1. In order to help the actors into the role better, director James Cameron took actors and shooting team to Hawaii, in the local forest and jungle experience the wild tribes, such as the bonfire, grilled fish. But these experiences are to be carried out in the daytime, evening cast members live in hotels (four seasons).
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2. Avatar (Avatar) and there are five fingers/toes, and his eyebrows; But the navier people (Na 'vi) hands and feet are only four fingers/toes, no eyebrows.
3. Remember the movie Dr Grace's avatar wore a Stanford T-shirt? Dr Grace actor, Sigourney Weaver, indeed, in 1971 graduated from Stanford university, majored in English literature). By the way, she was born in 1949, the year is 61 years old! Can't really see... And she stood there are 1 meter 8!!!!
【 found everyone the most incredible, so additional query Sigourney Weaver were stunned by the background, details see below comment on the eighth floor of 】
4. The navier people (Na 'vi) language, entirely by linguists Paul Frommer (), a professor at the university of southern California want to come out! Director James Cameron asked him to design a kind of language, the requirement is that both can make all actors feel that sounds simple, and sounds and any language in the world are not similar. Linguists Paul Frommer finally came up with about 500 words altogether.
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5. Although never told this story happened in the movie in which a year, but when the hero Jake video like a diary, on display: 2154. (wow, really didn't pay attention to, carefully to see you next time!)
6. "avatar" in just 17 days, will exceed 1 billion dollars at the box office in the whole world, is currently the fastest record of the cinema.
7. IMAX is Canadian companies. It's a pity that you are generally associated with the high-tech and the United States. Also, most of the special effects in the movie are made by a New Zealand company "the Lord of the rings movies.
(thanks for bean friend tking1000 correct, "effects of the avatar, the global number of special effects company involved in almost all.. Including industrial light &magic, digital domain, WETA, etc...")
8. Jake said the last paragraph of video diary (August 24) that day is his birthday, but it may not belong to the "human" of his birthday, but his rebirth, become a member of the tsumongwi, become a real navi tribe member's birthday.
, 22, 1977 - year - old truck driver James Cameron and a man went to see Star Wars. Friends revel in the movie cannot extricate oneself; But Mr Cameron boxing to vent to leave the cinema. He is a college dropout, transport of orange county in southern California driving school meals all day long. But free time, he painted tiny model also write a science fiction - the story of distant galaxies. He now faces a frustrating reality: his dream of a world of fantasy has been Lucas into life. "Star Wars" should have is his work.
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It made him angry, so he bought some cheap photographic equipment and try to restore Lucas shooting process. He played in the sitting room the bright light of dazzling, let the camera along a rail rolling practice push-pull photography, all this makes his wife angry. His days wandering by the university of southern California library, read books all related effects. He became, in his own words, "completely obsessed."
He soon realized that he needed some money, so he persuaded a group of local dentists, for his so-called Cameron version of Star Wars made a $20000 investment. He engage a friend wrote a play called "the alternation of generations, with all your money on a 12 minute fragments of shooting film, highlight the alien robots and a woman of operating a large number of skeleton between the single system fight scenes. (the skeleton warrior is Cameron carefully from the assembly models.)
The original plan is to use the clip won the studio, and then take a full length film. But sold well in Hollywood a few months later, Cameron left empty-handed, had to compete with Lucas ambitions on the back burner temporarily.
Had to do some valuable effort: under b-movie king Roger corman, part-time job. Cameron was employed for the film "battle of the century to build a miniature spacecraft, he used his way up, later became Ronald koeman's virtual visual effect is one of the experts. In 1981, he ascended to the director, supervision and made a bad horror movie, piranha II: breeding.
One night, after opening the piranha editing will, Cameron fell asleep with a fever, and dreamed that he saw a robot run toward a terrified woman. Spectacle frames. Within a year, Cameron on the basis of the dream scenario completed a script, about a robot assassins across time to kill the mother of the future rebel leader.
This time, he no longer need a dentist. The story quite convincing, he was able to persuade a small film financing company capital contribution by he directed the film. When the movie came out in 1984, every laid the "terminator" Arnold Schwarzenegger's superstar status, and James Cameron, the former truck driver, has become a top director.
