Pandora’s Returning Characters – James Cameron reunites with his returning cast – Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang. Together they discuss the amazing evolution of their characters in Avatar: The Way of Water. Capturing Avatar - Journey with James Cameron and crew in this feature-length documentary, as they embark on a film the likes of which the world had never seen. Featurettes – Take a closer look at the creation of Pandora and the making of Avatar with featurettes on key aspects of production design, performance capture, and the post-production process. Sound Design – Explore the sounds of Pandora, including the Banshee, Direhorse and Thanator, as well as the near-future engineering sounds of the Dragon, Scorpion and more Becoming Na’vi – The Avatar cast is immersed in the culture of the indigenous Na’vi, living off the land in the Hawaiian rainforest and training in a multitude of disciplines in preparation for their roles.

The Simul-Cam – See how the newly created Simul-Cam seamlessly integrated the virtual world with the live action camera, allowing Jake’s avatar to appear in a scene with real-world actors The same issues recurred, albeit to a slightly lesser extent, with Lee’s sophomore high frame rate effort, Gemini Man. The action scenes in this Will Smith vehicle sometimes do look pretty extraordinary in all their more fluid glory, but even these ‘made for HFR’ sequences can easily tip over into artifice. And the non-actiony parts of the movie often again feel awkward and, ironically, more ‘staged’ than they do in 24 frames a second. The WCG and HDR give a resonance to the colours, there is vibrancy, boldness and richness, yet there is subtly in the fades, the grades and the depth. Primaries are wonderful, it is both natural and alien. The neon brightness of the lifeforms or underwater communities is stunning, likewise computer terminals, paint and skin markings.Both titles are expected to arrive on disc at the same time as the home video release of the sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, which debuts in theaters in just 9 days,” he added. “We don’t have any details as to which version(s) of The Abyss this release may include, but when we’re able to confirm we’ll certainly post an update here.” The 3D Fusion Camera – Explore the newly designed 3D Fusion camera system which enabled the filmmakers to create an immersive stereographic experience.

Stunts – James Cameron and Avatar’s stunt coordinators discuss how they learned to move like a Na’vi, ride a Leonopteryx, and morePerformance Capture – Discover how the actors’ actions, emotions and spirit were captured in performance and transferred to a virtual character. Avatar: The Way of Water on a Panasonic TX-65HZ1000B Ultra HD 4K TV with a Panasonic DP-UB450 Dolby Vision HDR10+ 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.

Sculpting Avatar – Explore how clay maquettes were sculpted to help bring Avatar’s characters and creatures to lifeThe discs present a native 3840 x 2160p resolution image, in the widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio, use 10-bit video depth, High Dynamic Range (HDR), a Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and is encoded using the HEVC (H.265) codec for HDR10.

Part Three – James Cameron used ground-breaking technology to merge the virtual and live-action elements of his film Part Two – Actors and technology are pushed to the limit as James Cameron pushes the boundaries of a groundbreaking, new filmmaking paradigm. Capturing Avatar – Journey with James Cameron and crew in this feature-length documentary, as they embark on a film the likes of which the world had never seen. More from Pandora’s Box (Additional featurettes that highlight special teams within the production)The Troupe – Avatar’s Troupe is the Swiss Army Knife of acting, while playing dozens of roles on set, in the performance capture volume and on live-action sets, they bring life to Na’vi clans and RDA Recoms. They also play Na’vi-scale puppets on the live-action sets. Creating the Banshee – Discover all that went into designing the Banshees, high-flying predators of the Pandoran sky. Avatar: The Way of Water was shot digitally using Sony CineAlta Venice Rialto 3D and Sony PXW-Z450 cameras with a resolution of 4K and finished as a native 4K DI, from with this UHD is sourced.