Week 8 Cinema

Avatar, the epic science fiction film is written and directed by James Cameron. The film is set in the mid-22nd century. Development of Avatar began in 1994, when James Cameron wrote an 80 page treatment for the film, but according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision. In 2006, Cameron began developing the screenplay. Avatar used new motion capture filming techniques such as stereoscopic filmmaking. Movement plays a big role in this movie with the camera changing positions often to add to the intensity of the film. To me, Avatar was very powerful in the message and the overall technical elements were impressive to say the least.