Number of View: 5618 James Cameron and Peter Jackson are the kings of the CGI world. Cameron, of course, directed Titanic, the highest-grossing movie of all time—which he says he’d make with no ship if he were filming today. Jackson was the guy behind bringing Middle-earth to the big screen in the Lord of the [...]
Archive for February, 2010
“It’s About Storytelling. It’s About Humans Playing Humans.” -Interview
February 26th, 2010
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Do the ‘Avatar’ actors deserve recognition?
February 26th, 2010
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Number of View: 29506 Director James Cameron had many reasons to be happy the morning that this year’s Oscar nominations were announced: His blockbuster movie “Avatar” tied for the most with nine, including best picture and best director. But he was dismayed that his cast, including stars Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver, was [...]
CG In Another World
February 9th, 2010
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Number of View: 6719CG In Another World By: Barbara Robertson When we think about the first films to convince directors that visual effects created with computer graphics could open their imaginations, two films immediately come to mind: James Cameron’s The Abyss, in which a transparent CG character communicated with an actor, and Cameron’s Terminator 2, [...]
James Cameron Performance Capture re-invented AVATAR -Interview
February 8th, 2010
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Number of View: 29738Avatar – on the Cutting Edge The director of Terminator and Titanic explains how movies will be transformed by motion-tracking and 3D technology Three-time Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is a pioneer in the field of motion capture. In the mid-’90s he used the nascent technology to create the massive crowd scenes [...]
