Avatar Netflix DP Michael Balfry Reveals Why Firebenders Were So Hard to Bring to Life (Exclusive)
It turns out that fire was the hardest element to pull off in the latest live-action adaptation. Its certainly better than the 2010 live-action film which needed six earthbenders to move one small pebble. Trying to make it [look] natural… If you’re inside, you cant have a flame bar. So you use lighting [while] trying to check that [it looks real]. And people will see where it’s fake and not fake....