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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
Dawn
Day
Done
Like
Look
Midnight
Moved
Now
Once
Other
Set
Show
Shows
Started
Then
Up
Warming
Where
You
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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
Because
Complicated
Could
Fast
Going
Help
Pace
Sound
Stories
Story
Storytelling
Terms
Thought
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Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Certainly
Dark
Exist
I Think
Impulses
Me
Most
People
Think
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Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.
~ Stephen Hopkins
About
Choices
Each
Environment
Feel
Going
Hearing
How
Look
Make
Own
Signature
Sound
Story
Tells
Want
Where
You
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Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Bad
Bad Guys
Everyone
Going
Good
Guys
Honestly
Part
Play
Pretend
Try
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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
Always
Around
Available
Cameras
Characters
Crew
Directed
Documentary
Felt
Follow
Light
Pilot
Premise
Reality
Screens
Should
Sound
Split
Suit
Using
Were
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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
Face
Farm
Had
Masks
Me
Night
One-Night
People
Shooting
Tent
Waiting
Walked
Wearing
Were
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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
After
All Things
Allure
Around
Blew
Done
Effects
Had
Lose
Many
Monsters
Nothing
Running
Special
Special Effects
Things
Those
Times
Up
While
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I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Adult
Being
Editing
Emotional
Emotional Life
Inside
Life
Me
Prevents
Stupid
System
Which
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I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Audience
Emotional
Film
Make
Sophisticated
Wanted
Wider
Wider Audience
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I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Always
Been
Bit
Done
Freak
Movies
Sound
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If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Out
People
Sync
Things
Well
Work
Work Out
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It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Able
Been
Exciting
Forward
Go
Like
People
Saying
Should
Stuff
Without
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It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Another
Helps
Last
Minutes
More
Rare
Scene
Scenes
Sound
Than
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Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Away
Easier
Gene
Knew
Knowing
Made
Morgan
Much
Mystery
Playing
Put
Roles
Script
Some
Those
Took
Were
Who
Writing
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There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Film
Made
Make
Preview
Wanted
Were
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There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Attempt
Audience
Choice
Made
Manipulate
Our
Our Choice
Start
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To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Able
Actor
Me
Process
Rely
Simple
Very
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We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Angeles
Days
Double
Episodes
Los
Los Angeles
Shoot
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We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.
~ Stephen Hopkins
Lot
Music
None
Others
Shows
Some
Source
Use
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