James Cameron and Russell Carpenter break down signature scenes from their film ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ from underwater adventures to an intense third-act showdown.
, to adjustments after the Weta visual effects team has done their work. Thanks to a suite of tools called Gazebo, Cameron and Carpenter could view a sort of rough cut of the live-action filming merged with motion capture work they’d already done, meshing the two technological worlds during filming and allowing them to see their characters interacting in front of them. It took “a lot of voodoo” to get it there, as Cameron puts it.
Below, Carpenter and Cameron break down the creation of some of the film’s signature scenes, from underwater adventures to the intense third-act showdown between the Na’vi and their human attackers. Some of the process is complex—virtual lighting grids, giant lights standing in for the sun, actors filming their performances twice—and some involves techniques as old as cinema itself.
particularly when the daily eclipse creates a dramatic nighttime showdown in the third act. Here, it’s a gentle backdrop for the Sully family as they fly to find a new home—but as with everything in anWhat did you use for your main sun elements, Russ? I can't remember.Well, it really depended. We ran out of space on that huge set where the Sea Dragon [the large ship at the center of the final action sequence] was. So we worked with one very strong element, it's called an ARRI Max.
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