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A woodsprite (Na'vi name: atokirina') is a seed of the Tree of Souls that lives on Pandora. These seeds, according to the Na'vi, are very pure and sacred spirits. Furthermore, these seeds are believed to be auspicious wheresoever they choose to rest. They are similar in appearance to small deep-sea jellyfish, but they float on the wind like dandelion seeds, possibly aided in this by the denser atmosphere on Pandora. Woodsprites also hold ritual importance. The Omatikaya clan plants one of…

"For years to come it will define what movies can achieve" Richard Corliss, The Times In 2009 James Cameron’s Avatar was released and soon became one of the most popular sci-fi/fantasy films to hit the big screen. Showing in 3452 screens in its opening week it earned $77,025,481 in the USA alone, and by November 2011 had grossed $2,782,275,172 worldwide (IMDB). The art department itself won countless awards, in 2010 alone they won: Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction Best Achievement in…

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A woodsprite (Na'vi name: atokirina') is a seed of the Tree of Souls that lives on Pandora. These seeds, according to the Na'vi, are very pure and sacred spirits. Furthermore, these seeds are believed to be auspicious wheresoever they choose to rest. They are similar in appearance to small deep-sea jellyfish, but they float on the wind like dandelion seeds, possibly aided in this by the denser atmosphere on Pandora. Woodsprites also hold ritual importance. The Omatikaya clan plants one of…

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“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” Leonardo da Vinci Suspension of Disbelief is the theory that people will accept something which is unbelievable or fantastic to make sense of a film, story or peace of fictional literature. The theory was put forth by Samuel Taylor Coleridge who was an English poet and aesthetic philosopher. Coleridge suggested that if an author injected an element of…

Jake: What are they?Neytiri: Seeds of the sacred tree. Very pure spirits.Jake: ...Uh-huh. A woodsprite (Na'vi name: atokirina') is a seed of the Tree of Souls that lives on Pandora. These seeds, according to the Na'vi, are very pure and sacred spirits. Furthermore, these seeds are believed to be auspicious wheresoever they choose to rest. They are similar in appearance to small deep-sea jellyfish, but they float on the wind like dandelion seeds, possibly aided in this by the denser…