James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario in Canada August 14 (16) 1954. His family later moved to Chippewa Falls near Niagra Falls. James Cameron was during his youth years always very fascinated with movies. He was mezmerized when he saw Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he drew himself crazy trying to figure out how they had shot that film. Cameron also wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized a lot instead of doing his school work. It was actually during one boring biology class that
Introduction James Francis Cameron, who was born on August 16, 1954 in Ontario, Canada, is a famous film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is good at shooting action films and science-fiction films. Titanic and Avatar are the two most famous films directed by him. His father Phillip Cameron is an engineer and mother Shirley Cameron is an artist. In the next content I will stalk the career of James Cameron and his influence to society according to the social media he uses. Biography
greatest feats of mankind have come upon in the wake of these problems. It is in the human nature to surpass any challenge; it is only the question of how we deal with the challenge and how far we push ourselves to com out successful. Through Avatar, James Cameron shows In the movie Avatar, it is portrayed that the challenges and difficulties are an inherent part of the human experience; the way they are dealt
Within the context of film industry, the film Titanic by James Cameron belongs to epic romance/ disaster genre. The film, released in 1997, was a global box office hit because the director provided equal importance to history, fiction and romance. To be specific, one can see that the film’s plot is based upon the history of RMS Titanic. On the other side, the main characters including the protagonist and the heroine (Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson) are fictional characters. Besides, the
which James Cameron Avatar is more evolved as a science fiction than Neil Blomkamp District 9,this can be prove that Avatar is more evolved film by arguing that it’s more modern and innovative to it’s themes thus giving it the upper hand . Avatar approach to portraying the theme of Spaceship, Advanced technology is more modern and innovative when compared other movies such as pre 1999 movies and District 9.This is further shown through the theme of Corporate greed and power where James Cameron
Cody Barnes Mr. Lyon English IV 28 February 2017 The Fight to Save a Planet In the film Avatar, James Cameron tells a tale of good vs. evil. The story follows Jake Sully (played by Sam Worthington) a paraplegic marine and how he helps the Na’vi the native people of Pandora to stop the Resource Development Agency (RDA). The RDA is only on Pandora to mine not matter the cost to the environment. The Na’vi are a peace loving species native to Pandora they choose to live in harmony with nature
The film “the titanic” (1997) is a film directed by the director James Cameron. The film is a historical drama of the sink of the R.M.S Titanic in 1912. Titanic was indeed the most expensive one of its time with its estimated $200,000,000 budget, which paved the way for the reputation of the film as a blockbuster. In the opening weekend, it came to 2674 screens and was ahead of the box office lists in the USA with $28, 638, 13. In total, it had a box office of $2,185,372,302 worldwide. In the opening
'Aliens' by James Cameron James Cameron creates atmosphere in a key sequence in ‘Aliens’ using cinematography, editing, sound, special effects and mise-en-scene. The scene opens with one of the protagonists, Corporal Hicks, telling his troops what he managed to ‘salvage from the APC’, this dialogue is of a military style, and emphasizes the professional nature of the characters. This idea of military professionalism is reinforced by the costumes worn by the characters e.g. bullet proof
Dana Abou Abbas English 1C May 18th , 2018 Avatar Race Distraction Avatar, a tremendously successful movie produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau. With its popularity and mass appeal, it has also acquired a considerable amount of disapproval from a variety of sources, pointing at a variation of topics of the film, from its demonstration of alien natives and a colonial corporate military, to race problems and a representation of cigarette use. The movie Avatar can be analyzed in many different
After watching Avatar, I had the same feeling as I saw Star War. The movie "Avatar" is directed by James Cameron, who has directing talent. He was the father of the film series belongs whose name was in cinema productions, such as Terminator, Alien, True Lies, and especially the Titanic. Investment funding for Avatar was estimated 285 million dollars, the biggest cost in the history of world cinema has ever known. "Avatar" is not only worth seeing but also deserve better praises with the most enthusiasm
