Avatar: The Way of Water Cinematography with Russell Carpenter ASC

On the latest episode of the Go Creative Show, Avatar: The Way of Water cinematographer Russell Carpenter ASC talks to host Ben Consoli about the making of the film and using the custom-made 3D Sony VENICE.

Russell also dives deep into the underwater motion capture system, the process of virtual filmmaking, lighting in a virtual world, and a lot of the other techniques that were used in creating this film.

You can listen to the full episode above.

Topics Covered

Russell’s thoughts on critics (02:40)
Filming the incredible underwater scenes with motion capture (07:37)
Why Russell decided to film with the Sony Venice (15:28)
Deep dive into the lighting of AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (26:09)
Was the Sony Venice Rialto born from AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER? (33:10)
Filming at 48 frames per second (37:44)
The cinematographer’s role in a VFX-heavy film (43:10)
AVATAR’s production workflow explained (52:16)
Why it’s important for filmmakers to embrace new technology (01:01:07)

By Matthew Allard ACS

Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 35 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.

He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.

Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.

Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.