James Cameron on STORYBOARDING
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- The Cinémathèque Française currently has an exhibition on the artwork of James Cameron and he was in Paris recently to talk about his approach to developing the visuals of his films with drawing. Check out the Konbini Channel to see the rest of the interview. Join my TALKING SHOTS Patreon for regular updates on cinematography, camera moves and shot composition/break-downs here: / mattjones235
My STORYBOARDING playlist has many more vids on the subject.
James Cameron is one of the few artists today I think is a genuine genius. Artist, filmmaker, scientist and explorer, just crazy what this guy has done in his career.
Ex Truck Driver from Canada
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@@vairakkann8278 you forgot inventor and engineer. He designed things like the helmets for The Abyss and the 3D cameras for Avatar--he basically told Sony how he wanted the camera to be made, and they built it for him.
I love your comments sir
@@sabatheustake a look at cinematographer Hoytema. Shoots better movies too.
Love seeing he still has the excitement and the curiosity that made him who he is. At almost 70 he's still young in spirit
Thats basically the key to living a good life, never losing what makes you happy
this honestly gave me a new appreciation for James Cameron
Yes me too.
Watch a documentary of him. The guy is something else!
He was a truck driver after watching StarWars he wanted to make one and rest is history 🎉🎉🎉
James Cameron is a genius. Loved his films since I was a child, especially The Abyss. Looks like a terrific exhibition.
The Abyss is finally available on Bluray and UltraHD!
I ❤ it sir
James Cameron makes me want to make movies.
I'm so fascinated by the way this guy's incredible mind works, and how he creates such gorgeous characters, worlds, and stories. I could pull up a chair and listen to him talk for days.
I love how he just gushes. Honestly it's one of the greatest feelings in the world as an artist explaining your own art to someone. You never want to stop talking 😅
Now thats one gallery showing I would love to see. Who knew Cameron was a great illustrator as well
I love it! It's so great to watch his artwork while he tells anecdotes and explains the process behind them.
Not only one of the pillars of cinema, but also an underrated artist illustrator and painter as well!
I❤ it sir
He’s not just a great director, but a pretty damm good artist. We learn something different about a brilliant mine today.
This is absolutely awesome. As a trained fine artist, game artist and wanting to look at the film industry, this looks like an absolute brilliant exhibition. I’m so be interested in going to see. Not kidding, I’m actually thinking now about having my return flight from Spain for my upcoming holiday diverted to Paris so I can check this exhibition out.😆👌🏼
This would soooo be worth it.
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so cool getting so many background information on where the ideas came from for his movies or parts of it. The fact with Qorianka Kilcher inspiring the looks of Na'vi really blew my mind
I only newJames Cameron because for his movies, mainly avatar and the titanic. I had known idea he liked to draw. This is amazing.
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This was so interesting I was disappointed when this video ended. I learned a lot about James Cameron from this. What a creative mind!
I always show this video to my visual art students. Not in spite of not going to University. Perhaps because he didn't go to University.....What a guy! boundless enthusiasm for a challenge.
As a big comic book fan, I can't help but wonder if the comic industry missed out on getting a huge talent like Cameron working in comics instead of film.
That's not to say I'm complaining that he did film, instead. I love the vast majority of his work. That he's an artist further informs his film work in ways I hadn't realized before. It makes sense that he has such an eye for visuals and spectacle.
So very interesting to hear him talk about his art and inspiration. I will see his film work with a greater appreciation for his artistry.
James Cameron is a well known fan of HEAVY METAL magazine. I remember he was in line for making a movie based on them at one point. His art looks like one of the covers.
here's a man with so much depth and hundreds of stories to tell
This was so satisfying to watch. I HIGHLY recommend listening to the podcast "Blockbuster" season 2 starts with James Cameron's life.
Also the book, "Titanic and the Making of James Cameron"
This is great Matt. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks! I had a longer version up yesterday but it got yanked for copyright. See the CaptureMag channel for a long interview w Cameron
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
This guy must've been beyond honored to spend such personal time with this legend beyond a mastermind and getting such tour with him. That's beyond insane, there are people who would die for such experience
We do see James now through his art and with a mind like his I for one am grateful.
Incredible video! It gave me so much insight into his process and journey as a director.
🎉Thank you! It's so cool to learn how a master creates his works!
Cameron, for me, as for many, is a great man who made a revolution not only in cinema, but also in our souls, our hearts!♥
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WOW! A genius! I am ashamed that I didn't even know that he was this great of an artist. I knew he drew but didn't know it was to this level! Just bought the book from Amazon for my collection!
