I believe “practice makes perfect”

“The Shining” is one of my favourite films of Stanley Kubrick’s, the reason why is that I like Jack Nicholson crazy talented acting for sure, but another reason is Kubrick had taken this shot for 127 times to make it perfect. That’s not the point to discuss how great or crazy of Kubrick to hold the Guinness World Records of “Most takes in a Dialogue Scene” with the 127 takes, but he kept perfecting the film persistently until he was satisfied.

Although it is arguable when he pushed too much on actors to make them felt stressed on set, for example Shelley Duvall, Wendy in this scene, she became physically ill by the stress from Stanley Kubrick on set. Of course, I won’t take this of my methodology on my filmmaking, but his insistency of making his films become perfect. I believe practice makes perfect, most of the people including me could not shoot perfectly with only one time. We cannot avoid to practice making shot better and better. Besides, we might find something better or more interesting than my ideas during practicing and shooting, I may not make a shot looks perfect, but I believe I can make it better and better.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/53389/12-stanley-kubrick-strategies-perfecting-film

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/237-facts-about-stanley-kubricks-the-shining-20130326?page=2