30 photos that will change your perspective on filmmaking

Cecil B. DeMille directed 'The Ten Commandments' (1956). DeMille picked Charlton Heston for Moses's role because he resembled Michelangelo's statue of Moses in Rome, Italy. (Cinematography: Loyal Griggs)

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Alfred Hitchcock directed 'Psycho' (1960). Hitchcock loved the score written by Bernard Herrmann that who doubled the composer's salary to $34,501. According to him, thirty-three per cent of the effect of the movie was due to the music. (Photo: Eugene Cook)

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Stanley Kubrick directed '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968). The director calculated that it would take one person thirteen years to hand-draw and paint all the mattes needed to insert the assorted spacecraft into the starry backgrounds. So, he hired twelve other people and did the job in one year. (Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth)

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Steven Spielberg directed 'Jaws' (1975). According to Spielberg, Williams's score contributes to the movie's success. (Photo: Louis Goldman)

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Steven Spielberg directed 'Jaws' (1975). When the director first read the novel, he was rooting for the shark because the human characters were so unlikeable. (Photo: Louis Goldman)

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