James Cameron is one of the greatest directors of all time! Some don't consider him so because he is not that "artistic", but how many directors have his "feeling" and understanding of storytelling in cinema. A true master in his art. Great director!
Always fascinating to see his work
I love James Cameron sir, and He is our drawing master, and Interesting director ❤❤❤
I love James Cameron. He is living my childhood dream. At 16, I said I would be a Renaissance Man: artist, writer, scientist, filmmaker, but I just didn't know how to make it a reality. Afraid to just quit my job and go for it...Still, nice to see that an artist can create an empire that includes scientific endeavors. I still have drawings from 45 years ago, of creatures, aliens, and heroes that existed in my imagination. Got ripped off when I sent my storyboards, hoping to be discovered, but the studio told me that "coincidences happen all the time...because folks can have similar ideas."
Hopefully one day you will get there. Take it day by day and display your work on youtube😊
Or on the weekend make it a goal to create a short film with friends or local community and record the process. Its never late bud
@@juni8745 Thanks for the encouragement! I did join a local filmmakers club. Won a screenplay contest. Made a couple of short films, but they are not quite ready for Hollywood. Still trying to live for today and forget the lost years. (I hope you have enough success for the both of us.😎)
Easily the happiest I’ve ever seen him
One of my favorite directors. Great respect for James Cameron.
Man that Guy can Draw and PAINT! OMG!
And sculpt.
@@JoaoSilva22222 Than he is like me and I like him. Awesome. I get to work then.
Directors come from diverse backgrounds, including acting, screenwriting, and even unrelated fields. What's more important is their ability to understand storytelling, work with actors, manage a production team, and bring a vision to life on screen. Illustration skills can certainly be beneficial in certain aspects of filmmaking, such as storyboarding, but they are not a requirement for becoming a successful director.
@@al-919 i know it's the Storytelling skills. Clint Eastwood has it... Tom Cruise has an eye for it. You are right.
He's right. There is something about the act of drawing on paper and pencil. I draw daily! I love drawing!
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I believe we all need this made into a book. Hardcover and everything
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@@ShotDrawnCut is that exclusively a book about Cameron's art?
i didn knew about him doing artwork like this
It explains why his movies are visually so good. He has natural eye for visual that many directors don't have. Uomo Universale of our time
His artwork is incredible!
Amazing director!
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His passion and artistic talent go hand ✋️in hand ✋️
my favorite director forever !
Ok. Love Terminator 1, Aliens, Solaris. He lost me on Titanic and Avatar. Looking at his drawings, however, restored my respect for James Cameron.
Cameron and Ridley Scott are two giants of our times!
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Definitely one of the best that has ever done it...
Cool. I like his passion when he talks about his ideas.
I love storyboarding
For those who don't know... TECH NOIR is the name of the dance club in Terminator.
Can this go on tour? Come to the UK please ❤
thanx for this
Wow, what a treat
Such incredible talent.
I wish this was an hour.
Check out the CAPTURE MAG channel ;)
Would have loved to see every drawing by him, in a closeup shot. Now just some were shown. There's no way to find all of these online, shame they didn't film it more
This is great, thanks :)
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Cameron is on another level entirely!!
James Cameron, Zack Snyder. Quentin Tarantino, Jon Favreau, Spike Lee. These five artists are a *wealth of behind the scenes info* that one requires to become an artist. You can listen to them talk all day about filmmaking!!!!!
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A genius, a legend, only one of a kind.
Whilst they are dropping books and exhibitions , I would love to see the art of Ridley Scott.
How can one man be so based?
No mention of Terminator 2? Not just his most revolutionary film, but one of the most revolutionary films ever made. Avatar wouldn't have been possible without that film.
Would T2 be possible without The Abyss?
@@samokazem2211 One film leads to another in terms of technology. The Abyss was a test for T2, so no it wouldn't have been. However, The Abyss wouldn't have been possible without earlier CGI work, like Tron and Young Sherlock Holmes. So again, one leads to another. T2 was more important, because it was the first MAIN CGI character. The Abyss was only 18 or so shots, in just one part of the movie. It could have been removed from the film had it not worked. The T1000 was the main villain of T2, and a main character, and had around 52 shots, and could not have been removed from the movie, had it not worked. Those shots were spread throughout the film, unlike The Abyss which was just one scene, so the CGI HAD to work for the film to work. The T1000 had to be a threat to the heroes, and the audience. They had to buy that this villain could do all these extraordinary things, things that could only be achieved with convincing CGI. If the CGI had not convinced, it would have ruined the entire movie. So the T1000 was really the first CGI character, when it wasnt actually Robert Patrick, to be important to a films narrative storytelling structure. CGI characters before T2, could all have been taken out of the films, if they hadnt have worked. The stories in those films, didnt revolve around the CGI, like T2's does. They weren't really important to the stories being told. In Terminator 2 the T1000 was important to the story being told, so removing the character if it hadn't have worked wasnt an option.
