Thoughts, ideas, tips, musings, and pontifications (not necessarily in that order) by Ben Forta ...
NOTE: This is my personal blog, and the opinions and statements voiced here are my own.
At MAX 2009, producer Jon Landau talked about the creation of the new hit movie Avatar. In this Adove TV segment he explains how Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects, Premier, and Connect, were all used in the creation of the movie.
Best Buy is doing another film competition with MOFILM, this time winner gets to meet Jon Landau in Barcelona, and guest-direct for Best Buy (plus $7500 gift card.) It's a really great opportunity for aspiring filmmakers, have until Feb 1 to submit, please share: http://bit.ly/bbbarc or follow @mofilmbestbuy
@Andrew: If you haven't yet, you should still see Avatar. It is not your "typical" sci-fi movie. The story is better than your average shallow sci-fi flick and the special effects are unbelievable. Actually, knowing how the did the cgi for the alien characters made the movie more enjoyable for me because I knew I was still watching a human actor's performance.
i am a big fan of james cameron work, he has a great eye for detail, but one question keeps coming up reguarding his story lines, the storyline for avatar is clearly the story of Pocahontas, told in a new way. the use of CGI.
problem if I do it?
--- Ben