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Julian Howarth Seven years in the making, across two continents and with sound departments in the United States and New Zealand, this film was one huge undertaking for everyone involved. I headed up the set in the U.S. and Production Sound Mixer Tony Johnson (TJ) covered all things in New Zealand. Ideas, methodology, equipment and a lot of sweat were shared throughout this process. I have asked that TJ join me in the writing of this as we have shared everything else during our time on this film, so why not? We filmed both The Way of Water and Fire and Ash during this time. The plan was for all performance capture to take place in the U.S., at Manhattan Beach Studios, and then, once completed, the film would move to NZ to add the live-action components. In theory, the two would then combine seamlessly on screen. Most scenes involving a human component were filmed twice, once on the Perf Cap Stage in the Manhattan Beach Studios, and then again on the live-action set built on The Stone Ben Greaves, Julian Howarth and Tony Johnson, testing live action camera systems at Manhattan Beach Studios" Trinity Bliss and I sharing a fun moment Oona Chaplin discusses movement and song beats with the troupe and Julian Howarth. (L-R) Oona Chaplin, Devereaux Chumrau, Alicia Vela Bailey, Courtney Chen, Kevin Henderson, Jamie Landau, and Kevin Dorman L-R: Stephen Lang and Director James Cameron. Photo: Mark Fellman