How do you get hundreds of extras to behave like zombies? Take them to school. When news broke that Zack Snyder was tackling another zombie movie, my heart leaped. I think directors who come off big franchises need palate cleansers that take them back to what they love about directing so they can access their roots. For Zack Snyder, he has the opportunity to take all his blockbuster lessons and apply them to the genre that helped him break in from music videos. One of the biggest lessons he learned was how to handle massive streams of extras. For Army of the Dead, Snyder was really the general of this army. So how do you handle all these people behaving like zombies? Some schooling is required. Zack Snyder and his wife and producing partner, Deborah Snyder, recently spoke to the Boston Herald about the 200 extras involved in the film. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 19 May, 2021