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The physical properties of fire drove much of the visual effects work in \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, the subtle flicker of fire with cool blues around the edges of the flame is like a magic trick. \u201cShe knows it\u2019s about theater, so she presumably has some kind of a gel or makeup that\u2019s on the tips of her fingers so that they just don\u2019t burn away in the first few seconds,\u201d Cameron continued. \u201cShe\u2019s able to dip her fingers in some kind of inflammable oil and light them and have them burn like candles. Of course, in his mind, it\u2019s all enhanced much more due to the hallucinogen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron praised both actors in the scene, but singled out Chaplin\u2019s performance for the force she brings to Varang\u2019s shamanistic authority. \u201cShe understood how the character would manifest her power psychologically and how there was a flip in the scene, where the flow of power runs the other direction at a certain point.\u201d<\/p>\n
The director also commended W\u0113t\u0101\u2019s facial capture animation team for achieving a new level of photorealism, thanks in large measure to more realistic muscle and skin movement. \u201cThe way Oona\u2019s performance comes through so resoundingly in the character is a tribute to a lot of R&D, a lot of development in the facial pipeline. But I think it really demonstrates how the idea of CG as a kind of digital makeup really does work. What I\u2019m proud about in that scene is that it\u2019s a culmination of an almost 20-year journey in terms of getting exact verisimilitude in the facial representation of the characters as an extension of the actors\u2019 work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really fun showing Varang to Jim because he knew what he had in the performance,\u201d added Dan Barrett, a senior animation supervisor at W\u0113t\u0101. \u201cAnd he included Oona\u2019s idiosyncrasies in the final animation. He was very respectful of the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
In fact, Cameron argues, Chaplin\u2019s performance as Varang is Oscar-worthy. \u201cIt may be counterintuitive, but I would argue that it\u2019s a more pure form of acting,\u201d he suggested. \u201cNow, you may say that it\u2019s cheating in terms of the cinematography in the sense that the cards are stacked in our favor because that perfect performance will always be there and will be repeatable as I do my different camera coverage. But it\u2019s not cheating in terms of the acting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron has recently been more proactive in demonstrating how the performance-capture process works to academy and SAG-AFTRA acting members so they can better understand it. \u201cIt was just us, working on capturing a scene, and I even wrote new scenes so it wasn\u2019t a made-up dog-and-pony show. And they were blown away,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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