James Cameron The Titanic Research Paper

The film “the titanic” (1997) is a film directed by the director James Cameron. The film is a historical drama of the sink of the R.M.S Titanic in 1912. Titanic was indeed the most expensive one of its time with its estimated $200,000,000 budget, which paved the way for the reputation of the film as a blockbuster. In the opening weekend, it came to 2674 screens and was ahead of the box office lists in the USA with $28, 638, 13. In total, it had a box office of $2,185,372,302 worldwide. In the opening weekend, it came to 2674 screens and was ahead of the box office lists in the USA with $28, 638, 13. In total, it had a box office of $2,185,372,302 worldwide. It was nominated for 14 categories in Academy Awards and won 11 of them, including

Before the Titanic, Cameron’s films were very filled with expensive explosions and out of this world situations. His films seemed to cater to the masculine eye. The Titanic was a new era for Cameron films. He once said in an interview that “ though he always tried to infuse love stories with his technology-heavy films, it was only in Titanic where he achieved this balance”(Cameron). Similar to the colorization of black and white films, Titanic recaptures the past, and through digital innovation, it is able to bring the Ship of Dreams back to life offering the audience a visual experience that is not only spectacular but also, more faithful to the real events of the past.Through Cameron's use digital effect the audience feels they are afloat the Titanic with Rose and Jack. The film is three hours long but when watching it you are so consumed with all the imagery that you feel you are also on the Titanic. This was all done with “Super 35 film format, in widescreen, with the 1:78:1 aspect ratio by Russell Carpenter. The modern day scenes were shot on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in 1996. A reconstruction of the Titanic was built at Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, and scale models and computer-generated imagery were also used to recreate the sinking” (Marsh,