{"id":282057,"date":"2021-06-23T21:42:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-we-learned-film\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T21:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:42:13","slug":"what-we-learned-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#What We Learned \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a249189843bb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a249189843bb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#Five_Components_to_Making_a_Movie\" >Five Components to Making a Movie<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#James_Cameron_Origins\" >James Cameron: Origins<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#Somebody_Has_to_Write_a_Story\" >Somebody Has to Write a Story<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#Creating_Characters\" >Creating Characters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#The_Art_of_Low-Budget_Filmmaking\" >The Art of Low-Budget Filmmaking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#Crafting_Set_Pieces\" >Crafting Set Pieces<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-we-learned-film\/#Reflection\" >Reflection<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What We Learned \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678467\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-review-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"james cameron masterclass review\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-review-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-review-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-review-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-review.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legendary filmmaker <strong>James Cameron<\/strong> took a break from making his\u00a0<em>Avatar<\/em> sequels to sit down for a new MasterClass on filmmaking, and the results are informative, engrossing, and insightful. Will watching the James Cameron MasterClass instantly turn you into a filmmaker? No, of course not. And if you know a lot about filmmaking to begin with, much of the information Cameron departs here will sound familiar. But Cameron is a gifted storyteller, and he\u2019s particularly adept at talking about himself and his work.<\/p>\n<p>A master of technical craft, Cameron\u2019s focus through the 15 videos (which clock in at a 3 hours and 20 minutes in total) is primarily on how he learned skills along the way and adapted them as he evolved as a filmmaker. The MasterClass also finds the notoriously cranky director surprisingly reflective, even sounding a bit sheepish about his reputation as a hard-nosed taskmaster on set. These elements coalesce into a MasterClass that\u2019s definitely worth checking out if you\u2019re interested in Cameron\u2019s work, or in filmmaking in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below I\u2019ve broken down some lessons learned from Cameron\u2019s MasterClass. But this only scratches the surface \u2013 you\u2019ll need to subscribe to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masterclass.com\/classes\/james-cameron-teaches-filmmaking?utm_source=Email&amp;utm_medium=BB&amp;utm_term=Ret-Engagement&amp;utm_content=061721_Email_ClassLaunch1_BB_JCam_AAP_All&amp;utm_campaign=JCam\">class<\/a> for the full picture.<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-behind-the-scenes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678469\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-behind-the-scenes-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-behind-the-scenes-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-behind-the-scenes-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-behind-the-scenes-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/james-cameron-masterclass-behind-the-scenes.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Five_Components_to_Making_a_Movie\"><\/span><strong>Five Components to Making a Movie<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to making <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, James Cameron has five specific components he considers to be key. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Gripping Opening Image<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThere\u2019s a sacrosanct moment when the studio credits are over, you dip to black, and something\u2019s going to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear,\u201d says Cameron. \u201cThe audience is never going to be leaning forward more than they are in those first seconds. What are you going to hit them with?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Compelling Characters<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYou need compelling characters,\u201d the filmmaker tells us. \u201cYou need characters that the audience will be fascinated by, that they can either identify with or that they can\u2019t identify with initially, but then they get sucked into that character\u2019s reality.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>An Interesting World<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYou need a world in which [your] characters exist,\u201d Cameron advises. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s in another time. Maybe it\u2019s in another place in our world. I personally have always been fascinated by other times. I love history. And other places: <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction, the future, other planets.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conflict<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>As Cameron puts it: \u201cThe worst thing you can have is everybody all on the same side of the argument. There has to be conflict because your characters are tested by conflict and by betrayal and by loss. And we want to feel that we\u2019re walking that character\u2019s life with them, that we\u2019re walking with them through their journey.