Collins Design | ISBN:0062064304 | File Type: PDF, 160 pages | File size: 43.Mb | Dec. 21st, 2010
General Film Video: Weta Workshop In 2009 Weta Workshop created a world so uncannily realistic that the special effects in addition to an undeniably poignant plot helped a low budget film with an unknown cast become a blockbuster hit Movie goes bloggers and critics cod not stop talking about Neill Blomkamp s first feature film District 9 the newest alien movie that has raised the bar for science fiction thrillers in the new century Weta Workshop s artists created the special make up effects physical characteristics alien weaponry props armor custom vehicles and spaceships that were all stylized in a foreign yet familiar graphic language that defined the film s distinctive alien aesthetic This book illuminates the creative design process ing two years of interaction between Weta s artists and director Neill Blomkamp in the form of hundreds of images of concept art from both the designers and director stunning photographs of the props and scptures and insightf remarks from the artists themselves Many of the images included in this book have never been seen before including work cut or barely glimpsed in the finished film Written by designer Daniel Falconer with a foreword by Neill Blomkamp and introduction by Richard Taylor mti Academy Award winning special effects and make up artist and head of Weta The Art of District 9 offers an unrivalled front row glimpse into the creative minds and hands that shaped this amazing film
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