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Hi all,
Anyone have info about this movie of James Cameron,which camera he is using or trailer(not the one on youtube) etc
 
AFAIK they use their own 3D camera system they developed over the last years for their underwater documentaries.
About 2/3 of the film will be full CG. However, all the performances are captured using real actors, down to the very nuances of facial expressions. No trailer yet, and no confirmed footage other than a few spy photos from the set.
Release has been pushed from mid to end of 2009. Makes sense, since there won't be nearly enough 3D capable screens until then.
http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/ has some news about it (and other 3D related stuff) as well as some of the spy photos.
 
I may or may not have the leaked copy of the original scriptment. The story may or may not be pretty cool, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. last I heard Cameron was shooting on a duel f900 Frankenstein 3d rig with special software to adjust the focal intersection point of the two cameras based on the individual focus.

Its been a while since I looked into it and am going off memory so this info may or may not be correct.

just a penny's worth today:gun:
 
Benni Diez said:
AFAIK they use their own 3D camera system they developed over the last years for their underwater documentaries.
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blownapartstudios said:
last I heard Cameron was shooting on a duel f900 Frankenstein 3d rig with special software to adjust the focal intersection point of the two cameras based on the individual focus.
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cough...are you fellas ignoring me? ;-) www.pacehd.com - on this website it`s stated that the camera shown IS the camera (as far as I know it`s two Sony HD CCD blocks in one camera body) used for Avatar ...ok, AND there`s lots and lots of CGI, too.
 
I'm sorry their sony f950's when I first saw the thing they were still putting it together. Its been a while and the brain gets a little fuzzy. I guess they are calling it the pacehd. Its a pretty cool rig. I too was typing when you posted. chow 4 now
 
This could be one of the most anticipated movies, like, ever.
 
I also read the "scriptment." Think "Dances with Aliens." The film may look incredible, but the story... meh.
 
Kenn Christenson said:
I also read the "scriptment." Think "Dances with Aliens." The film may look incredible, but the story... meh.
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I'll watch 'Yellow Pages: The Motion Picture' if it's directed by James Cameron.

Noah
 
NoahK said:
I'll watch 'Yellow Pages: The Motion Picture' if it's directed by James Cameron.
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Haha... Actually I feel the same way. And being a Sci-Fi nut, I guess I can live with an inter-species (as in alien species) love story.
 
It's funny, or actually not, how people disparage Cameron's writing...

I guess it's a "cool" thing to do, those who "know" know that Cameron is not a great writer and his stories are always "weak but visually interesting", etc, etc, etc. Cameron is not only someboby who has created some of the most enduring ideas/concepts in cinema history, i.e: Terminator, or made kick ass adaptations of sacred classics, i.e: Aliens, or push the technical boundaries of a particular genre further than anybody ever, i.e: The Abyss, but has also made a blockbuster that still feels livelier, truer, fresher and plain better than any of the other nine movies in the top ten grossers of all time, i.e: Titanic, and still the ones that "know" know that his writing is not right up there with the best. The best? Robert Towne, Oscar winning writer of Chinatown and also creator of the abomination that is Mission Impossible 2? or Akiva Goldsmisth, another overrated scribe, and his collection of monstrosities, including I, Robot? Paul Thomas Anderson and his intelligent, intellectually spotless and ultimately denser than molten mercury pieces? Or many, many, many others that hit it right once or twice and then ran out of steam, creativity or plain old sincerety?

Cameron is a GREAT writer, and those who hate his scripts would do well in studying them if they want to advance their own craft and understand what makes a script simply, truly, honestly, just work. If anybody wants to read the original scritpment of Avatar, PM me and I will send it to you. Even in its rough, unpolished form, you can see how this thing should be a hugely entertaining piece of movie making.

I don't know how great Avatar will be, but I am sure it will change a lot of the ways in which we look at moviemaking, and that can only be good. Cameron, with all his quirks, reclusive hostility and difficult personality, has for the most part, True Lies notwithstanding, managed to do that, which is more than I can say about MOST writers and film makers out there...
 
Right on, Rudi. I am with many of the people on this thread. To me, Cameron is a god in terms of filmmaking. I think he is very respected among not only fans but industry people as well.

I agree that it is vapidly "chic" to try to diss Titanic or whatever. But the fact is, that James Cameron is a visionary and a world-class filmmaker, with few peers.
 
I have to respond.

I'm one of those that thinks cameron is highly overrated. First, his writing and films lack any sort of depth. His character dialog is usually tripe. His films are crowd pleasers to be sure but still popcorn fare.

The first terminator in my mind is his best film in so many ways. Abyss was entertaining for it's time. But, I'll take Ridley's Alien over the action fest that is Aliens (though it's an enjoyable film), and Titanic? Please... It's melodrama at it's worst. Take away his big budget action scenes and visual effects and you'll find that there really isn't any substance there after all.
 
I actually find great depths of theme in Cameron's writing. After Stallone rewrote his script for Rambo, Cameron went on to make his own commentary on the American military experience in Vietnam in the form of Aliens. I especially liked the touch of nuking the place at the end, a grand form of "we had to destroy the village in order to save it." In many ways Titanic is a commentary on his own previous style of storytelling and others from the eighties and nineties. Certainly Bill Paxton's cocky-adventurer is of the Indiana Jones school, and when he interupts the old lady in the beginning and she calmly states, "young man, are you going to let me tell this story?" you realize that he is setting the pace for a different form of storytelling.

I wouldn't call him Melville or Joyce, but Jim Cameron has something more inside him then just a fun adventure yarn.

I'm sure I could find some deeper meaning in True Lies if I really tried hard...
 
I think Cameron's a really good writer, personally
 
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