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Director Cameron tells the story behind the film: “Avatar 2” is a love letter to his family
Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 21. “Avatar 2: The Way of Water”, which is currently being screened, has attracted widespread attention from fans at home and abroad, and discussions about the film continue to ferment on social media. In order to respond to the concerns of the film’s fans, director James Cameron personally replied on Zhihu, telling the unknown stories behind the creation of the film.
Cameron said that “Avatar 2: The Way of Water” is an adventure, full of emotion, better than the previous one. It is a touching story about family, a love letter to family and how family strengthens a person. This is not a film that pumps information into the viewer’s brain, but asks the viewer to feel the ocean.
“I think it pays more attention to the changes in the characters’ personalities and relationships than the first film, and conveys my love of the ocean through glasses.” Cameron said, the first “Avatar” tells the story of the two main characters falling into the ocean. The River of Love, the second film that deals with oceanic development, focuses on Jack and Neytiri (parents of five) trying to protect their family from a new threat to the planet Pandora. They sought refuge with the Menkalin tribe of the sea and learned how to survive in the water.
“The ocean means a lot to me. Even before I met the sea, I had a great love for the ocean. I learned to scuba dive in remote places in Canada, and I love the there is symbolism in it.” Cameron repeated. Express your special love for the ocean. He said, unconsciously, that we all think the sea is like a mother. At least by making this film, I can give back in terms of protecting the marine environment.
After the release of “Avatar 2”, both insiders and outsiders of the industry have once again sought the breakthrough in film production technology. In Zhihu, netizens’ discussions on movie special effects are professional, detailed and rich. In the face of netizens’ curiosity, Cameron used a large text to explain the shooting technology in detail.
“If the current filmmaking technology can’t achieve the effect I envisioned, we have to create the technology ourselves.” Cameron said that shooting the first “Avatar” brought a huge technological leap in performance capture photography. “Now with Avatar 2, the team and I have done it again creating technology. That’s how we film it, and our team always gives 110 percent. We’re bringing Titanic to Top Gun : The Maverick Waiting for the film to be integrated into this series, and it will be done at the same time.”
Cameron said that the key to shooting “Avatar 2” is to shoot on the bottom of the sea and on the surface of the sea to show people swimming freely in the sea. I mean, the actors jump out of the water or dive into the water in their own way, and it’s very realistic, because it actually comes from real action.
“We let each actor receive good water training, and use a very safe and systematic way to let them learn to dive,” Cameron said.
Shooting in 3D underwater means there are three times as many camera options as a normal camera, which can be difficult to move. “But the beauty is, if you can solve the water problem, then you don’t have to worry about it anymore, you can shoot anything that has to do with water, and do whatever you want.” Cameron said a little mysteriously.
At the end of the answer, Cameron told the fans: “The more doubts you throw away, the more you can enjoy the fantasy world. Let’s join hands and jump into Pandora together .”
