James Cameron's 'Avatar' creating tech buzz

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James Cameron's 'Avatar': Partly Animation, Partly Live-Action
Published 8/7/2008 by AceShowbiz.com at Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News
... the live-action part using the Fusion 3-D camera system. Now, he focuses on the CG part using a new performance capture production workflow. Explaining about part of the CG process, he elaborated, "The way we developed the performance capture workflow on 'Avatar' is we have our virtual camera, which allows me to, in real time, hold a camera - it's really a monitor - in my hands and point it at the actors and see them as their CG characters." The complete interview can be read at The Hollywood Reporter . To be differentiated from M. Night Shyamalan's " ...

Avatar Interview with James ‘The Man’ Cameron
Published 8/7/2008 by Zac at WeAreMovieGeeks.com
... Yeah, he hasn’t made a non-doco since Titanic.  Yes he has crafted arguably 2-3 of the top action films of all time.  And, yes Avatar will probably change the way we look at film making.  So head over to the Hollywood Reporter to read up on what Cameron has to say about his new project, which is so new and up to date, they upgraded the camera they shot with something like 6 times.  WETA is doing the effects work and this will be a full 3-D picture coming out next Christmas.  Along with The Watchmen this is front runner for biggest Geek movie of 09.  Check out the interview ...

I Am Link
Published 8/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JA) at my new plaid pants
... --- What's Your Avatar - Jim Cameron chatted up THR earlier this week... as usual, it's mostly all about the technology he's created and blah blah blah I am tired of the techno-speak. Can I see something, anything, please? A lock of Sigourney's hair would last me a month, I swear. ...

James Cameron Talks Avatar
Published 8/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Skipper) at Flicks News
Director James Cameron discussed with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about Avatar, which opens at the end of the year. When completed, Cameron expects Avatar to be about 60% CG animation, based on characters created using a newly developed performance ...

Five Innovations in James Cameron’s Avatar
Published 8/7/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... Read more about some of the technological challenges of the production on THR.com. Avatar will hit theaters on December 18th 2009. ...

James Cameron: Avatar is "the most challenging film I’ve ever made"
Published 8/8/2008 by Jane Boursaw at Film Gecko
... movies ever, Bagdad Cafe. The Hollywood Reporter just published an interview with James Cameron, who said he expects “Avatar” to be about 60% CG animation (based on characters created using a newly developed performance capture-based process) and 40% live action, with a lot of VFX in the imagery). “It is the most challenging film I’ve ever made,” he said. Read more about how Cameron is filming the sci-fi action-adventure here. Image: Dark Angel, 20th Century Fox, 2000; Source: The Hollywood ...

James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Tech Talk
Published 8/8/2008 by Nick Wolfwood at Backseat Cuddler
... (3-D) screens we get, you are still going to have a large number of people — possibly the majority of people — who see the film in a 2-D environment.” The live-action principal photography for “Avatar” was shot in New Zealand last fall and winter using the Fusion 3-D camera system. Cameron first used the Fusion to make his 2003 Imax 3-D film “Ghosts of the Abyss”; he and “Ghosts” director of photography Vince Pace invented the camera system for the project. Read the full interview here.  This should be interesting, but it’s still a long time before we’ll see many images from ...

James Cameron Pushes Tech Boundaries with ‘Avatar’ [In Production]
Published 8/9/2008 by Adam Sweeney at Film School Rejects
... Avatar is set to be released December 18, 2009. You can read the rest of Cameron’s technology filled interview here. ...

The Crazy Tech Behind James Cameron’s Avatar
Published 8/9/2008 by Kofi Outlaw at Screen Rant
... We here at Screen Rant felt it was high time we helped get heads wrapped around the future of movie technology that Cameron is ushering in with ...

A Brief Look at the Technological Advancements in James Cameron's Avatar
Published 8/10/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... and talked about the technological advances they've made with Avatar. This week it was the Hollywood Reporter that talked with him further about some of the most amazing digital advancements you'll hear about, including live rendering of CG environments while shooting, an editing system called Facial Performance Replacement, as well as a camera system called Simulcam. We're still very far out from even seeing Avatar, but it's already one of the most advanced films in production and the technology implemented within it is all a testament to the genius of James ...