says Jon Landau, the producer ofAvatarand its sequels, in an interview withDen of Geekmagazine.
Once the script was done, Landaus reaction was, Oh my gosh, how do we do this?
It was an epic undertaking, but combining the shoot across nearly three films also had its advantages.
If we did it as three movies, wed pre-light it three times.
It starts with the closeup.
Instead of recording actors faces with one high-definition camera, they would use two.
They dont drive a performance from the skin on the outside, Landau says.
They drive a performance from the muscles on the inside.
We had more physical sets on the sequel than we had on the first movie, says Landau.
Our sets are big, and we have an incredible design team that does those, Landau says.
A moment between Bailey Bass andKate Winsletsort of sums it up, says Landau.
The young actors were a little bit nervous about Kate Winslet coming in.
We talk about theAvatarfamily.
Its a movie about family, but we are a family.
Avatar: The Way of Wateropens Dec. 16.
