Avatar 2: The Way of Water was shot by standards unmatched by any other film. The shooting under water alone makes your hair stand on end. But even the organization of some performances was unusual. Jack Champion had to do all of his Spider scenes twice. Once for his colleagues and once for the camera itself.
Avatar 2 star Jack Champion only shot Spider scenes for CGI at first
Director James Cameron revealed this to Vanity Fair. Accordingly, the shooting was “hideously difficult” and demanded special effort in champion’s case:
We had to shoot everything twice. Anything we produced with Jack for camera only we had previously captured for motion capturing. With 13 [drehte er] for the other actors like Sigourney Weaver and Sam Worthington. At 15 we took [ihn noch einmal] on.
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Spider (Champion) in Avatar 2
First Champion served as a kind of motion capture template and providing guidance to his co-stars who, as CGI characters, needed to interact with his non-CG character. It was only two years later that it was actually recorded visually.
The Avatar franchise sets new blockbuster standards with such production circumstances. And with three sequels still to come there are almost no limits to the bombast.
The 10 biggest streaming films of 2023 on Netflix, Amazon & Co.
In this installment of our Moviepilot podcast, Stream Browsing, we take a look at the big movies coming exclusively to Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and Apple TV+ this year. The result is a list of ten special recommendations.
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From the sci-fi epic to the potential Oscar nominee, everything is included. The talents gathered are particularly impressive. In 2023 we can expect new movies from Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Zack Snyder in the streaming space, while Gal Gadot, Leonardo DiCaprio, Henry Cavill and Chris Hemsworth will be in front of the camera.
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