My films usually start with an idea that I get while walking the streets. For example, I got the idea for 'Guard Dog' when I was walking in the park and I saw a dog barking at a bird.

To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.

When we make films, the approach we take is visually different. The angles we use, for example, that all fold in with the music. The advantage we have is that I begin scoring inside my head when I'm thinking what the mood will be, and how I'm shooting will play off of that.

He's a terrific leader who barely says a thing; he leads more by example and is one of the hardest working kids we have.

There are several ways we can know what a dog, a bird or, indeed, any other organism can see, for example either by looking at the structure of the eye and comparing it with other species, or by behavioural tests.

In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.