In the next 10 years, Cameron helmed a series of stunning work, including "aliens" and "the abyss", "terminator 2: judgment day", and "true lies". The global film at the box office of $1.1 billion, brought enough clout to Cameron, he renewed his about creating an epic dream spark. Then in 1995, he wrote a 82 - page screenplay, local ball to bleak wasteland after a paralyzed soldier to a distant planet. That is called the alien world of Pandora is composed of, beauty (Na 'vi), the violent class Terran skin is blue, with the cat face, dragging reptiles tail, ten feet tall. Pandora's atmosphere is poisonous to human body, so the scientists genetically engineered na family, creating new species avatar -- with human consciousness, and can be completely controlled by the remote organisms. Cameron believes the movie "avatar" would be his time again. This is the complete the ship hit the iceberg small adventure and romance after making his first movie.
Titanic, of course, later became the most abundant harvest ever. It has won, including best picture, best director, 11 oscars. Cameron now can follow one's inclinations have to make a movie. So what did he do?
He disappeared.
12 years since then, Mr Cameron is not issued a Hollywood film. He recorded some underwater documentary and make some production, but largely him away from the public eye. During most of the time, he made few references to "avatar", nor how to disclose his shooting plan.
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But now, in the end, the return of the king. On December 18, avatar in cinema. This time, 55, Cameron today don't like the film "Titanic", built ocean-going ships in the gulf coast, so why the handful of big Hollywood director is taking so long time to make a movie? Part of the reason is: Lucas, George Lucas, is not easy. Cameron need to invent a whole set of film production technology, and promote the global theater equipment, full details of idea alien world. There are many need to worry about. To really understand why avatar available until long, we have to look back the making process of the "Titanic".
"People may forget, time really difficult ah." Cameron in malibu, California home private cinema accepted my interview. He looks much milder than the 1998 Academy Awards - long hair, and white hair, added to face clean-shaven. His famous nasty temper, however, still take in everything in a glance. At the beginning of the interview, I asked him, in the past ten years, what have you been doing? He said solemnly, "one or two other words not clear, and the way to listen to me slowly.
"Titanic, we've been estimates, we may lose much," and now back to look at it that fantastic at the box office, it is easy to forget that the Titanic was once predicted that box office. Film cost more than budget money - $100 million, a whole doubled, billed as the most expensive film ever. Main sponsor, 20th century fox studios, also put pressure on Mr Cameron, compression cost.
Cameron promised to give up the entire cost of the director and profit sharing, to control the cost. The release of the Titanic and missed the schedule on July 4th, seemed to be in trouble. Cameron on the edit table put a razor blade, with a note: the above film is successful, can use. "I only know that I made a $200 million love movies, and ending is almost all the people were killed. What the hell am I doing?" He said to a friend in private. "I may have to the new beginning of my career."
Hollywood industry magazine Variety called it "the biggest bet on" in the history of the cinema and questioned the fox company's ability to recover costs. "Everyone thinks film devastating to encounter failure," LeiSheng gini (Rae Sanchini,), Cameron made the company's former chairman, said.
Miraculously survived the Titanic iceberg, however, with the global box office revenue of $1.8 billion, among the highest earning film smoothly. "We suddenly from the bottom to the top," says gini. "Sudden success, each of us is a little bit at a loss, for Jim. He is exhausted.
Gini, however, still looking forward to big director can re open flag drum, make persistent efforts. Before Titanic, Cameron was filled with passion for avatar - after all, since 1977, making a blockbuster in outer space, has always been hehad dream. But now, he seems to be not a little bit of interest.
Part of his ambivalence originated from and digital company (DigitalDomain) discuss the results. Digital co., LTD., a special effects company was founded in 1993, Mr Cameron is one of the founders. He stated the avatar creation idea, shows the protagonists are about 10 inches tall aliens with blue skin, waist, legs strong. They must be lifelike, but you can't use special props. These aliens need to use computer design. But given the technology at that time, his team told him that this is not reality. The project need much time, money, and excellent computer design capabilities.
