there in front of you, it feels like you're in a different reality from the person you are acting with; you lose any real connection with them.

~Eve Best

Topics: Acting Any Been Camera Close-Up Connection Different Feels Front Good Like Lose Never Person Real Reality Right Shots Soon Them Very You

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