In 2009, James Cameron released his film Avatar. It was an intense mix of sci-fi and adventure, with plenty of action intertwined in its storyline. The story is of Jake Sully, who is a paraplegic marine who is sent to a distant moon called Pandora. There Jake fills the position of his deceased brother, becoming an Avatar of the native peoples the Na’vi, and is working for the government as humans mine the planet for precious metals. Jake is at first operating under the orders of the military unit, but goes rouge after witnessing the greedy and inhumane things that are being planned against the Na’vi and the planet. This movie took James Cameron over 10 years to create. The movie is very intentional about every single detail in its whole production
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There are two types of points of view, on is an objective point of view which distances itself form the influences of a character’s emotions. The other is a subjective, which re-creates a character’s perspective and feelings, this is the point of view primarily used in the movie Avatar. In the movie, Jake as he sets out to fight back against the other humans and their military power. This helps to reinforce the theme of imperialism because of the close connection the cinematography has to Jake. He starts the movie operating under the government, doing everything they say. After seeing the horrible things which are taking place, Jake gradually changes sides to standing against the government and corporation. With this subjective point of view, the audience is able to see and experience the two sides just as the main character is, witnessing the horrors of imperialism. This was an important decision by James Cameron to choose a subjective point of view. If the movie was to be shot at an objective point of view, the audience would be at more of a distance from the emotions of the character and would not be influenced in the same precise way he may have …show more content…
It is what determines the scale of the shot, and further helps specify the point of view. There are six main distance categories for the camera, but they are purposefully broad, such as close-ups and medium long-range shots. Camera distance can be used for things such as an establishing shot. An establishing shot is an initial shot which is a long-shot or extreme long-shot, and serves the purpose of forming a sense of a setting, familiarizing the viewer with the location in which the story is taking place. In the movie Avatar, establishing shots are very important in the relaying of the setting to viewers, because Pandora is a made-up world. There is not a lot of previous familiarity between the viewers and the setting of the movie, so establishing shots help to paint a picture of where the characters are. It is very evident that James Cameron sees the importance for these shots in his movie. One of the more prominent examples of his use of establishing shots is when the team is moving to a remote base in the floating mountains. There helicopter is still a subject in the frame, but the camera distance is considered a long-shot, because of how far back it is from the helicopter. The first establishing shot of the scene is them flying through a narrower group of the mountains, still the camera is at a long distance. The next shot comes after a quote from the pilot saying, “it’s VFR from
There are two types of points of view, on is an objective point of view which distances itself form the influences of a character’s emotions. The other is a subjective, which re-creates a character’s perspective and feelings, this is the point of view primarily used in the movie Avatar. In the movie, Jake as he sets out to fight back against the other humans and their military power. This helps to reinforce the theme of imperialism because of the close connection the cinematography has to Jake. He starts the movie operating under the government, doing everything they say. After seeing the horrible things which are taking place, Jake gradually changes sides to standing against the government and corporation. With this subjective point of view, the audience is able to see and experience the two sides just as the main character is, witnessing the horrors of imperialism. This was an important decision by James Cameron to choose a subjective point of view. If the movie was to be shot at an objective point of view, the audience would be at more of a distance from the emotions of the character and would not be influenced in the same precise way he may have …show more content…
It is what determines the scale of the shot, and further helps specify the point of view. There are six main distance categories for the camera, but they are purposefully broad, such as close-ups and medium long-range shots. Camera distance can be used for things such as an establishing shot. An establishing shot is an initial shot which is a long-shot or extreme long-shot, and serves the purpose of forming a sense of a setting, familiarizing the viewer with the location in which the story is taking place. In the movie Avatar, establishing shots are very important in the relaying of the setting to viewers, because Pandora is a made-up world. There is not a lot of previous familiarity between the viewers and the setting of the movie, so establishing shots help to paint a picture of where the characters are. It is very evident that James Cameron sees the importance for these shots in his movie. One of the more prominent examples of his use of establishing shots is when the team is moving to a remote base in the floating mountains. There helicopter is still a subject in the frame, but the camera distance is considered a long-shot, because of how far back it is from the helicopter. The first establishing shot of the scene is them flying through a narrower group of the mountains, still the camera is at a long distance. The next shot comes after a quote from the pilot saying, “it’s VFR from