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Tippett Studio: Making The CG Wolf Pack

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CG Society has an interesting article on Tippett Studio, who made the CG wolves in New Moon movie.

The challenge wasn’t just to build a believable wolf, but to build five unique wolves of extraordinary size and weight, to portray that mass often with little more than the surrounding trees as comparisons, create believable fur and humanesque eyes that weren’t distracting. Nate Fredenburg, Art Director, helped to make sure those requirements were fulfilled, combining real-world attributes and CG magic.

“At Tippett Studio, we always look to real-life creatures for reference on how to design our characters, real or mythical. For New Moon, we had a special opportunity to travel down to wolf sanctuary in Southern California to observe wolves up close and personal. The key to looking at live reference is to form a knowledge base, study the creatures, their quirks and behaviors, the language between the pack. We looked for signs of what the creature was about and added those to the visual effects to make them believable.”

See the article and pictures HERE!

TY to Katie!

New Moon song gets Oscar Nod

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MTV Hollywood Crush posts about New Moon soundtracks Oscar nod:

Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (a.k.a. the people who put on The Academy Awards every year) announced their shortlist of nominees for Best Original Song. Lykke Li’s “Possibility” from “New Moon” was included on the list. (Press play below to hear Lykke describe why the song was perfect for the movie.)

But before Twilighters start celebrating their first potential Oscar nominatio), a bit of perspective should be laid out. The “shortlist” rings in at 63 songs, which makes us think the long list must have comprised of just about every song included in a film this year.

‘New Moon’ still shining overseas

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The Hollywood Reporter has an article on how New Moon movie is still shining overseas!

With “Avatar” poised to blanket the foreign circuit this week, Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” is set to end its monthlong rule as the No. 1 title overseas with an estimated weekend gross of $22.3 million from 9,163 screens in 66 markets, raising its offshore cume to $358.7 million.

The offshore circuit is primed for the arrival of “Avatar,” the much-anticipated 3D epic from director James Cameron, which 20th Century Fox will begin rolling out Wednesday. “Avatar” will play some 16,550 foreign screens in about 106 territories with most openings coinciding with the film’s domestic debut Friday.

“New Moon” enjoyed a strong month on top of the foreign charts. Combined with its domestic cume, the teen favorite has racked up a worldwide gross of $626.1 million.

Read the rest of the article HERE!

Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s Victoria Interview!

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“[They] were really lovely,” Howard said. “And yes, it’s an incredible group of people. I have so much respect for them. There’s so much frenzy surrounding them, and they’ve remained grounded, and their friendships are so genuine. I felt very lucky to work with such a good group of people.

“They love these books — all these actors,” Howard continued. “They’re fans themselves. It was a great energy on set — that people are so passionate about bringing these characters to life.”

Read the whole article on MTV here!

From The Directors Photobook!

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From his own personal photo book, director Chris Weitz presents a very special inside look for fans into one of the key scenes from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. The images below were taken during Chris’ first scouting trip to Italy, before Montepulciano was selected for the shoot. Enjoy! – Source HERE.