Francisco Chronicle. "Library of Congress adds ‘Terminator’ to Archives." San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Dec. 2008: E-3. Print. Skavydis, L. "Movie Reviews: The Terminator (1984)." Rev. of the Terminator, dir. James Cameron. 10 Jan. 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2011: par. 5. Print. The Terminator. Dir. James Cameron. Perf. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. Hemdale Film Corporation, 1984. Film
It would be an understatement to say that James Cameron’s 2009 epic science fiction film, Avatar, was a blockbuster. Not only did it end up making the most money at the box office than any movie ever made in the history of film, but it also pushed new boundaries for film technology, especially with being a 3d film, which in turn caused it tone of the most discussed films of the year. It really reflected the true essence of what a blockbuster is, based on its approach towards the special effects of
The American science fiction film ‘Avatar’, directed by James Cameron is about Jake Sully, a paralysed former marine who becomes an avatar to take his place on a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There, he meets the Na’vi people and gets attached to living in harmony with nature, where he must save their land when being attacked by humans. The story line of Avatar follows closely with ‘The Hero’s Journey’ which focuses on how the main character is experiencing a change from his ordinary world
department and visual effects department deeply influenced his role in the film as a cinematographer. During the production of the film, Cameron’s initial idea did not clash with Carpenter’s personal idea on cinematography. To be specific, working with Cameron was helpful for Carpenter as a cinematographer because both of them were with similar taste. In addition, Cameron’s knowledge in photography and set construction was helpful for the cinematographer. So Carpenter’s craftsmanship as a cinematographer
Ethnocentrism in Avatar by James Cameron One of the major themes of the film Avatar is colonialism. Colonialism is the establishment of economic and political control over an area (Lundberg, 2015). In the film, Avatar, colonialism could be seen by the humans trying to take over Pandora for its resources, also known as “unobtainium”. Jake Sully, the main lead acts as a handicap ex-marine, task to infiltrate the place in his given avatar suit, to assist the military in blending into Pandora. This
The tragedy of the Titanic sinking on April 15th 1912 has been retold by multiple movies, but none of the other movies combine actual events and a love story the way James Cameron did. The Titanic (1997) directed and produced by James Cameron made close to 2 billion dollars in box office and received eleven Oscars, which was a surprise to Paramount (Braund,1). The Fox-Paramount partnership soured when the predicted final cost of the movie was over $200 million dollars, and Paramount only agreed to
Avatar is a movie that takes you to a world beyond imagination with it special effects. The movie won a lot of awards, a couple of which is Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. Avatar was first aired in 2009, Jake sully, an injured marine who is paralyzed from waist down, gets recruited to join a mission to explore the world of Pandora to search for a precious mineral that could save the earth. However, Pandora natives the “ Na’vi” ( 12 feet tall , blue creatures ) live
The film Titanic is a critically acclaimed motion picture released in 1997 by the director James Cameron. At the time, it was considered to be one of the best films released to date. Although it was a huge success in cinemas globally, this does not mean that some of the material presented was the entire historical truth. The movie begins with treasure hunters searching the wreck of the Titanic for a rare diamond, called ‘The Heart of the Ocean’. They discover a portrait of a woman wearing the diamond
crime, which may cause international and sometimes personal disputes. Large-scale disputes can be considered very dangerous, which is why violence is a main factor when technology is used in the wrong form. Similar to Case, Jake Sully in Avatar (Cameron) uses a high performance matrix machine, in this case to control the body of an avatar to retrieve and adapt to the avatar race Na’vi race while sacrificing his real-world life, forgetting his own physical and mental awareness. This ultimately causes
phenomenon in 1997. This classic movie was directed by famous director, James Cameron who has directed many quality movies; for example Avatar, Titanic, The terminator, True Lies, The abyss and etc. Titanic is the name of white big boat of United States of America, the real story of an accident of this big boat with iceberg during travel to the destination. The death of people on the boat is one of the tragedy in history. James Cameron got inspired from this real situation to make his movie, and named