AVATER

Notes on Avater:
- Shown in 3D  (break through in 3D films)
- Critically aclaimed
- Uses special effect/special camera
- Fantasy/ Science fiction genre
- Director = James Cameron (James Cameron had the idea to create a film like Avater for 15 years)
- Auteur Theory = Director (well known)
- Highest grossing film

Production team:
- 2oth century fox films
- Dune Entertainment
- Lighstorm Entertainment
- Ingenious film partners
- Giant Studios

Making AVATER:
- James Cameron was a CEO (boss) of a visual effect company
- Dreamed of making Avater his whole life
- Brother Termiate (performance capture, practising for Avater, 2001)
- Avater written in 1995
- 2oth centuary fox, big production (funded Avater)
- Director wanted the audience to "be an avater"
- Setting based on real settings around the world, for example China
- Director was being scienctifically accurate
- Wanted the audience to learn while watching the film
- Risk factor in production, WETA waited for Avater to finish
- Gone from having a minimulistic set to building the sets and having live scenes/action (costing money to build replicas of the set)
- "Almost 2 films diffrently made" said one of the actors. (CGI+human)
- Character learning how to fly helicopters
- Been developing a 3D camera since Terminator. (Fusion camera's used. Shoots actors live in 3D)
- 3D would of seen in post-production but they can see it straight after the scene they had just shoot.
- Pro's and Con's t live actiob and CGI
- Monitor camera see's all reference camera's so they can see what shots and angles would be better.
- Send rough cuts to WETA= CGI makers
- Studying animals for facial captures such as lions
- Over a year for them to animate a small section, Feb 2007-May 2008. 10-11 shots
- 26,000 shots over all
- Cutted out 40 mins of the film, they didnt want the film to be long.
- Need starr appeal for the film to be recognised well
- SIGOURNY WEAVER = Star of Avater
- Jan 2007 film made finally
- Got an lingustic to come in and create a whole new language for the flm.
- Method acting = alot of money. Achery,Dance and movement coach needed to help the actors
- Refrence camera and Virtual camera used
- Inifivity tech
- Virtual camera brings the CGI and acting together
- Refrence camera = back up camera
- changing the way films and CGI is used

Production,Distribution, Marketting and Exhibition:
- Production: Making films e.g 20th centurary fox, studio
- Money!
- Need green light

Distribution :
- 20th fox normally distrubute their own film
- Smaller production studios would need someone to distribute their film. They might even get a larger known comopany to distrubute their film as people would tend to watch it more.

Marketting and Exhibition:
- Trailers and things to advertise their movie.