We should try in vain to describe a man’s character, but let his acts be collected and an idea of the character will be presented to us.
“Style in an artistic film is the product of many different components, such as the play of rhythm and composition, the mutual tension of color surfaces, the interaction of light and shadow, the measured gliding of the camera. All these things, in association with the conception that a director has of his material, determines his style…”
Carl Theodor Dreyer