Should you watch Capturing Avatar?
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Capturing Avatar
Documentary · 2010
Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.
The sides of Capturing Avatar
- James Cameron's motion capture stage
- Test footage going back to Titanic
- Artists building Pandora
Capturing Avatar is good for you if…
- you want to see how Avatar's scale was made.
- you like watching artists design the plants and creatures of Pandora.
- you enjoy years of a director's obsession told by his crew.
Capturing Avatar is bad for you if…
- you need suspense, and this is interviews and test footage.
- you'd rather follow people in a story than cameras and rigs.
About: technology · ambition · filmmaking
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