Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Disney+released the trailer for Fire and Water: The Making of Avatar. The two-part special premieres Nov. 7.
The Avatar films have been groundbreaking for creating the world of Pandora and using performance capture technology to create allow actors to play Na'vi. Writer/director James Cameron says he wants to bring attention to the people who make the films.
"As much as we use computers and technology, Avatar is made by an incredibly talented team of people who bring every expression, every emotional beat and the entire world to life," Cameron says. "People work for years on the clothing, the fabrication of the props. We had to figure out how to ride a creature. You've got to build something that moves like the creature."
The late producer Jon Landau is also featured in the documentary, discussing adapting performance capture to underwater filming for Avatar: The Way of Water.
"We capture 100% of their performance in the digital world," Landau says. "We needed to come up with a methodology to do that underwater, to give them an experience that would be as close to Pandoran as possible."
