By: Katherine Melbourne S3B
Avatar (2009), directed by James Cameron, has made the most money out of ticketing sales since the movie Titanic (1997), also made by James Cameron. It has been twelve years since that happened and Avatar has been the most watched film ever.
The colorful world of Pandora is definitely an eye-catching sight and everyone wonders what kind of technology it took to make this world that’s very different from our own. In fact, James Cameron had to invent the technology to make his movie as eye-striking and bright as it is. It took four years and a rough total of four-hundred million dollars. He hired some technicians from 20th Century Fox, gave them a lot of money and told them to figure out a way to make the world that we know today as the mystical Pandora.
It was very difficult to make the world of Pandora, and there are so many little details put into it that at first glance, we don’t notice them. For instance, everything in and on Pandora has what is called a ‘bio-luminescent’ quality. For example, at night, when anything walks on the grass, the small area of grass they just stood on will glow for a second or two. Such little details add to the wonder and beauty of this made-up world. To add to the quality of the film, the story line is easy to follow. It gradually gives us information to the point where we know the whole background story; for example, the war with the humans.
The beauty of this made-up world is amazing and is certainly eye-catching, but perhaps a little too amazing. There have been cases where the beauty and colors of Pandora have actually caused depression in some people. Some people realize that Earth will never be quite as beautiful as Pandora and that is the centre of most of the depression cases. To that, James Cameron said, “If this movie is causing you depression now, you were not happy before.” Nevertheless, he has also promised to make a sequel to Avatar to calm those people.
When making the 3-D version of Avatar he wanted the illusion of reality, but he didn’t want to have items intentionally thrown at the screen for a 3-D effect. All he wanted to do was add a 3D affect to the normal movie, so that he didn’t make the film cheesy by throwing stuff at the screen to try to make people see that it is a 3-D movie. Instead, James Cameron gives each item a certain distance in the screen and he also give each item certain clarity in the screen. When we look at things, each thing has a distance it is from your eye and clarity depending on what you are focusing on. That is what he did with his movie.
James Cameron has won multiple awards as well as money for his master-piece movie. He’s won a total of nine nominations and a total of six Oscars that he has won. All in all, Avatar was a very successful movie and it will go down in movie history, if it hasn’t already.
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