24 frames-per-second has been the gold standard for films, but in 2012 director Peter Jackson tried to push the envelope by filming/releasing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at 48 frames-per-second. Some people marveled at the visual clarity that the higher frame rate offered. Others scoffed at it for ruining the illusion of the fantasy elements to the sets. I'm sure most of the negative comments come from the fact that viewers just aren't used to format. There has to be an adjustment period. Funny enough, some people would like to push frames rates even higher, such as 60 or even a 120 frames-per-second. It has been rumored that James Cameron ("True Lies") would film his upcoming Avatar sequels at 60 frames-per-second or more, but he tells Empire that he has changed his mind on that. “
My thinking at the time was that 60 [FPS] might be a better segue to the video market,” Cameron said. “I’ll be plugging into a system that’s a little more mature, so it makes sense for me to do 48 frames at this point.”
Cameron didn't share any new details about the plot of the
Avatar sequels, but he did boast, “
They’re gonna be bitchin’. You will sh*t yourself with your mouth wide open.”
Cameron has a team of writers (Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno) working with him on the scripts. Cameron explained to Empire how he made that work, “I think we met for seven months and we whiteboarded out every scene in every film together, and I didn’t assign each writer which film they were going to work on until the last day. I knew if I assigned them their scripts ahead of time, they’d tune out every time we were talking about the other movie.”
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, AVATAR delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang
Director & Writer: James Cameron