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Satisfying Ending<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, as obvious as it might seem, Cameron says: \u201cThere needs to be an end of the journey. I always start with the ending: \u2018Am I going to be moved by where it all winds up?&#8217;\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that you\u2019ve read that, you can officially go out and start making record-breaking blockbusters just like Jim Cameron! Okay, that\u2019s not true. But it\u2019s a start.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-painting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678470\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-painting-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-painting-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-painting-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-painting-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-painting.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"James_Cameron_Origins\"><\/span><strong>James Cameron: Origins<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 -->As the class kicks off, Cameron gives us his origin story \u2013 a quick crash course on how he went from a behind-the-scenes tech expert to a low-budget filmmaker to a full-fledged box office juggernaut. Cameron clearly likes to talk, and to talk about himself, but he doesn\u2019t come across as boorish or even\u00a0haughty. He\u2019s actually quite pleasant to listen to.<\/p>\n<p>As Cameron tells it, when he was a kid he watched the 1974 film\u00a0<em>Mysterious Island<\/em> and was so inspired by what he saw that he went home and started drawing comic books about the film. But he would change the story, making up his own along the way. He was inadvertently \u201cdoing all the things a filmmaker does,\u201d but \u201cgraphically on paper.\u201d However, he didn\u2019t quite make the connection that he could apply this to making movies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">That changed when he saw Stanley Kubrick\u2019s\u00a0<em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>. Cameron went into the flick expecting just another space movie and ended up leaving the theater puking. His sudden projectile vomit wasn\u2019t because he hated the movie. Instead, the film\u2019s now-iconic stargate sequence made Cameron feel like he\u2019d never felt watching a movie before. It was, he says, the first time he realized a movie could be a piece of art.<\/p>\n<p><em>2001<\/em> had a companion book all about the making of the film, and Cameron picked it up and studied it. And while he didn\u2019t understand everything in the book, he started taking notes, and eventually picked up his father\u2019s Super 8 camera. And thus a filmmaker was born.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-behind-the-scenes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678471\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-behind-the-scenes-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-behind-the-scenes-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-behind-the-scenes-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-behind-the-scenes-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-behind-the-scenes.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Somebody_Has_to_Write_a_Story\"><\/span><strong>Somebody Has to Write a Story<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSomebody has got to write a story at some point,\u201d Cameron tells us. It seems obvious, but it\u2019s a fact that you can\u2019t shrug off. If you\u2019re making a movie, you\u2019d be wise to come up with a story for that movie. And even if a director doesn\u2019t write his or her own scripts, they should at the very least understand the writing process. That said, it\u2019s okay to be flexible. Cameron adds that thinking in terms of act breaks is helpful \u2013 but you don\u2019t need to stick rigidly to a three-act structure.<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 -->\u201cNone of my stuff ever fits the three-act structure,\u201d he says, but he also adds: \u201cIt\u2019s good to know the rules before you break them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIf an idea won\u2019t go away, that\u2019s when it\u2019s worth making a movie about,\u201d Cameron says, reflecting that he gets a lot of his movie ideas from dreams. He once had a dream about a metal skeleton rising out of a fire, and that dream turned into\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to storytelling, Cameron stresses that sometimes it\u2019s \u201cokay for the audience to be ahead of you.\u201d Even if you have story elements that seem obvious, it doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re bad. Indeed, it can be extra cathartic for the audience to predict what\u2019s going to happen \u2013 and then to see they were correct. In effect, it encourages the audience to participate in the film.<\/p>\n<p>And not everything needs to come from the screenplay itself. As an example, Cameron mentions that in\u00a0<em>Aliens<\/em>, the young girl Newt was introduced earlier, before her entire family got bumped off by Xenomorphs. But when it came time to edit the film, Cameron realized it would better to introduce Newt later, after she\u2019s suffered her trauma. He calls it an \u201cunplanned introduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/titanic-behind-the-scenes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678473\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/titanic-behind-the-scenes-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/titanic-behind-the-scenes-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/titanic-behind-the-scenes-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/titanic-behind-the-scenes-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/titanic-behind-the-scenes.