Avatar 3, 40% in High Frame Rate: "Personally, I like it. It's my movie."

In an interview with Discussing Film, James Cameron discussed High Frame Rate (HFR), used in 40% of the new film Avatar: From Fire and Ashes. HFR, a creative tool for James Cameron: "HFR shouldn't be considered a format," Cameron explains. "3D is a format. 70mm is a format. HFR is a way to enhance 3D. It's a creative tool." Indeed, HFR (here, 48 frames per second instead of 24) makes the image smoother and therefore avoids judder during 3D viewing. He adds: "We used HFR in all the underwater scenes of Avatar 2 and 3 to create an unreal, hyper-clear feeling." In surface scenes, we only use it when there's a stroboscopic artifact due to panning or a character's lateral movement." El Maestro also clarified his stance on the increasing use of HFR (Editor's note: and more generally on the remastering of his films, all ultimately approved by him): "Personally, I like it. It's my film." Avatar: Of Fire and Ashes is released in theaters on December 17.