James Cameron: features creative approach and the best films of the director

Almost all the films Cameron - the result of a heavy and laborious work, in which the author himself is invested to the maximum. Pictures can be of different genres, different scale and budget, but they always shines through perfectionism and the desire to bring creation to perfection. Despite early setbacks with the movie "Piranha 2: The Spawning," he stubbornly fought their way into a great movie. As a result, James Cameron has not only become one of the most famous directors, but also the man who every time sets a new level of quality. The approach of the director to his work are several features.

Full enthusiasm projects

For James Cameron his every film - something more than just a movie. All his projects he wrote the script, while coming up with new methods and technology to achieve results, and often after he engaged in installation. In short, it does everything that the film turned out exactly as he conceived. Often, for this director had to take risky steps for themselves.

The scenario of "Terminator" it sold for one dollar, to get permission to shoot the film himself, and not to give to the work of another director.

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To the studio agreed to sponsor the production of "Avatar," Cameron has abandoned part of his fee in the event of failure of the painting.

The actor's game and creating entourage James Cameron is committed to the full realism. During that his actors and love and hate. On the set of the movie "The Abyss," the whole crew really spent a lot of time under water, having a course of professional divers. While working on "strangers" of the artists who played Marines were sent for training to the military camp.

What to see

"Terminator"

• Fiction thriller.
• United States, 1984.
• 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

From the future, where the machines take over humanity in 1984 sent a robot-killer. His task - to kill Sarah Connor, the future mother of the leader of human resistance. Resists machine man from the future - Kyle Reese, who was sent into the past to protect the girl.

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Production of "Terminator" - a real victory at that time still a novice director James Cameron. For very little money he managed to make a film that has become a legend for years to come. Due to the limited budget, most special effects created manually. Such as the layout of the robot is made of foil and the press, which he presses - from foam. To reduce the cost of filming the operator moved not on a special cart with a camera and an ordinary wheelchair.

Despite all the problems, Cameron managed to create a stunningly dark atmosphere and the plot, which initiated many sequels and copies.

The study of the underwater world

Interest in the underwater world is manifested not only in some movies the director. This passion shows through through the whole of his life.

The film "The Abyss" is based on the chronicles of UFOs in the area of ​​Bermuda, which he studied for a long time. But the real Cameron plunged into the abyss in the literal and figurative sense on the set of the legendary "Titanic". Starting work on the film, he personally made 12 dives in the bathyscaphe to the sunken liner. The system of underwater cameras developed by his brother James Cameron specifically for this shoot, could only record 15 minutes because of a small number of films. Therefore, the material filmed in parts, each time moving deeper.

But after the release of "Titanic" Cameron continued to develop his interest in the underwater world. In 2003 he released a documentary "Ghosts of the Abyss", also dedicated to the death of the "Titanic", but consists entirely of underwater filming and historical facts. And in 2005, the director lets out another documentary film "Aliens of the Deep," which tells about the most unusual representatives of the deep-sea fauna.

James Cameron does not stop at this. In 2012, he makes the longest in the history of a single immersion into Challenger Deep - the deepest point of the Mariana Trench. Of course, specially created for this bathyscaphe Deepsea Challenger was equipped with a 3D-cameras and the whole process was recorded. In addition, Cameron sent from the deepest point of the ocean a message to your Twitter.

Just reached the deepest point of the ocean. Hitting bottom never been so enjoyable. I can not wait to share what they saw with you.

James Cameron

What to see

"Abyss"

• Fantasy, adventure, thriller.
• United States, 1989.
• 146 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

Workers underwater oil platform along with special forces have to find out the reasons for the collapse of the nuclear submarine and disarm the warheads that are in it. However, under the water, they are faced with an unknown and dangerous creature.

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"Titanic"

• Disaster movie, a melodrama, a drama.
• United States, 1997.
• 195 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Jack and Rose belong to very different sectors of society. But they meet and fall in love aboard a luxury liner, not yet knowing what the ship and most passengers are doomed to perish in the cold waters of the ocean.

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The film was a real triumph for James Cameron. Of the 14 nominations for "Oscar" picture took 11, including "Best Film" and "Best Director". In addition, the film won the BAFTA Award, "Golden Globe", "Cesar" and many others - in all more than a hundred nominations and 87 wins. As well as the title of the most profitable film of all time, beaten only after "Avatar," the same Cameron.

