Mad Max: Creating the Apocalypse - In Conversation with George Miller | Digital Season

Mad Max creator George Miller takes us deep within the Wasteland and through Fury Road's 12-year journey from the storyboard to screen, along with co-writer and illustrator Brendan McCarthy and co-writer and dramaturge Nico Lathouris. Moderator: Ben Marshall, GRAPHIC co-curator and Sydney Opera House Head of Contemporary Music. Chapters 00:00:00 Mad Max: Fury Road — Trailer 00:02:36 Introduction by Ben Marshall 00:07:56 The Meeting of Minds 00:15:36 The Imaginative Life 00:16:40 Greenlighting Fury Road & The Collaborative Process 00:19:31 Nico Lathouris — From Storyboard to Script 00:23:54 Brendan McCarthy — The Spirit of Punk Rock 00:27:41 George Miller — Why Stories Matter 00:33:01 Why make Fury Road? 00:41:37 Mad Max as a Visual Poem 00:45:09 Design Principals 00:47:41 Details in Symbolism 00:50:36 Audience Responses 00:54:27 The World of Mad Max 00:56:10 Rigour in the chaos 01:01:32 George Miller on Digital Cinema 01:06:09 Imagining a Scene 01:12:41 How New Filmmaking Techniques Changed Fury Road 01:15:35 Was the dystopia of Mad Max set in Australia? 01:18:03 Brendan McCarthy - Comics vs Storyboarding 01:22:36 The Nexus of Character __ SUBSCRIBE to Sydney Opera House: https://soh.online/Subscribe Sydney Opera House is an Australian icon and one of the busiest performing arts centres in the world. On this channel you will find performances, behind the scenes content and stories from beneath the sails. With over 40 shows a week at the Sydney Opera House there's something for everyone. We’re not-for-profit and raise over 90% of costs from non-government sources. Learn more at https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/give Find us on Facebook:   / sydneyoperahouse   Twitter:   / sydoperahouse   and Instagram:   / sydneyoperahouse   What's On at Sydney Opera House: http://bit.ly/SOHWhatsOn