The film Avatar: The Fire and the Ash, which is dominating the box office at home and abroad and enjoying strong ticket sales, has revealed astonishing production behind-the-scenes details that are drawing attention.
"More than expected. Maybe because I watched it in 3D, the movie was fun and I want to see it again"(CGV_TeukbyeolhanJo****), "Live Up to Your Name, experienced ecstasy throughout the running time"(CGV_BitnaneunAi****), "the cinematography is superb"(CGV_Byul**), "definitely feels like the ultimate installment in the series with its scale! The visuals have evolved further and my eyes enjoyed it"(CGV_BitnaneunMa****) and other rave reviews from domestic audiences praising Avatar: The Fire and the Ash for delivering an unprecedented cinematic experience, while CGV's Golden Egg index recorded 95% (as of Dec. 22 (Mon)) and has been on an upward curve since release, drawing attention, the film's astonishing production behind-the-scenes have been revealed, adding to its specialness.
#just 11 seconds Avatar: The Fire and the Ash contains a total of 3,382 visual effects shots. Of those, Wt FX, the world-class visual effects studio responsible for the visual effects of the Avatar series and other Hollywood masterpieces, handled visual effects work for 94% of the film. And there are only seven scenes in Avatar: The Fire and the Ash with no visual effects at all, reportedly amounting to about 11 seconds in total, which is astonishing. #more than 1,000 digital fire FX shots True to the film's subtitle, this movie features a Pandora covered not in verdant blue but in "fire" and "ash," offering global audiences a special spectacle. The production team said the film includes more than 1,000 digital fire FX shots, the highest level achieved in the series. In particular, viewers can directly see a variety of fire effects in the film, from flaming arrows and flamethrowers to large-scale explosions and tornadoes of fire, and in certain scenes they can vividly experience sparks flying.
Not only "fire" but work on "water" effects is said to have applied improved technology. The production team said that not long after Avatar: The Way of Water won the visual effects award at the 95th Academy Awards, they began work to improve water simulation technology. In that process, functions that allow spray and fog states to transition back into a large-volume water state were improved, and they said Avatar: The Fire and the Ash includes more than 2,000 water FX shots, which is a scale similar to Avatar: The Way of Water.
#8,000 costume illustrations, 2,000 character items, 1,557 live-action RDA costume props Deborah L. Scott, an Oscar winner, began preparing the costumes for the Wind Traders and the ash tribes in 2017. She produced about 8,000 costume illustrations and made 333 Wind Trader costumes and 306 ash tribe costume samples. In particular, the Wind Trader chieftain Paylak's (David Dulis) costume was made with dyed threads and 803 decorative beads, adding to its splendor.
In addition, more than 387 costumes for major characters were produced, and more than 2,000 items corresponding to swords, partial costumes and handcrafted wigs were made. They also devoted great care to the unprecedented scale of the RDA's appearance, and said 1,557 RDA costume props were produced, including 628 masks, 169 helmets and 760 costume components. #the Wind Traders' gondola made from about 2,000 bamboo poles The newly appearing creatures Windray and Medusoid in Avatar: The Fire and the Ash drew admiration from global audiences the moment they appeared on screen. In particular, the gondola-like ship of the Wind Traders, led by the two creatures, captivates with its enormous scale and beautiful design. The production team said they used 2,000 bamboo posts to build the large sailing-ship–type vessel and built a massive gondola approximately 128 meters long and about 188 meters high, adding to its uniqueness.
#about 536 people! the most Na'vi characters ever in the series In the epic battle sequence at the end of the work, an enormous number of Na'vi appear en masse. The production team said that in some crowd scenes the most Na'vi ever in the series appear, and in one scene 536 distinct Na'vi characters appear. Avatar: The Fire and the Ash, which is topping the domestic and international box offices and sweeping the world, tells a story of even greater peril unfolding on Pandora covered in fire and ash when the ash tribe led by Barang appears before the Sully family, grieving the death of Jake and Neytiri's first son Neteiyam. As the third work in the Avatar series, which drew 13.62 million domestic viewers and achieved global success, it is approaching 2 million admissions domestically.
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