"If we were to do this, we will fail," one of the artists told him. "It can't be done. This technology doesn't exist."
Mr Cameron's relief. He doesn't like to bargain with actors, brokers. "They are nonsense." He wants to rest. At this moment, heaven fell pie, gigantic, splashing Cameron. Fox executives know that if they want to make more money, have to let the king happily Hollywood. Before so he give up the profit sharing agreement invalid, after the oscars, they gave him a check for tens of millions of dollars (it is said that Mr Cameron eventually got more than $75 million). Don't work with the money, he is the rest of my life, have spent enough.
"It is the money," Cameron said. "I can follow one's inclinations play."
And see how Cameron's game room. Micronesia, lurking in the near depth bomb left over from world war ii, this is not a joke, bombs are filled with explosives. In the summer of 2000, he had a 80 - foot ship chartering ships. Work with a group of partners, sinking into Japanese warships. Vincent. Pace (VincentPace), underwater photography expert, who participated in the Titanic and the deep. Pace to bring all of the equipment, expected to shoot in hd picture, but he soon discovered that Cameron has new ideas.
When they browse underwater filming scenes, Cameron suddenly asked pace, we can not make a camera "holy grail", a high-definition camera equipment, at the same time can play 2 d images and 3 d images? Pace wasn't sure. After all, he is not experts in the field, but he knows to watch traditional 3-d glasses of red, blue and white cheap paper. As is known to all, they are very inconvenient, and look for a long time, if there is no good calibration, the projector can cause headaches. Cameron believes that there must be a way to change. He is really want to talk about his idea to the next generation of cameras: carry, digital, high-resolution, 3-d imaging.
Invention of the camera is not easy, but Cameron decided to start from scratch. He mentioned a mysterious, long-simmering screening program in my mind, the audience as if on other planets. Cameron wants to make a really can let the audience see 3-d. Since there is no ideal 3-d camera, he must design a meet the requirements of the camera. Pace so he invited to participate in the Pacific Ocean underwater adventure, the opportunity to learn about the underwater cameras for 3-d camera for help. Perhaps his goal, seems a bit extreme, but the pace thinks this idea is very interesting, has agreed to participate in research and development of new camera. "The underwater tour, Jim specific goals, very interesting, but to me, it was kind of zhang two monks confused." Pace said.
Two months later, Cameron pace to buy a first class ticket from Los Angeles to Tokyo, about $17000. Soon they arrived at SONY's hi-def-camera division, and engineers face to face communication. Mainly is to help Cameron pace can persuade engineer, SONY will professional high-definition cameras on the lens and image sensor separated from the processor, and then, the lens and the heavy CPU separation, use cable connection. Traditional 3-d cameras around 450 pounds, and the improved camera, only 50 pounds, double lens imaging. The photographer is much more relaxed.
SONY agreed to build a new production line, but need to have a prototype. Developing pace. After three months, Perth put the lens in the camera, photographers can precisely control the 3-d image. He thought for a few actors to try it. But Cameron clearly has a new idea. He asked to Perth in a rented during world war ii P - 51 a filming equipment installed on the battle, while the pace in B - 17. Once the air starts, P - 51 pilot hoists.50-caliber machine guns, to pace - 17 B air-to-air missile launch, Cameron was immediately plunged into P - 51 behind the pilot. "This is my first time experience Jim type test," general pace said.
Three-dimensional imaging camera experimental effect is good, accurate, even for a long time, also does not have a headache. The pace that Cameron Johnny fontane avatar. However, the director with his new weapons again into the bottom of the sea 2.3 miles, the three-dimensional image of the film Titanic. This suggests that Mr Cameron temporarily don't want to start his "man adventure."
Adventure under the sea's partner is deep sea explorer Andrew white (AndrewWight), a brave australians. Ever survey underwater cave collapse, white brush with the great white shark, and salt water crocodiles confrontation. He felt that Mr Cameron's mission, a bit of trouble. When they advance along the east coast to the hurricane, think they should be white reversed course in time, to avoid the hurricane. But Cameron argues that this is an excellent chance to shoot "whirlpool" hurricane, very thrilling. Captain Russia vetoed Cameron's suggestion, have fled the scene, Cameron disappointed.
