The movie was written by James Cameron in the beginning of 1994 Cameron planned to make the filming after the completion of Cameron's Titanic in 1997 and released it on 1999 However it did not go on as planned Cameron said that that the essential technology to realize his idea of the film has not yet available
Now let me bring you to the location filming of "Avatar"
Even though the movie uses a lot of technological digital technology there is still real location where the filming was taking place; Hawaii New Zealand and Brazil
The Hamakua Coast (Hmkua) is located on the northeastern coast of Hawaii It is mainly surrounded by erosion cliffs that fall from a height to the sea This section of the coast is formed by the side of two inactive volcanoes: Mauna Kea and Kohala It is said that the Hamakua Coast provide the background of the rainforest in the movie Hamakua Coast has also pla[censored] role of Amazon Jungle in the movie "Indiana Jones The kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
Another Hawaii location in the film is Kauai's Keahua Arboretum Jurassic Park was also shot at Kauai Island The botanical surrounding and the natural preserve surrounding the Wailua River in Kauai give reference footage for visual effects to bring Avatar to close to the real life
The filming is also said to take place in Venezuela surrounded by canyons the infamous Mount Roraime National Parks (Canima) and world highest waterfall (Angel Falls) Canima is a large national park in Venezuela Brazil It's also a UNESCO world heritage site
Another location is Hughes Aircraft in Elsegundo California USA This filming location used to be used as turning out parts for fighter planes during World World II
The important scene of the movie where the Na'vi princess Neytiri first met Sully's Avatar in the jungles of Pandora where everything inside the forest is luminous is film at a huge warehouse in the suburb of Playa Vista Los Angeles About 140 cameras was used inside to capture every movement of the cast in "Avatar" and also a small camera is fixed in the actors and actress head to record every expression of the face
Lastly the production of Avatar partly took place in 4 locations in Wellington New Zealand; Stone Street Studio Weta Workshop and Weta Digital And some filming is done in the warehouse in Porirua City in Wellington (The old Todd Motors Building)
The Stone Street Studio is a studio in New Zealand's built only on purpose for shooting stage It is surrounded by big warehouse costume and makeup amenities car park and production office The famous "King Kong" and "The lord of The Ring" also used the studio for the production The filming of Avatar for the duration of 88 days was done in The Stone Street Studio and warehouse in Porirua City in Wellington (the old Todd Motors Building)
Weta Digital responsible for the groundbreaking visual effects in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong took the process to a new level of creative and technological excellence
For Avatar Weta Digital's job is to convey the animated Na'vi expression and the surrounding of the movie to be believable and realistic as Cameron wanted everything in the film to be based on reality and not as science fiction
It is not easy Some of their works on Avatar included some of the below: Growing process of Pandoran landscape requires Weta staff to implement a programme called Massive that allow replication of varieties of digitally generated object Introducing new technology techniques that will make digital faces looked like real human Invest large number of resources and time on "locking eye movement" technique This technique is to ensure that digital characters were engaged and involved in the environment surrounding it That way the eye expressions are more natural
Avatar has won more than 1 Oscar awards more than 5 BFCA Critics' Choice award and 2 Golden awards and many more
The Movie avatar has brought increase in Tourism in Hawaii New Zealand and Brazil During the shooting of Avatar the country economy has also grown in Tourism (Hotels Accommodation and food)
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