Snyder’s golden rules

I
don’t think we ran enough WATCHMEN
stories on the site this week, so here’s one more for ya! Hehehe….
The awesome folks over at MovieMaker.com
(stay tuned to our site next week for yet another great deal on
their magazine) sat down with WATCHMEN director Zack Snyder
recently, but didn’t ask him all of the typical questions. In fact,
they specifically asked him about his own "golden rules"
of directing (a very cool ongoing feature in the mag), some of which
we have listed for you below, and the rest of which you can find
right HERE.
For anyone living in a tree or under a rock, WATCHMEN opens wide
across your country and mine today!

1. There are No Rules.
Every job, every story, every shot is different. And each time you
do it, it’s like doing it for the first time

2. The Will to Suffer.
This is a phrase I got from my friend Marc Twight. He used it in
reference to mountain climbing, saying that the person who can
endure the most pain will be the one who succeeds in the end. That
applies to moviemaking as well.

3. Your Point of View.
It’s the thing that is not right, not wrong. It’s the thing that
can’t be put into a technical box. It’s the tone and texture of
a story. It’s the individual way of looking at things that makes
us different. It’s why we go to the movies.

4. Storyboard.
Storyboards are not for everyone. As a matter of fact, I think some
movies would be seriously damaged by the storyboarding process. But
for me, it is how I make a movie; it is how I structure a scene.
It’s not a shot list, it is an edited sequence. And although it
can all change later, it is a good place to start.

5. Movies are Pictures.
For me, visual style has the same importance as story, as character
and as the environment. In the end, a movie is a series of pictures
and I try to be aware of that at all times.

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