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2. Avatar (Avatar) and there are five fingers/toes, and his eyebrows; But the navier people (Na 'vi) hands and feet are only four fingers/toes, no eyebrows.
3. Remember the movie Dr Grace's avatar wore a Stanford T-shirt? Dr Grace actor, Sigourney Weaver, indeed, in 1971 graduated from Stanford university, majored in English literature). By the way, she was born in 1949, the year is 61 years old! Can't really see... And she stood there are 1 meter 8!!!!
【 found everyone the most incredible, so additional query Sigourney Weaver were stunned by the background, details see below comment on the eighth floor of 】
4. The navier people (Na 'vi) language, entirely by linguists Paul Frommer (), a professor at the university of southern California want to come out! Director James Cameron asked him to design a kind of language, the requirement is that both can make all actors feel that sounds simple, and sounds and any language in the world are not similar. Linguists Paul Frommer finally came up with about 500 words altogether.
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5. Although never told this story happened in the movie in which a year, but when the hero Jake video like a diary, on display: 2154. (wow, really didn't pay attention to, carefully to see you next time!)
6. "avatar" in just 17 days, will exceed 1 billion dollars at the box office in the whole world, is currently the fastest record of the cinema.
7. IMAX is Canadian companies. It's a pity that you are generally associated with the high-tech and the United States. Also, most of the special effects in the movie are made by a New Zealand company "the Lord of the rings movies.
(thanks for bean friend tking1000 correct, "effects of the avatar, the global number of special effects company involved in almost all.. Including industrial light &magic, digital domain, WETA, etc...")
8. Jake said the last paragraph of video diary (August 24) that day is his birthday, but it may not belong to the "human" of his birthday, but his rebirth, become a member of the tsumongwi, become a real navi tribe member's birthday.
, 22, 1977 - year - old truck driver James Cameron and a man went to see Star Wars. Friends revel in the movie cannot extricate oneself; But Mr Cameron boxing to vent to leave the cinema. He is a college dropout, transport of orange county in southern California driving school meals all day long. But free time, he painted tiny model also write a science fiction - the story of distant galaxies. He now faces a frustrating reality: his dream of a world of fantasy has been Lucas into life. "Star Wars" should have is his work.
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It made him angry, so he bought some cheap photographic equipment and try to restore Lucas shooting process. He played in the sitting room the bright light of dazzling, let the camera along a rail rolling practice push-pull photography, all this makes his wife angry. His days wandering by the university of southern California library, read books all related effects. He became, in his own words, "completely obsessed."
He soon realized that he needed some money, so he persuaded a group of local dentists, for his so-called Cameron version of Star Wars made a $20000 investment. He engage a friend wrote a play called "the alternation of generations, with all your money on a 12 minute fragments of shooting film, highlight the alien robots and a woman of operating a large number of skeleton between the single system fight scenes. (the skeleton warrior is Cameron carefully from the assembly models.)
The original plan is to use the clip won the studio, and then take a full length film. But sold well in Hollywood a few months later, Cameron left empty-handed, had to compete with Lucas ambitions on the back burner temporarily.
Had to do some valuable effort: under b-movie king Roger corman, part-time job. Cameron was employed for the film "battle of the century to build a miniature spacecraft, he used his way up, later became Ronald koeman's virtual visual effect is one of the experts. In 1981, he ascended to the director, supervision and made a bad horror movie, piranha II: breeding.
One night, after opening the piranha editing will, Cameron fell asleep with a fever, and dreamed that he saw a robot run toward a terrified woman. Spectacle frames. Within a year, Cameron on the basis of the dream scenario completed a script, about a robot assassins across time to kill the mother of the future rebel leader.
This time, he no longer need a dentist. The story quite convincing, he was able to persuade a small film financing company capital contribution by he directed the film. When the movie came out in 1984, every laid the "terminator" Arnold Schwarzenegger's superstar status, and James Cameron, the former truck driver, has become a top director.
