James Cameron took time out of his busy schedule eating Komodo-dragon-egg sushi off the breasts of his new Ukranian wife-slaves on his yacht recently to drop by G4′s Attack of the Show to show off the Cameron-Pace 3D camera rig with which he shot Avatar. Captain America director Joe Johnston recently complained that the rig was too unwieldy, which is why he chose to post-convert rather than shoot in 3D, but the rig doesn’t seem that bad. Anyway, Cameron shared some of the camera’s tech specs with AOTS host Captain Whathisface, like how it’s made from Unicorn Jizz and pure kryptonite. Yep, that’s what I heard.
- This camera is called a mini beam splitter rig and is set up inverted to be hand-held.
- This rig was specifically created for the movie from two Sony cameras.
- Unlike most 3D cameras, the Pace doesn’t use two side by side cameras for 3D effects.
- Instead, it uses two cameras on the top and bottom to recreate how the 3D space will look on screen.
- This technology is known as “fusion 3D.”
- The beam splitter allows the two lenses to merge inside each other as the top camera can move side to side to change the interocular distance or change angles to control the convergence. [to control the "sweet spot" of the 3D image]
- It’s a silent and fast 9 axis motion control system.
- The rig weighs 28 lbs.
- The two cameras must be finely calibrated in order to be doing the same thing at the exact same time.
- [as for how much it costs, Cameron says, "Think a couple of Ferraris," meanwhile probably thinking, "Like the couple of Ferraris I store in my servant's quarters.] [via G4]
Cameron mentions that he did all the hand-held camera work on Avatar himself, and Captain Whatshisface calls him a hero, saying, “I have a new deal of respect for you, sir, because I could not hold that thing for 15 seconds.” Really, dude? You just said the thing weighed 28 pounds. You can’t hold 28 pounds for 15 seconds? Your mom has dildos that weigh more than that. If the Russians ever invade, we’ll have to issue this guy a Nerf crotch bat and super-absorbent hankie to dry his girl tears.
Related: No Avatar sequel until at least 2014. (*sad Pocahontas cat monkey*)
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The best part is when Cameron tells Captain Whathisface that the 3D camera doesn’t work unless you are dressed like Strawberry Shortcake and sit on the “director’s chair” (carousel horse converted into a sybian with a black rubber fist).
Still only weighs a third of what his ego does.
Looks like something Steven Hawkins would drive around in.
Do you know what you get if you use that thing to film two sets of busty blond indentical twin lesbians having an orgy?
My undying gratitude.
Then Olivia Munn came out dressed as a Na’avi and said “I love this because nerds love this. Blah blah blah, my vagina.”
See, it’s funny because he is perpetuating the stereotype of nyerrrds being limp wristed little weaklings. ROTFJO! He sooo deserves to share a stage with Olivia Munn
‘s bewbs.Interocular distance? Yawn. I want to see where you rub the cheetah blood to get such smooth action sequences.
If you think that rig is cool, you should see the sybian that Cameron has in his basement.
@Crapbasket
Yeah well Jimmy doesn’t really have that many friends in hollywood, let alone people who like him so he’s gotta love himself since no one else will.
Where’s the button that makes it recycle used plots?
Donk-is it a converted carousel horse with a black rubber fist?
The interocular distance can be adjusted from ‘monocular’ to ‘Amanda Seyfried.’
When have you been in Cameron’s basement, Fek?
Unbreakable was a fairly good attempt so I sent Manny Shyamalan a package of gold kryptonite. Never got a thank you letter. Asshole.
OK, when it looked like Jimmy Boy there was gonna nail that phagtard with a steel chair, The Mighty Feklahr almost ran out and bought Avatar.
YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE, CAMERON! YOU FUCKING BLEW IT! *YOU* COULD HAVE BEEN THE JOHN CONNOR WE NEEDED!!!
Cameron later explained;
“I got my ideas for Avatar after watching a troupe of Siamese midgets perform Dances With Wolves for me on my incandescent tri hull catamaran I purchased from the Swedish navy while docked at the Sultan’s Barge in Zanzibar, and thinking to myself, ‘wouldn’t this story speak to more people if the Indians were blue cat people’?”.
If it had been The Undertaker giving that interview, not only would he have hit Captain Technicalpr0n with the steel chair, he would have recorded 3D prison sex with him before busting that fucking camera to a million pieces over his skull. “Rest…In…oh, you sure got a purty mouth, boy!”
If I wanted an Avatar sequel, I’d just hang out in a dark room with a black light, some glow sticks, and the family cats.
100% less preachy, and 100% more adorable.
Cameron: “So in Avatar 2, Jake is going to find out that the Navi have long been oppressed by a sect of nobility, and will begin to lead them out from under this oppression, and at the climax he gives a great speech about how ‘they can take our lives, but they’ll never take…OUR FREEDOM!’ Whaddya think guys?”
::Sam Worthington puts gun to temple, pulls trigger::
Pretty sure Katherine Bigelow is swinging a bigger rig these days.
Goddamnit Mankini, where are my morning links? And for that matter, where are my stool softeners and wetnaps? Damnit, where are my wetnaps!? I’m blind!!