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rig.Theheadrigwasusedtoextractmovementsofeverythingfromtheeyes,lips,tongue against the teeth; which is critical to the formof soundphonemes. Also,there was an increase in whatever the emotion was, for instance bad emotionswould mean the ears were submissive like a dog and angry emotions werepresentedwith the tail lashing just like anangry lion.This iswhatmad the filmsuccessful, the audience saw theNavicharacters asAliens/creaturerather thenhumans.Itwaseasiertoacceptthembecausetheyarealienswithhumanfeatures.

Theirblueskincolour,doglikeearsandtailsworkswiththeuncannyvalleytheory.

-Uncannyvalley-Theuncannyvalleyisahypothesisinthefieldofroboticsand3Dcomputeranimation,whichholdsthatwhenhumanreplicaslookandactalmost,butnot perfectly, like actual human beings, it causes a responseof revulsion amonghuman observers. The "valley" in question is a dip in a proposed graph of thepositivityofhumanreactionasafunctionofarobot'shumanlikeness.Asyouattractthehumanconceptourattractiontothecharacterdecreases.So,onceyougettothetruehumanoidlookatthelastseconditgoesbackup.Togetonthefarsideoftheresponsecurbistheuncannyvalley.Asanaudience,wedonthavetobelievetheyarephotorealorthatthecreaturesactuallyexist,butwehavetobelieveinthemas

emotional creatures and I believe thats been accomplished, for instance as thisfactualbookonAvatarstates;

DidyouknowthatwhilemostNaviridershavetheirownDirehorses,itispermissible

foranyNavitorideanotherridersDirehorse?OnceaNaviriderhasbondedwithaBanshee,theyarebondedforlifeandnootherridercanrideit.

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Therefore, the bonding with the Banshee just displays the emotional andaffectionatecreaturesCameronwasattemptingtosuggest.

Cameronhadcreatedastylethatwewouldneverseeinactualreality.Forinstance,the imaginative and extraordinary nature that had been created to the unusualcreaturesformedsuchasthedirehorses,banshee,thanatorandhammerheadtotheNavisshownbelow:

Fig2:

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Thisiswhatcreatedthefilmtobesoimpressiveandvisuallyalluring.Also,CameronandhisteamcameupwithawholenewcolourschemetolighttheNavicreature,sincethenaturallightscannotevokeblueskin.However,thelightingofhumanoidsandtheirskinisthecompleteopposite;itwaseasilypossible.

JamesCameronfeltthatheneededacompleteandconsistentlanguagethatcouldbecarried throughbythe alientribe.Cameronwroteroughly30words inthe earlydays of constructing the script. In 2005 James Cameron hired Paul Frommer tocreateanewlanguageusingthebasehisconstructionofhisfortheNavitribe.Bythe time casting began the language was complete for the actors to read andpronounce.

Cameronisusingnaturesresourcefulnessandimaginationtocreatethecharactersandfuelthefilm,whichisprimitivelywhythecreaturesappeartobegenuine.Inparalleltheanimatorslookedathowthecreaturesmoved;basicallyhowthemusclemovementmoved.Likeforinstance,howdoesasix-leggedhorserun.Eventhoughits not really a horse, its an alien inspired horse that resembles a horse in itsgesturalbroadstrokes.

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Books on animal biology, and animal anatomy were important resources and

inspiration James Cameron and his peers researched before creating the natureinspiredcreatures.Inaddition,photobooksthatincludedimagesofvariousanimals,forexamplethebackofatortoisetoapoisonousdartfrogandatropicalfishwerepartofthereferences.Someofthecreatureswereblownup,nottheentirecreaturebuttheirtexturalaspects.

This film has a very good message about conserving nature and how modernhumans often treat primitive tribes as well as the other technologised modern

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wellasbeingnewandoriginal.Theplotissomethingwehaveseenbeforewithasoldierswitchingsidesbecauseofhisloveinterest.Themysteriousresemblanceto'DanceswithWolvesandafewotherfilmtitlesmakesitpredictabletowatch.Itisvery difficult to be original in this day an age, as mankind has seen just abouteverything. James Cameron took a plot familiar to us and transformed into abreathtaking experience. You go on this journey with the characters where youexperienceanewworld,newlifeinaColorfultruetolifedesign.Thevisualaspectof

thisfilmtakesyouawayfromtheplot,fromtheworldof'Pandora'theattentiontodetailwithverysceneandsection,itstrueart.

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Bibliography

Illustrations:Fig1:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/Fig2:http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2010/jan/12/avatar-lost-in-showbizFig3:http://www.hdwallpapers.in/navi_warrior_on_thanator_in_avatar-wallpapers.

Fig4:http://www.china-family-adventure.com/chinese-mountains.html

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James C.Canty

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beautiful-avatar-will-blow-you-away

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