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_Characters\"><\/span><strong>Creating Characters<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">If you\u2019re writing a story for a movie, that story needs characters. Duh. But how do you create <em>memorable<\/em> characters? \u201cGive an average person an enormous problem,\u201d Cameron says. He also says it\u2019s okay to draw on classic archetypes. For instance, when writing\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em>, he was thinking of a Virgin Mary archetype \u2013 the story of the mother of a great prophet. He took that and ran with it, drawing on elements from his own life (his first wife was a waitress at Bob\u2019s Big Boy, just like Sarah Connor in the movie).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThe whole point of storytelling is to live outside yourself, but there has to be some connection to yourself,\u201d says the filmmaker. And the character creation doesn\u2019t stop at the script. That\u2019s just the start. It\u2019s then up to the actor to take things further. Cameron recounts how he had Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet rehearse a scene from\u00a0<em>Titanic<\/em> with modern-day language \u2013 saying things they would say at the time without being worried about historical context. Cameron then took footage of that rehearsal and rewrote the scene to both reflect how DiCaprio and Winslet played it while also making it more appropriate to the era the film was set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThe most sacred part of the job is to help the actor achieve their best work,\u201d the director says. He also stresses that when he writes an antagonist, he works to make the antagonist a little quirky, and even humorous at times. It makes for a more interesting villain \u2013 someone we dislike while we also find them amusing.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-storyboard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678474\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-storyboard-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-storyboard-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-storyboard-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-storyboard-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/terminator-storyboard.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Art_of_Low-Budget_Filmmaking\"><\/span><strong>The Art of Low-Budget Filmmaking<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">While Cameron is known for his big-budget blockbusters, he came from humble origins. His career in film began with working with B-movie legend Roger Corman. And before he made\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em>, Cameron directed the schlock sequel\u00a0<em>Piranha II: The Spawning<\/em> (although it\u2019s worth noting that while Cameron is the credited director, producer\u00a0Ovidio G. Assonitis shot most of that film). Even the first\u00a0<em>Terminator<\/em> is a low-budget film, made for somewhere around $7 million.<\/p>\n<p>But having a low budget needn\u2019t be a hindrance. In fact, Cameron says that as long as you prepare, you can make a low budget movie look great. \u201cThe art of low-budget filmmaking is the art of being thoroughly prepared and maximizing what you have,\u201d Cameron says. For his prep, Cameron \u2013 an accomplished artist \u2013 makes sure to storyboard everything. And when he wrote\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em>, he made sure to write a script that featured affordable things to fit within the budget limitations.<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_4 -->You also need to be inventive. As an example, Cameron points out that they shot a lot of scenes for\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em> near car lots, because car lots are usually brightly lit all night. By using this method, Cameron was able to light scenes without having to get expensive lights. He also points out that when it came time to make the film, he sat down with cinematographer Adam Greenburg and watched both\u00a0<em>Blade Runner<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Road Warrior<\/em>. Cameron proceeded to tell Greenburg that he wanted\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em> to look like someone put those two films in a blender.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re shooting with a low budget, you\u2019re almost guaranteed to\u00a0<em>not<\/em> have a movie star in the film. But that\u2019s not a bad thing, either. As Cameron puts it, having a somewhat unknown actor in the lead actually forces the audience to pay more attention. If we\u2019re watching a Tom Cruise movie, we can generally guess how Tom Cruise is going to behave from scene to scene based on his previous performances. But if we\u2019re watching someone brand new to us, we might sit up and pay more attention in an attempt to figure out who the character is.<\/p>\n<p>The low-budget talk continues into a breakdown of one of the\u00a0<em>Terminator<\/em> effects scene \u2013 where a battle-damaged Arnold Schwarzenegger cuts his arm open to show his robot interior and removes a damaged eye in the process. The make-up work looks a little obvious today, but Cameron points out that when the film came out \u2013 1984 \u2013 audiences weren\u2019t as well-versed in such effects work. Now, it\u2019s commonplace \u2013 and mostly done digitally. But once upon a time, stuff like this was fresh to audiences. And as a result, Cameron believes that audiences had a better grasp on the suspension of disbelief back then than they do now.