AVATAR

Posted by Manuele Trullu On January - 24 - 2010

Avatar is the new masterpiece by James Cameron. Looking at the video "behind the scenes," we are immediately made aware of the big and hard work that lies behind it. The project originated in 1995, known as "Project 880". The same Cameron left it on stand-by devoting his time to "TITANIC" while believing that the time and the technology of period were not ready for a similar project, then, in late 2006 Cameron had announced plans to postpone the film until 2009 to improve the aesthetics of special effects.

"Avatar is a futuristic tale set on a planet 200 years in the future; an old-fashioned jungle adventure with an environmental conscience that aspires to a mythic level of storytelling. The aspiration is obviously to tell a mythological story. "For the film I had to create an entire alien culture and language. To make it credible I need completely photorealistic CGI characters, and they'll get by using the fledgling technology of Performance Capture, which we are developing now. I spent the last 14 months working on the Performance-Capture: the actors interpret their characters, and then we animate them. What I always try to achieve is something mentally intriguing. I'll spend many months completing the visual effects for the film, and because of that it won't be released before summer 2009. It 'a challenge, and that is why I decided to do it." – James Cameron declared.

Also in 2006, Weta Digital signed a contract with 20th Century Fox for the realization of special effects for the film. The film was released in the traditional 2D format, but has also seen wide deployment in 3D and IMAX 3D. Cameron , who is a strong supporter of 3D as the future of the cinema, said that watching Avatar in three dimensions would be a richer experience since the film has been specially designed to be watched in that format. The final budget has been declared to be over 300 million dollars for production costs and another 150 million or more for promotion and marketing. To date the film has grossed more than 1600 millions of dollars across the globe . In 2006, Cameron said that if Avatar was successful, he would probably make two sequels of the movie. In response to international success achieved, Cameron has confirmed the real possibility of turning the two sequels.

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One Response to “AVATAR”

  1. I would appreciate more visual materials, to make your blog more attractive, but your writing style really compensates it. But there is always place for improvement

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