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"New Moon is going to be stepped up a whole nother notch," confidently states star Taylor Lautner. It goes without saying that the werewolves have some great scenes in New Moon and in the latest video to leak from Summit, fans get a behind the scenes look at what went into making the wolf pack sizzle. It is easy to watch the trailer and get caught up in the story, but does anyone stop to think about the work that goes into bringing the werewolves to life?
Director Chris Weitz had a tough task on hand when he signed onto New Moon; how was he going to realistically bring to life the werewolf pack? In the latest video interview, Weitz says, "We introduced the world of the werewolves which is also the world of some amazing CGI stuff." Before New Moon, CGI was on center stage with the success of Brad Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the technology allowing Pitt's character to age eighty plus years and then backward through time.
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was first used in 1973's Westworld but it wasn't until Star Wars in 1977 that fans became enthralled with the application of the field of computer graphics. Since then, CGI has allowed movie directors to dream outside the realm of physical possibilities. In the case of New Moon, CGI has allowed a tale to come alive on the silver screen for all to enjoy.
In the all new wolf pack video Taylor Lautner, Alex Meraz, Chris Weitz, Chaske Spencer, Kristen Stewart, along with the wolf animators, talk about bring the werewolves to life and the tight knit bond they share. All the werewolves are transforming in the new video and it is amazing to see how lifelike the wolf pack really are. Major props to Phil Tippett, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Tom Gibbons, Animation Supervisor.
