James Cameron truley outdid himself. The epic movie TITANIC, the most expensive movie made at the time, shows how dedicated and non-willing to sacrifice quality Cameron is. The movie took a long time, over 200 million dollars, and much collaboration to get it done. This article explains some of the efforts Cameron put into the film.
One of the main challenges he faced was how to make a [almost] real-life Titanic ship, film it, controllably, and sink it. Since there wasn't a studio big enough to do all the filming in, Cameron had to actually have a 9/10 scale model of the Titanic built. Trying to limit the time it would take to make it, he only filmed from one side, having the other side raw- pipes/scaffolding and all. This shows that he was a very creative director, trying to make all ends meet and still have the final product be amazing. The facts that he hired Titanic historians to overview the interior of the model ship, actually took 12 dangerous dives to the actual Titanic shipwreck site, and spent so much time and money making it look acurate historically show the dedication he has as a filmmaker and how articulate he is in his ideals.
I also believe that Cameron stepped out of his box on this film. In the past, he had made mostly sci-fi thriller type of movies. Titanic seems to be drastically different, with a passionate love story at the heart of the movie. It shows that Cameron is able to produce an enormously sleek, beautiful film after all of his alien-type movies. I'm very curious to see if any of his techniques from Titanic will carry over into some of his other films!
One of the main challenges he faced was how to make a [almost] real-life Titanic ship, film it, controllably, and sink it. Since there wasn't a studio big enough to do all the filming in, Cameron had to actually have a 9/10 scale model of the Titanic built. Trying to limit the time it would take to make it, he only filmed from one side, having the other side raw- pipes/scaffolding and all. This shows that he was a very creative director, trying to make all ends meet and still have the final product be amazing. The facts that he hired Titanic historians to overview the interior of the model ship, actually took 12 dangerous dives to the actual Titanic shipwreck site, and spent so much time and money making it look acurate historically show the dedication he has as a filmmaker and how articulate he is in his ideals.
I also believe that Cameron stepped out of his box on this film. In the past, he had made mostly sci-fi thriller type of movies. Titanic seems to be drastically different, with a passionate love story at the heart of the movie. It shows that Cameron is able to produce an enormously sleek, beautiful film after all of his alien-type movies. I'm very curious to see if any of his techniques from Titanic will carry over into some of his other films!
