Well, I think the best analogy is music, Miller told io9 in Los Angeles last week.
Its kind of visual music.
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Just another day on the set of Furiosa.Image: Warner Bros.
If you prefer to read about it, heres what Miller said.
Well, I think the best analogy is music.
Its kind of visual music.
Miller with Taylor-JoyImage: Warner Bros.
What its got in common with music is that its time-based and therefore rhythm-based.
Theres an unfolding in it.
There has to be a causal relationship between one note and the next, one chord to the next.
Otherwise theres no progression or flow to it.
Its exactly the same with film.
So they make up, if you like, a full passage, a full sentence.
And he said, Oh, you know I see the beats and whatever very quickly.
And I realize now thats what [composers] are doing all the time.
So an action scene is all about the character.
Its another way for characters to interact.
See those rhythms and characters in full effect when Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opens May 24.
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