Zoe Saldaña thinks James Cameron should make a documentary about ‘Avatar’

A decades long labor of love James Cameron And to him Avatar The family has done their best to build the world of Pandora and it is an achievement for it Avatar: Water Road The leading lady believes it should be deeply chronicled as a testament to the art of performance capture.

In an interview with musician Alicia Keys for By designwhich refers to itself as Avatar Zoe Saldaña, a fan, revealed that this is something the legendary director might get to over time. You know, after the following Avatar: Fire and Ashes. “I’m excited that James Cameron is considering producing a documentary about the making of the film,” Saldaña told Keys Avatar– Finally giving us the opportunity to explain, in a nuanced way, why performance capture is the most empowering form of acting. It gives us credit for being able to own 100% of our performance on screen. With animation, you might go to a studio for (a few) sessions; That’s how much they’ll need you throughout the movie. You go into the studio, whatever your clothes are, and you give your voice, right?

She went on to describe the enormous amount of work that goes into an otherwise unrecognized art form: “Performance capture means that Avatar It wouldn’t exist if me, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, and the whole crew didn’t get up and put those dots on our faces. We put on this little unit with all these dots on it, and we step into the folder – that’s what we call the set – mounted on the ceiling, with all these cameras in calculated positions. They all point to this space that finds us, and feed that information into the Pandora system.

And speaking of the nearly decade-long process between films, where it’s obvious that, like stunts (which will finally get an Oscar category in 2028), credit should be given for performance capture, according to the actress.

“It takes an average of seven years between (each Avatar film). From archery, martial arts, free diving, and scuba diving – so you can hold your breath underwater for longer than five minutes – to language (Cameron) conceived from thin air, to physical training with former gymnasts, circus performers, and acrobats so you can learn how to walk like an extraterrestrial human species…”

Emphasizing the extensive scope of work that Cameron is coordinating with his Avatar group, Saldaña said: “That’s all we have, and a bunch of amazing actors who make our characters seem robotic. May God bless them. Thanks to the technology Jim created, he gives the artist the power of complete ownership. It’s beautiful. I told him: I wouldn’t be here otherwise Terminator, Aliensellen ripley, The abyss.’ When I was 10 or 11 years old, I would watch Behind the Scenes over and over again. I loved the sacrifice that goes into putting something together. “It’s art.”

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