Avatar Essay

Avatar is one of the most successful films in the history of Hollywood. From Plot to Production, it’s many elements are thoroughly interconnected to produce a film that amplifies the theme of post-colonialism. It is a constant theme found throughout the movie. The producer was able to achieve this theme through the use of many production elements with design being a major element. Through the use of Set Design, Avatar was able to exhibit colonial behaviour that was experienced by many indigenous cultures. The use of set design helps establish the cultural values of the Na’vi people that were similar to tribal cultures and also the cultural values of humans that were similar to many european colonial countries.

The people of pandora are surrounded by lush and lavish forestry with a wide diversity in creatures. The bright and vivid imagery combined with a wide range of colours
The colour tones and the terrain properties of pandora seems like an exaggerated version of the amazon rainforest. Pandora’s biodiversity stretches out beyond the scope of botanical organisms. It also has a large diversity of animals that goes beyond any normal person’s wildest imagination. The producer of the film goes as far as to create bioluminescent creatures to enhance the film’s ecological traits. Many Resemblances can be found between the pandoran biosphere tropical rainforests on Earth. Creating a setting that reflects the amazon rainforest plays an important role in establishing the Na’vi cultural values. It’s not set elements, in isolation, that’s revealing but how the Na’vi people interact with the set element. Na’vi people follow a nomadic lifestyle that was followed by many indigenous tribes in the recent history. The hunter/gatherer lifestyle becomes