A Cinematographic Study on the Graphical Portrayal of the Influence of Natural Law on Human Being in the Film "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Abstract

The movie Avatar: The Way of Water, which was screened in the year 2022, is a cinematic discourse about the relationship between man and nature. James Cameron solidly portrays the correlation between the Navi civilians and the natural environment in this film. From the beginning to the end of the film, James Cameron succeeds in graphically explaining that man cannot overcome the laws of nature. The research aims to discover how the movie Avatar: The Way of Water reveals the mutual relationship between man and nature and the influence of nature's law on man. Accordingly, the research problem indicates how Avatar: The Way of Water portrays through film grammar that nature destroys the man who opposes nature. The research methodology follows the theories of literary criticism based on environmentalism. In the present research, the film is the primary source, and the written review articles and interviews are the secondary source materials. As the limitations of the research, it only focuses on the cases where graphical language is used in the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. Man is engaged in a competition to conquer time and distance by performing technical experiments. But James Cameron has figuratively tried to show in the movie Avatar: The Way of Water that the one who strived to exceed the laws of nature will be destroyed by it. It is clear that the director has succeeded in bringing the environmental beauty closer to the audience through 3D renderings while making it clear that man cannot live in isolation from nature. Hence, it is clear that Cameron brings his characters closer to the audience in a heart touching manner through the medium of cinematic imagery.