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Podcast: Cinematography Podcast - Cam Noir
Episode: Russell Carpenter, ASC: Lighting the world of Fire and Ash
Description: The Cinematography Podcast Episode 344: Russell Carpenter
When cinematographer Russell Carpenter began working on Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash concurrently, he knew stepping into the world of Pandora would be a much different production environment. Carpenter and director Jim Cameron had previously collaborated on True Lies and Titanic, which won him the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
As the cinematographer, Carpenter’s primary concern was ensuring the lighting on live, motion-captured actors blended seamlessly with a CGI-generated universe. Audiences instinctively understand the physics of sunlight filtering through a forest or the wa...