For more Avatar videos, go to http://go.discovery.com/?mkcpgn=ytdsc1&url=http://news.discovery.com/videos/discovery-news-technology/. For his new movie Avatar, director James Cameron took real world science into the outer reaches of science fiction. Jorge Ribas finds out how he created the alien wildlife of planet Pandora.
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Back in 1996, James Cameron announced that he would be creating a film called Avatar, a science-fiction epic that would feature photo-realistic, computer-generated characters.
He had a treatment for the film, which already defined many things, including the Na’vi a primitive alien race standing ten feet tall with shining blue skin, living in harmony with their jungle-covered planet Pandora.
Soon after, though, Avatar had to be shelved as the technology of the time could not satisfy the creative desires of the director.
Fast-forward to October 2009: Dan Lemmon, FX supervisor and Andy Jones, animation director at Weta Digital have about two weeks left of visual effects production for Avatar. The near-900 strong crew spanned across six locations are practically working around the clock to achieve what was deemed impossible a decade earlier.
Weta Digital, the New Zealand studio responsible for the groundbreaking visual effects in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, is taking VFX to a new level of creative and technological excellence.
For Avatar, the studio has created over 1,800 stereoscopic, photo-realistic visual effects shots, many of them of the Na’vi as ‘hero’ characters. In addition to digital characters and environments are the machines, vehicles, equipment and everything else that help blur the line between imagination and reality.
“We’re not just talking about the environment, but the creatures, the machines and the vehicles that people use to get around. The whole world is unique and because of the way James Cameron approaches things, everything seems functional and believable. Compared to other sci-fi fantasy genre films there’s a certain level of realism just in the design that makes it very believable,” says VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon.
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Now thing is probably most of you heard who James Cameron is, and you have PROBABLy seen at least one of his creations Titanic, Aliens, Terminator 2 etc. 
Now Mr.James Cameron is expected todrop another multi-million dollar project on our heads in Late 2009. Its called Avatar and is expected to bring sci-fi movies to the new level. The buzz surrounding this film is ALREADY big and growing. Whats fantastic about this one already is that specifically for this film, James Cameron and his crew had to develop new technologies, innovations in camera work and also a new CG development called “Image Metrics”.
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The Set up: As taken from Wikipedia
Avatar is an upcoming 3-D science fiction film directed by James Cameron, due to be released on December 18, 2009.
In director James Cameron’s original script treatment of Avatar, a man tries to make his way as a miner by combining with an alien during an interplanetary war in which aliens can manifest themselves by possessing human bodies avatars.
When Avatar was titled “Project 880″, a casting call was put out in June 2006 with a plot description provided, saying, “In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.”
In December 2006, Cameron described Avatar as “a futuristic tale set on a planet 200 years hence [...] an old-fashioned jungle adventure with an environmental conscience [that] aspires to a mythic level of storytelling.”The January 2007 press release described the film: “Avatar is also an emotional journey of redemption and revolution. It is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival,” and “We’re creating an entire world, a complete ecosystem of phantasmagorical plants and creatures, and a native people with a rich culture and language.”
The Cast: As taken from IMDB
Sigourney Weaver… Dr. Grace Augustine
Michelle Rodriguez… Trudy Chacon
Giovanni Ribisi… Selfridge
Zoe Saldana… Neytiri
Sam Worthington… Jake Sully
Laz Alonso… Tsu’Tey
Joel Moore… Norm Spellman (as Joel David Moore)
Peter Mensah… Akwey
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For more videos, go to http://news.discovery.com/videos/avatar-making-the-movie/. Avatar’s new performance capture technology could revolutionize the way directors, actors and animators collaborate to create whole new worlds on screen. Director James Cameron explains the process.
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http://www.wtvonline.net AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
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From the director of Titanic, here comes another outstanding film Avatar
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Avatar: The Movie New 2nd Trailer [HD]
Director: James Cameron
Release: 12/18/2009
Genre: Action/Adventure
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Website: www.avatarmovie.com
In the future, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to the planet Pandora which is inhabited by the Navi. The Navi is a humanoid race with their own language and culture, but the people of Earth find themselves at odds with the Navi.
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Avatar Movie Trailer [HD]
Director: James Cameron
Release: 12/18/2009
Genre: Action/Adventure
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Website: www.avatarmovie.com
In the future, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to the planet Pandora which is inhabited by the Navi. The Navi is a humanoid race with their own language and culture, but the people of Earth find themselves at odds with the Navi.
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