“My producer would love it if I did storyboards, but I never know how many shots I need in advance. We rehearse on the set with the actors, and during the rehearsal I discover what shots I want. I don’t film rapidly, and I don’t do a lot of takes. I don’t waste film. However, I think out the sound track well ahead of shooting—even before writing the script—and it gives me the grounding for the visuals. I try first to define the sonic atmosphere. I find the sound in most films disturbingly loud and disruptive […] Sound is what connects the film, the spectator, and the director.”
Lucrecia Martel (pictured during the making of Zama)