In 2012, the film was re-released in 3D.

strong women

Whatever the story, almost all films Cameron have in common - strong and brave female characters. Extremely rare, except in a purely comedic film "True Lies," women can "get lost" in the frame on the background of men.

Frightened and weak waitress Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) from the first "Terminator" second film turns into a bold and strong women who are ready to fight even with people, even with robots. And in between the two parts of the release of "Aliens" - the continuation of the famous film by Ridley Scott. Here Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) becomes sharper and bolder than the first film. In addition, it is added to Jeanette Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) - ordinary special forces, on the courage and agility giving a hundred points forward to many men.

The trend will continue in the future. In "Avatar," the majority of the most intelligent and brave characters - this is a woman. Sigourney Weaver plays the chairwoman of the program, Zoe Saldana - brave representative of the Na'vi race, and Michelle Rodriguez - desperate pilot.

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"Strangers"

• Fiction thriller, horror.
• United States, 1986.
• 137 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,4.

The second film of the famous franchise of race ksenomorfov. Lieutenant Ellen Ripley returns to the planet, where once the team first met her ship Alien. Many years have passed, the planet has long been colonized, but suddenly the connection is interrupted with the settlers. Ripley, accompanied by special forces group discovers the planet not one but a whole colony of strangers.

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Creation and development of technologies for filming

Speaking about the work of James Cameron, it is impossible not to mention its contribution to the development of film technology. Almost every picture of his big film industry divides into "before" and "after", setting new standards for the shooting.
When working on "The Abyss" was first used CGI technology on a fully three-dimensional character. In "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" to these developments it added a lot of computer animation and morphing technology (the scene where one object smoothly "flows" in the other).

Last but not least, Cameron developed innovations not only have an impact on the entertainment industry, but also help in life. For example, for voice actors during filming underwater in the "Abyss" have come up with a way to clear his voice from background noise. This development took up with pleasure divers. And when submerged to the bottom of the Mariana Trench 68 new species of living organisms has been detected.

The real breakthrough in 3D-animation was, of course, "Avatar." The fact that this film brought the technology to a new level, recognize almost everything. Luc Besson, talking about the movie "Valerian and the city of a thousand planets," explains that before just was not technically possible to release a similar picture.

And then came "Avatar." And everything became possible, thanks to Jim.

Luc Besson, director

For the filming of this movie has been modernized of 3D-camera, invented earlier by the same Cameron, together with Vince Pace operator. But the main thing - has been created technology that allows you to overlay visuals right on the site at the time of the shooting. Director while working could see how the picture will look as a result.

In addition, for each actor we did exactly helmet shaped head and small cameras hung in front of individuals to maximize accurately convey facial expressions of the characters. Microsoft has specially for the film released a new cloud-based Gaia to experts from New Zealand can quickly handle frames.

As "Terminator 2" at the time caused an explosion of interest in the use of computer graphics in a big movie, since "Avatar" has influenced the development of 3D films and motion capture technology.

What to see

"Terminator 2: Judgment Day"

• Fiction thriller.
• United States, 1991.
• 137 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,5.

At this time in the past sent a robot that can change the appearance and copy any person encountered. He must destroy the son of Sarah Connor. But in his defense gets older model Terminator, familiar to viewers from the first part.

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August 24, 2017 on the screens out an updated version of the classic film. The picture is translated in 3D-format, color correction carried out, cleaned and processed virtually every frame. Also updated special effects and sound overwritten. For James Cameron is not so much the opportunity to earn more money (he once refused to continue shooting "Terminator", although it promised significant benefits), but rather an opportunity to show the audience how the picture would look like if it existed at the time of the shooting more developed technologies.

"Avatar"

• Science Fiction, Action, Drama.
• United States, 2009.
• 162 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

A former Marine confined to a wheelchair, becomes a participant in the project "Avatar" on the planet Pandora, where humans are mining a rare and very valuable mineral. The project he can transfer his consciousness to artificially create an avatar - a creature that looks like the locals Na'vi. But the activity of mankind turns into a disaster for both people and the planet itself.

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In the picture immediately announced three sequels, but even the release of the first of them is postponed is not the first time, although work on the film has been going on for a long time. Cameron has already said that once again raises the bar for the quality of the filming. Plans to release 3D-movie that can be viewed without special glasses.