We all know the story of Bella and Edward, a love to last throughout eternity. But bringing that love to light takes hundreds of crew, hours of computer rendering and countless fixes to make the penetrating stare of Robert Pattinson felt by the audience deep in their souls.
In New Moon, there are 450 visual effects to complete. From transforming werewolves to Edward’s warning to Bella about the friends she is making with some shady biker kind of folks.
Bella’s scene was shot weeks earlier and now Edward must be placed into the scene seamlessly. This means Mr. Pattinson must be in the perfect position, with the exact same lighting and the exact same camera angle as was used with Ms. Stewart. Every mathematical equation is used and computer controlled cameras are used to ensure that is exactly what happens.
Then the Visual Effects Department must marry the two characters into perfect alignment, erasing the entire green screen and placing Edward in Bella’s arms. To match this shot will take about 15 days of hard work from both cast and crew.
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It’s so crazy how much special effects are in todays movies – and it sounds like really hard work. But I trust Chris Weitz and his team doing a brilliant job and I guess we will hardly notice that there is special effects and not every thing is real. What’s your opinion to so much extra work after a movie-shot? And do you think it’ll work better than in ‘Twilight’?
