American - Director | April 15, 1977 -
A lot of cinematography is intuition. It's an art, not a formula.
Reed Morano
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As a cinematographer, I was always attracted to stories that have the potential to be told with as few words as possible.
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I know how a cinematographer wants to be treated by their director, and so I already have a leg up in that department, and I know what would be insulting to say to a DP because I've been one for so long.
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Being a cinematographer taught me a lot. I got to expedite the visions of many directors and learned how to navigate many styles and worlds.
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A lot of male cinematographers stick a pillow to their stomachs so they have somewhere to rest their elbows while shooting.
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A sad truth I learned as a DP starting out was that it doesn't matter how beautiful I make it if the story and performance are not there. That should be number one.
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The instant feeling I had after I gave birth was you couldn't get that baby in my hands fast enough.
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In everything I do, the aesthetics are driven by the emotion. However I can do that with a camera, whether it's a long lens or a wide lens, I'll do.
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I always like to do sound design, and in movies, you have more leeway with that, but I don't really notice that sound design is being used in TV other than just location sound.
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We moved around every winter. I don't know. Maybe my dad was, like, on the run from the law.
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Whenever a woman wields a gun in a film, it ends up looking like they're trying to be sexy rather than they actually know what they're doing.
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No, I'm not doing 'Star Wars.'
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