In the next 10 years, Cameron helmed a series of stunning work, including "aliens" and "the abyss", "terminator 2: judgment day", and "true lies". The global film at the box office of $1.1 billion, brought enough clout to Cameron, he renewed his about creating an epic dream spark. Then in 1995, he wrote a 82 - page screenplay, local ball to bleak wasteland after a paralyzed soldier to a distant planet. That is called the alien world of Pandora is composed of, beauty (Na 'vi), the violent class Terran skin is blue, with the cat face, dragging reptiles tail, ten feet tall. Pandora's atmosphere is poisonous to human body, so the scientists genetically engineered na family, creating new species avatar -- with human consciousness, and can be completely controlled by the remote organisms. Cameron believes the movie "avatar" would be his time again. This is the complete the ship hit the iceberg small adventure and romance after making his first movie.
Titanic, of course, later became the most abundant harvest ever. It has won, including best picture, best director, 11 oscars. Cameron now can follow one's inclinations have to make a movie. So what did he do?
He disappeared.
12 years since then, Mr Cameron is not issued a Hollywood film. He recorded some underwater documentary and make some production, but largely him away from the public eye. During most of the time, he made few references to "avatar", nor how to disclose his shooting plan.
Blue revolution
But now, in the end, the return of the king. On December 18, avatar in cinema. This time, 55, Cameron today don't like the film "Titanic", built ocean-going ships in the gulf coast, so why the handful of big Hollywood director is taking so long time to make a movie? Part of the reason is: Lucas, George Lucas, is not easy. Cameron need to invent a whole set of film production technology, and promote the global theater equipment, full details of idea alien world. There are many need to worry about. To really understand why avatar available until long, we have to look back the making process of the "Titanic".
"People may forget, time really difficult ah." Cameron in malibu, California home private cinema accepted my interview. He looks much milder than the 1998 Academy Awards - long hair, and white hair, added to face clean-shaven. His famous nasty temper, however, still take in everything in a glance. At the beginning of the interview, I asked him, in the past ten years, what have you been doing? He said solemnly, "one or two other words not clear, and the way to listen to me slowly.
"Titanic, we've been estimates, we may lose much," and now back to look at it that fantastic at the box office, it is easy to forget that the Titanic was once predicted that box office. Film cost more than budget money - $100 million, a whole doubled, billed as the most expensive film ever. Main sponsor, 20th century fox studios, also put pressure on Mr Cameron, compression cost.
Cameron promised to give up the entire cost of the director and profit sharing, to control the cost. The release of the Titanic and missed the schedule on July 4th, seemed to be in trouble. Cameron on the edit table put a razor blade, with a note: the above film is successful, can use. "I only know that I made a $200 million love movies, and ending is almost all the people were killed. What the hell am I doing?" He said to a friend in private. "I may have to the new beginning of my career."
Hollywood industry magazine Variety called it "the biggest bet on" in the history of the cinema and questioned the fox company's ability to recover costs. "Everyone thinks film devastating to encounter failure," LeiSheng gini (Rae Sanchini,), Cameron made the company's former chairman, said.
Miraculously survived the Titanic iceberg, however, with the global box office revenue of $1.8 billion, among the highest earning film smoothly. "We suddenly from the bottom to the top," says gini. "Sudden success, each of us is a little bit at a loss, for Jim. He is exhausted.
Gini, however, still looking forward to big director can re open flag drum, make persistent efforts. Before Titanic, Cameron was filled with passion for avatar - after all, since 1977, making a blockbuster in outer space, has always been hehad dream. But now, he seems to be not a little bit of interest.
Part of his ambivalence originated from and digital company (DigitalDomain) discuss the results. Digital co., LTD., a special effects company was founded in 1993, Mr Cameron is one of the founders. He stated the avatar creation idea, shows the protagonists are about 10 inches tall aliens with blue skin, waist, legs strong. They must be lifelike, but you can't use special props. These aliens need to use computer design. But given the technology at that time, his team told him that this is not reality. The project need much time, money, and excellent computer design capabilities.
"If we were to do this, we will fail," one of the artists told him. "It can't be done. This technology doesn't exist."
