Rose (Charlie, not Kate Winslet’s character) had a quibble in regards to the narrative and requested Cameron why, with folks like Benjamin Guggenheim dying on the ship, we do not study extra about them. He mentioned, “I needed to listen to extra about what they had been saying to one another. You see it, however you do not hear a lot dialog.”
Cameron mentioned that the choice was made through the enhancing course of and that he did really shoot some scenes with these characters that he was “very enthralled with.” Nonetheless, he defined, that had been lined earlier than. He was pleased with the actors and their performances, “so it was worthy to spend the time to shoot it.” When he went to place it collectively, although, issues shifted. Cameron continued, saying:
“Within the reducing room, I discovered myself focusing extra on Jack and Rose as a result of I felt personally that one might be very factual about Titanic and really appropriate and never be as truthful emotionally. And in a method, generally, by spending extra time with the fictional characters, it places you in an emotional place of openness to the higher tragedy with out the particular particulars.”
Jack and Rose are the viewers’s method into the story. If we’re specializing in different characters, it turns into about “who was on that ship” as a substitute of “so many individuals from all walks of life had been on that ship.” I definitely really feel that method. I did not wish to watch a who’s who movie. There are documentaries about that. Plus, the well-known ones had been all wealthy, and an entire lot of individuals had been on that ship who weren’t. Seeing half the story by means of Jack’s eyes was pivotal for the story Cameron was telling.