Film concepts

Successful films find a balance between familiar and unique areas of the production. Usual familiar elements include technology used to create the films, actor age (adults) and their ethnicity with the role they play (a character from America will usually play the lead hero in a film by an American producer). However, typical unique aspects are using new actors for lead roles, experimentation with the narrative structure and a surprising plot line- e.g. killing the good character.

“Avatar” holds both elements. The concept is of a man travelling to a new planet (Pandora) in search of a very valuable material but becomes involved in the Avatars life. Familiar aspects include actors; Sigourney Weaver plays a managerial role. Similarly the plot line is also common with the theme of success, fail, success. Also, the main character is a white, American male in his twenties. The plot of humans against a different species is similar to “I, Robot.” Contrastingly, the animated film is targeted for an adult audience unlike other animated films such as “The Incredibles” or “Toy Story.” Unlike “Alien vs Predator,” “Avatar” is based in a whole new world rather then the entire action taking place on Earth. The whole life on the planet will die if the characters don’t succeed instead of only one or two characters.