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Cameron, please adapt Sobers Rodrigues' sci-fi novel 'Alien from Earth' for a movie. It would be real reboot of your Terminator franchise.
Cameron is an artist first and foremost ❤😂why hasn't this been done 30 years ago!
Your channel is a treasure throve.
Like his variety films in the past, I really want to see another Cameron's movie outside Avatar's project...
I'm always forgetting to remember this guy draws.
I wonder if Cameron ever met the great Sci-Fi artist Edmund Emshwiller. Emshwiller made so many incredible Sci-Fi Illustrations.
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Huge fan of Cameron. But it’s kind of funny considering the topic of this video, , I actually prefer the theatrical version of Aliens because I think the directors cut includes scenes that didn’t need to be in the film. But I do love the extended version of The Abyss
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stuff of legend
I appreciate how much the french appreciate the mastery of the technical - I am one of the many (few) Avatar haters, but no one can deny it's technical prowess. It seems to me, though, that the french see past the... weaker parts of the film and revere the skill and commitment to technical perfection. Good movies are, of course, a balance, IMO
Why hate Avatar? The characters are great.
where it the full video
0:53. why this looks like CGI animation?
after averybody repeating avatar is pocahontas remake it's interesting to know his neytiri figure came from a picture of a girl playing pocahontas.
This 🔥🔥🔥
1:10 wait, but did James drew it or he just signed it? Who is the real artist?
EDIT: Nvmd, Camerons is an artist, not just a maniac director, as they said in the past. :O
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Zoe is great as Neytiri but uh. He used Qoriana Kilcher as reference for the Na'avi? One would have thought he'd extend the offer to play the Native American Alien to HER but ok
The Medusa 👀👀
I'm coming home October 2024 sshh😊
3:32 Star Wars is also a dystopian future. A corrupt government.
12 minutes felt like 2.
His last Avatar movie was a leftist boomer fever dream. Our whole family was laughing at it.
He's canadian director. Not american.
So based.
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really shows how much people like this rely entirely on the staff around them, pretty much all of their "ideas" were fixed by actual professionals before release
I want to meet James Cameron. I have a suggestion for a new movie. I am the author of the idea. This is a very interesting and touching story. It's called "mystical love," and we're going to invite the BTS group to star.
Science fiction can make money....many hacks pursue with this mindset.
I'd love to get paid for a full brain dump of my old paintings. Can't beat them join them. Takes a lot of money and man power even when you have brain power. Let's talk Jimmie ;-)
This beautiful art undermined by AI. Art is as much an expression of human curiosity as tech. I think it's wrong for the latter to presume higher self importance and condescend the former. Artists should be allowed to express and fail too. Without trust and nurture, art is obsolete.
Would have wanted to hear more about his thoughts on AI art. But he mentions he's afraid drawing will be a lost artform. My fear too
i watch Avatar whenever i have difficulty sleeping. Thanks James Cameron !
James Cameron stole the Terminator idea from Harlan Ellison's short stories and got sued for it and had to pay
Which was ridiculous. I’ve seen the stuff they say was “stolen” and it doesn’t feel anything alike. Cameron would’ve gone to court over it, but it was the studio who chickened out and settled.
@@tronam The thing was he had said he stole the work from his work in a magazine apparently. The studio was even ghosting Ellison when the movie premiered. I admit there is not enough similarity but a few concepts, but he shot himself in the foot for going on record and saying he did
James Cameron is Canadian not American!
@@zacharyguillemette5578 thank god you’re here to tell everyone. Alert the embassy!
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...If he thinks drawing is dying why not hire artist and 2 d animators to support the craft and use his vast financial resources to something that supports his actual passion and our culture as a whole instead of creating soulless cgi worlds that oversaturate us with the "wow factor" and spectacle.
3D exists even in the very art you describe. Films like Ghost in the shell, despite being a 2D marvel of animation has 3D in it. What you are describing is gatekeeping. I'm no fan of 3D but to pretend it's less significant is a bit out of touch. Cameron isn't an animator so it should not be shocking he ha snot invested in it however he has invested a lot in preserving film in general and developing some of the technologies used to move modern filmmaking forward.
CGI isn’t soulless. It’s humans creating it. Try watching some behind the scenes of Weta’s work and it’s anything but. Heck, you should see all the thousands of real costumes and jewelry that was created by Deborah Scott’s team.