Avatar: Film Analysis

James had quite a few challenges in order to create this film. One of his challenges was to get a hold of the technology needed to make this film. The film was written about 15 years ago and the technology needed to make the film didn't exist. Another challenge was to capture not just the actors motion, but their performance. He wanted the 3-D characters to have the actors performance to take in the audiences feeling towards the characters in the film. He wanted this technique in the film in order to create an emotional connection between character and audience.

Pandora in terms of plant life and all other vegetation is very similar to earth. I'm sure that the creators of Pandora went to the rain forests of the world and drew and/or photographed the landscape in order to get an accurate idea of what Pandora was going to be. It is a very tedious process to create a new and realistic world. They take these photos of our planet and make it into a world we have never seen before. In this case Pandora is a world that we have seen before but don't know.

Performance capture by far has kicked motion capture down the stairs. This new ability in film making has transformed the film making process. Performance capture does just the motion of the actors in suits, it captures their performance as their characters, it captures their personalities and transfers that to their computer generated characters. This form of capture further magnifies the intensity of the film and the audience becomes more attached to the acting and the feel the film more than the would like Shrek for example.

The Marketing cost for the film was 150 million dollars. In order for the News Corp to realize its profits, the Corp relies heavily on its studio film makers to keep creating top films. The greater the films are, then the more the News Corps profits are realized. The money spent in order to make this film was outstanding. The message of the film was affected in a way buy the technology, but not by much. I do understand that James Cameron had to wait for the technology in order to make this film to be available, but during that time he should have perfected the films story line even further. The technology used really does help to make the film and to make it look more sophisticated, but in reality, the storyline is what really makes the film.

I do agree with with both of the film critic's statements. The film does have a theme related to American politics, but the other critics do have a point about racism. James, in the film, shows us that the natives need a white man to lead them through their challenges. When Jake Sully turns to the Na'vi and fights against the humans, this is a perfect example of that. The natives are interpreted as the inferior race throughout the film. Critics preceive this part of the film as a trip into the past to where blacks were the inferior race in the south and whites belief process of them. This film, to the critics, realizes the fact that this belief that whites are the superior race to all races on this planet is still very much alive today. Another message that film critic's receive in this film is the fact that all humans are dustructive. With destruction of the sacred tree, that message is revealled as well as the humans being cold, uncaring, heartless and greedy. With the humans being the enemy of the Na'vi, the originality of the films plot is not as pure as it could have been.