<\/p>\n<p>For another example of making the most of your budget, Cameron points to a scene from\u00a0<em>Aliens<\/em>\u00a0where Ripley confronts the alien queen in a nest full of facehugger eggs. While\u00a0<em>Aliens<\/em> had a bigger budget than\u00a0<em>Terminator<\/em>, Cameron points out that ideally, they would\u2019ve had hundreds and hundreds of eggs in the shot. But they simply couldn\u2019t afford that \u2013 and made it work anyway, via editing. These days, such a trick could be pulled off digitally, but that wasn\u2019t an option at the time. \u201cIf you can\u2019t afford a digital extension of 100 eggs, make what you can and it\u2019ll work,\u201d Cameron says.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-filming-avatar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678478\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-filming-avatar-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-filming-avatar-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-filming-avatar-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-filming-avatar-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-filming-avatar.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crafting_Set_Pieces\"><\/span><strong>Crafting Set Pieces<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cameron is a master of set pieces, so of course, there\u2019s a video all about that here. It\u2019s better to have a few memorable set pieces rather than wall-to-wall stuff that will blow up your budget, Cameron stresses, going on to describe set pieces as \u201ca film within a film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThere are a lot of rules and advisories about why you put things in movies, and that they should all serve a purpose,\u201d Cameron says. \u201cExcept, they don\u2019t. Sometimes it should just be something you want to see as a filmmaker\u2026and sometimes the only way to see it is to show it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">For example, Cameron uses a scene from\u00a0<em>Avatar<\/em> as a set piece that got some studio pushback. The scene involves main character Jake Sully learning to fly a\u00a0Mountain Banshee. The flying set-piece sequence goes on for a lengthy amount of time, and Cameron says someone urged him to cut it down because they felt it didn\u2019t add anything to the plot. But Cameron countered that he didn\u2019t care \u2013 he wanted to see it, and it stayed in the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIf I want to see it, there are lots of people who are going to want to see it,\u201d Cameron reasons. \u201cAnd they want to see it for itself, not because of a purpose. The purpose is to be present; to be in that world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-masterclass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678481\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-masterclass-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-masterclass-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-masterclass-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-masterclass-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/cameron-masterclass.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reflection\"><\/span><strong>Reflection<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cCuriosity is how you\u2019re going to find your stories,\u201d Cameron says near the end of the class. And such a statement leads the filmmaker into a surprisingly reflective period, although there are hints of that along the way. Early in the class, Cameron almost casually mentions that he considered filmmaking a\u00a0\u201cconstant process of learning,\u201d and adds that he wishes he had learned leadership lessons earlier, specifically the importance of the role of leader of a group. \u201cIt\u2019s not dictator, it\u2019s a collaborative medium,\u201d Cameron says.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker has built up a reputation for being difficult to work for. \u201cHe is notorious on set for his uncompromising and dictatorial manner, as well as his flaming temper,\u201d wrote\u00a0Andrew Gumbel of\u00a0<i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Independent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071214191737\/http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/world\/americas\/article2144052.ece\">The Independent<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i>Ed Harris, who worked with Cameron on\u00a0<em>The Abyss<\/em>, was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/08\/06\/movies\/film-the-abyss-a-foray-into-deep-waters.html?sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=all\">reportedly<\/a> \u201cso angered by the physical torment of the film and the autocratic ways of Mr. Cameron that he said he would refuse to help sell the picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To Cameron\u2019s credit, he doesn\u2019t try to defend any of his past antics or even downplay them. To be sure, he doesn\u2019t spend huge chunks of time dwelling on them. But he does say that if he could go back and do one thing differently in his career, it would be to improve the nature of the working relationships he had with his cast and crew members. \u201cI could\u2019ve listened more,\u201d he says. \u201cI could\u2019ve been less autocratic. I could\u2019ve not made the movie more important than the human interaction of the crew.\u201d He even calls himself a \u201ctinpot dictator.\u201d (I should also note that Cameron adds that he doesn\u2019t think of himself as <em>cruel<\/em>, just demanding.)<\/p>\n<p>Cameron goes on to talk about how the ideal director, in terms of on-set behavior, is certified nice guy Ron Howard. There\u2019s a funny moment where Cameron mentions that he visited one of Howard\u2019s sets once and was \u201cdumbfounded\u201d\u00a0at how much time Howard takes complimenting people on his set. 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