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I visited Lightstorm Entertainment for a behind-the-scenes look at how Avatar: Fire and Ash was filmed. Performance capture technology films every possible angle at once, then a virtual camera captures specific shots, and finally, the VFX team completes all the effects. 0:00 Inside the Avatar: Fire and Ash Production 0:29 Phase 1: The Volume &…

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I visited Lightstorm Entertainment for a behind-the-scenes look at how Avatar: Fire and Ash was filmed. Performance capture technology films every possible angle at once, then a virtual camera captures specific shots, and finally, the VFX team completes all the effects.

0:00 Inside the Avatar: Fire and Ash Production
0:29 Phase 1: The Volume & Performance Capture
1:10 Introduction to the Virtual Camera
1:43 How the Virtual Camera Works
2:40 Establishing Creative Rules for Virtual Cinematography
3:07 Phase 3: Final VFX & Polishing the World
3:15 Where to Learn More & Viewer Discussion

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24 Comments

  1. @princexcellent

    April 2, 2026 at 8:16 am

    Amazing.
    Kudos guys ❤

  2. @prilep5

    April 2, 2026 at 9:32 am

    Soon they will use puppets and have library of facial expressions only thing that will be paying is right to use the actors voice (cloned)

  3. @JohnRiley5

    April 2, 2026 at 10:15 am

    I like real movies, not fake ones.

    • @TheOnlyJonto

      April 2, 2026 at 11:21 am

      So animated movies are invalid now?

    • @wehmairnd

      April 2, 2026 at 12:23 pm

      i like real musicians with real channel banner, not fake ones with white badge and ai slop filter photo

    • @candacepoole5628

      April 2, 2026 at 7:14 pm

      All movies are fake even the so called real ones…if there is anything that has a producer its fake.

      Real is a cops body came or someone capturing real life events on their cell phone other than that all is scripted even whem it comes to wild life and documentaries

    • @joelconolly5574

      April 3, 2026 at 9:27 am

      Except Avatar was done hand by hand through computers throughout the years instead of AI generated like a slop.

  4. @laborspy

    April 2, 2026 at 10:23 am

    Eh, AI will replace all of this

    • @directlinkrexx4409

      April 3, 2026 at 6:50 am

      ONCE a movie is labelled ai, there no need for it to be expensive

  5. @qizhang5042

    April 2, 2026 at 11:09 am

    AV revolution is coming

  6. @michaelmangalik618

    April 2, 2026 at 11:19 am

    menarik sih, memudahkan editor

  7. @channelname-h4z

    April 2, 2026 at 11:22 am

    I would not be supprised if the next James Cameron movie shoots Gaussian Spats

  8. @Davidhjrick

    April 2, 2026 at 2:05 pm

    Everything in this video will be pointless in ten years. Viewers at home will be able to tell their tv what, starring who they want to see and using Ai, it will create the series or movie in seconds. Humans be funny.

  9. @pixelboy7654

    April 2, 2026 at 3:03 pm

    Amazing tech…liveless story

  10. @HokgiartoSaliem

    April 2, 2026 at 9:11 pm

    Awesome. I hope Indonesian “sinetron” series can also do that 🙂

  11. @davidbravo5590

    April 3, 2026 at 2:41 am

    👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

  12. @lastboyscout629

    April 3, 2026 at 11:22 am

    Soon, the actors will be working from home.

    • @tillyholightsout

      April 4, 2026 at 10:13 pm

      Who needs actors?

  13. @bbrunoliveira

    April 3, 2026 at 5:19 pm

    There’s something about the way we express that I’ve never seen any special effect or CGI animation capture. Visually, the facial expression is absolutely perfect, the way the wrinkles work, eyes and mouth expand and all that. But that “soul” (for lack of a much better word) is always missing. Even though, funny enough, I think I connect a lot more to caricature facial expressions (for example in 2D animations and comics) than these realistic ones. For me, only live action actors or a more exaggerated expression work.

  14. @Jalalxbd

    April 4, 2026 at 12:05 am

    1st april is gone

  15. @SoCalFreelance

    April 4, 2026 at 1:32 am

    Crime scene reconstruction 👌

  16. @phillywonkaCa

    April 4, 2026 at 9:06 am

    Avatar was such a poor film it’s a shame this tech was wasted on this ugly looking movie.

    • @elegantcourtier

      April 4, 2026 at 8:25 pm

      Which one –??

  17. @aknetworkedit

    April 5, 2026 at 10:36 am

    1:56 Who brings their Oscar award to work? Such a show off!

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