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◗ Conquering New Worlds re-operate the shots according to his notes. He was very specific. For example, he gave me a note that said he wanted a shot from one of the Scorpion gunships to feel like it was shot from a Tyler mount, not a Spacecam. His attention to detail was mindblowing!” After 18 months of motion capture, Cameron brought in Fiore to shoot live-action footage onstage at Stone Street Studios in Wellington, New Zealand. “About 70 percent of the movie is motion capture, and the rest is liveaction,” says Fiore. “Although the motion-capture work was mostly finished, the actual look of the film was yet to be created. The footage we shot in New Zealand ultimately defined the overall style of the movie.” Because all of the sets were created in MotionBuilder long before any physical construction began, Fiore was able to take a virtual tour of the sets and plan his approach. “We spent a good month in Los Angeles laying out the lighting plan in the virtual sets,” the cinematographer recalls. “We were able to position specific fixtures and see exactly what it would do in the environment. We had accurate measurements of the real stages, so we knew where we had to work around low ceilings or support beams, for example, and we could solve those problems well before we ever set foot on the stages in New Zealand. We also spent a great deal of time blocking scenes on the virtual sets. Basically, all of our tech scouts were done virtually.” This process revealed a problem that Fiore and his gaffer, Chris Culliton, would confront in the Armor Bay set. A massive armory on Pandora, this set piece would stand 100' tall and hold hundreds of Armored Mobility Platform suits, large, robot-like devices that the soldiers can control. In reality, the set was constructed in a former Mitsubishi factory in New Zealand, and only two AMP suits were made, one functional and one purely for set dressing. The ceilings in the factory were just 22' high, so the rest of the set had to be created digitally. “The challenge was that a lot of the shots in the Armor Bay were looking up American Cinematographer Top: Scully makes his way through Pandora’s jungle foliage while trailed by Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver). Middle: Director James Cameron offers Worthington and Weaver a demonstration of proper military technique on the motioncapture stage. Bottom: Worthington jumps a horse also covered with mo-cap sensors. January 2010
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Contents
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Hyundai Sonata Campaign
Production Slate: The White Ribbon • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Conquering New Worlds
Watchful Spirit
Super Sleuth
The Right Stuff
Editor’s Note
Post Focus: Technicolor Hollywood • HPA Awards
Filmmakers’ Forum: Shane Hurlbut, ASC
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Billy Dickson
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