One of the great bloggers over at The Examiner has posted a very interesting article regarding the CGI for New Moon, and how it effects Pattinson. This saga in particular has more special effects than the original Twilight, 450 effects to be specific! Rob, as we have learned, is a major element in these effects because of Bella’s hallucinations. He is not just a voice as he was in the books; he is a vision or a dream like Edward. Rob was placed in front of the green screen in order to create these visions. Edward’s appearance must be perfect which means that Rob needed to be placed perfectly so the alignment wouldn’t look as though he was acting in front of a green screen.

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. Check out the article here.

Then the Visual Effects Department must marry the two (the two shots, not 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 and, in the final film, will only have about 5 minutes of screen time.

From what we can all tell from the trailers and teasers, the hard work has paid off! Our favorite vampire looks awesome, as does the rest of the cast!

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