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.

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-Joy

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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