Mr Cameron's relief. He doesn't like to bargain with actors, brokers. "They are nonsense." He wants to rest. At this moment, heaven fell pie, gigantic, splashing Cameron. Fox executives know that if they want to make more money, have to let the king happily Hollywood. Before so he give up the profit sharing agreement invalid, after the oscars, they gave him a check for tens of millions of dollars (it is said that Mr Cameron eventually got more than $75 million). Don't work with the money, he is the rest of my life, have spent enough.
"It is the money," Cameron said. "I can follow one's inclinations play."
And see how Cameron's game room. Micronesia, lurking in the near depth bomb left over from world war ii, this is not a joke, bombs are filled with explosives. In the summer of 2000, he had a 80 - foot ship chartering ships. Work with a group of partners, sinking into Japanese warships. Vincent. Pace (VincentPace), underwater photography expert, who participated in the Titanic and the deep. Pace to bring all of the equipment, expected to shoot in hd picture, but he soon discovered that Cameron has new ideas.
When they browse underwater filming scenes, Cameron suddenly asked pace, we can not make a camera "holy grail", a high-definition camera equipment, at the same time can play 2 d images and 3 d images? Pace wasn't sure. After all, he is not experts in the field, but he knows to watch traditional 3-d glasses of red, blue and white cheap paper. As is known to all, they are very inconvenient, and look for a long time, if there is no good calibration, the projector can cause headaches. Cameron believes that there must be a way to change. He is really want to talk about his idea to the next generation of cameras: carry, digital, high-resolution, 3-d imaging.
Invention of the camera is not easy, but Cameron decided to start from scratch. He mentioned a mysterious, long-simmering screening program in my mind, the audience as if on other planets. Cameron wants to make a really can let the audience see 3-d. Since there is no ideal 3-d camera, he must design a meet the requirements of the camera. Pace so he invited to participate in the Pacific Ocean underwater adventure, the opportunity to learn about the underwater cameras for 3-d camera for help. Perhaps his goal, seems a bit extreme, but the pace thinks this idea is very interesting, has agreed to participate in research and development of new camera. "The underwater tour, Jim specific goals, very interesting, but to me, it was kind of zhang two monks confused." Pace said.
Two months later, Cameron pace to buy a first class ticket from Los Angeles to Tokyo, about $17000. Soon they arrived at SONY's hi-def-camera division, and engineers face to face communication. Mainly is to help Cameron pace can persuade engineer, SONY will professional high-definition cameras on the lens and image sensor separated from the processor, and then, the lens and the heavy CPU separation, use cable connection. Traditional 3-d cameras around 450 pounds, and the improved camera, only 50 pounds, double lens imaging. The photographer is much more relaxed.
SONY agreed to build a new production line, but need to have a prototype. Developing pace. After three months, Perth put the lens in the camera, photographers can precisely control the 3-d image. He thought for a few actors to try it. But Cameron clearly has a new idea. He asked to Perth in a rented during world war ii P - 51 a filming equipment installed on the battle, while the pace in B - 17. Once the air starts, P - 51 pilot hoists.50-caliber machine guns, to pace - 17 B air-to-air missile launch, Cameron was immediately plunged into P - 51 behind the pilot. "This is my first time experience Jim type test," general pace said.
Three-dimensional imaging camera experimental effect is good, accurate, even for a long time, also does not have a headache. The pace that Cameron Johnny fontane avatar. However, the director with his new weapons again into the bottom of the sea 2.3 miles, the three-dimensional image of the film Titanic. This suggests that Mr Cameron temporarily don't want to start his "man adventure."
Adventure under the sea's partner is deep sea explorer Andrew white (AndrewWight), a brave australians. Ever survey underwater cave collapse, white brush with the great white shark, and salt water crocodiles confrontation. He felt that Mr Cameron's mission, a bit of trouble. When they advance along the east coast to the hurricane, think they should be white reversed course in time, to avoid the hurricane. But Cameron argues that this is an excellent chance to shoot "whirlpool" hurricane, very thrilling. Captain Russia vetoed Cameron's suggestion, have fled the scene, Cameron disappointed.