Cameron on Avatar 2 & the Environmental Crisis

On stage at a private event in Silicon Valley last night was legendary director James Cameron and Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a fascinating 2 hours of conversation that touches on everything from the technology of the coming Avatar 2 film on the dangers that the environment if measures must make is not to be taken.

Eric Schmidt, who asked the moderator, Cameron on a variety of topics before an audience of Silicon Valley maker of the Churchill Club Premiere Event. The conversation began with a video of Cameron's decades of successes, including Terminator, Rambo, Alien, Total Recall, of course, Titanic and Avatar. Quickly moved into a conversation about how he created the most expensive and most profitable movie in the history of mankind.

Cameron said before he wrote the screenplay for Avatar, he said the fundamentals of history and consulted with the artists. "Now is my first step is to work with the artists," said Cameron Schmidt on stage. He does this because he can see the characters and immerse themselves in art (especially CG and Photoshop these days), before he can be a script that will write a much more specific document.

Cameron Schmidt asked about the technology he used (and invented in some cases) to create the Na'vi and the world of Pandora (Pandora). The famous director described the motion-capture technology used to detect the movements of the actors. Special focus was to capture the facial features rig that changes in an actor's facial muscles, eyes and paid more prisoners. It was not the rig itself was the ground breaking, "said Cameron, but the algorithms used to understand the actor's emotions and facial expressions.

What Avatar 2 Avatar and 3, not Cameron did not want to reveal details of the action. But after the interview, I asked the filmmaker, he must invent the technologies, would be to create both films. While he mentioned that the new CG would have to Avatar 2 underwater scenes and marine areas developed, the real challenge, he wants to increase the frame rate to continue to fight. The films are being shot at a frame rate of 24 frames per second. His goal is to make it up to 48 or 60 frames per second, making it so you get realistic shots at the time of the shooting, rather than waiting six months for processing.
Rewriting of the contract: 3D

James Cameron has an interesting point in the middle of the conversation - for work, many of us sit in front of our screens all day long. But if we want to relax ... we see screens. Sometimes we watch several screens.

Acclaimed director saw this and decided that he wanted to "fundamentally related to the contract between the people and their visual media to re-write." His tool of choice, as many of you know, 3D.

Cameron unleashed a new era of film with spectacular 3D technology he created specifically for Avatar. The result is a growing number of films in 3D rotation, was to improve the movie experience.

He believes that there are no obstacles for 3D omnipresence in the next five ten years ago. The first big breakthrough will be when it is in the mainstream worldwide. He pointed out that there are millions of 3D-enabled TV sets in the market (of which we saw many at CES 2010), he says the real obstacle to go mainstream 3D in the home is the lack of TV programs in 3D. Discovery and ESPN in 3D can be jumping, but we are still years away from seeing The Big Bang Theory in three dimensions.

Cameron also believes 3D has become a pleasant experience to mainstream. Google CEO took some time to explain the technology behind 3D glasses, the audience (polarized lenses help you see a picture and then in another view items). Cameron does not believe we are far away from a time when we do not need the glasses on 3D movies and TV shows. He can say that this will be especially important for players who sit up to eight hours before a screen at a time. The Nintendo 3DS is a step in that direction.

"We are the Comet This Time"

The vast majority of the conversation turned towards ecological issues when Eric Schmidt described Avatar as a narrative about the world of ecology. "Why do you care so much about him?" Schmidt asked Cameron. "What is your responsibility, and why they are significant, with your bass?"

"Every film is a teaching moment, but it must be wrapped in powerful entertainment," Cameron said in the response. He says part of the reason Avatar had succeeded in that it spoke on the human psyche and heart. Specifically, he said, something he believes, we all know: that we are separated from nature and that we are on a precipice.

"If we do not have control over our management of our planet," Cameron began, "the planet we leave our children and our grandchildren will be in serious danger."

The next part of the conversation centered around the statistics and Cameron Schmidt's support positions on the environment. They said that, 70% of the species until the end of this century if we do nothing to be extinct on the rise in global temperatures. Both men pointed out that would be devastating during an average temperature rise of a few degrees, the temperature rise would be three times as high in the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

Cameron travels a lot to bring awareness to his cause. He also wants several documentaries during the filming of Avatar 2 and 3 to create on the avatar issue. He is also deeply in a project on a vehicle that the absolute bottom of the ocean, what has been achieved "balloon filled with gasoline." Only once so far with a vehicle they get involved in creating as described

While they are a lot of ground (more than I can reasonably type up) fall, there was a quote that really summed up Cameron and Schmidt's thoughts on our approach to the environment. It was in relation to the comet that killed the dinosaurs.

"We are the Comets this time," said Cameron.