Weta Workshop: The Art of District 9

District 9, one of the most successful films of 2009. Produced by Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp. To the effects, Weta Digital took care to equipping Weta Workshop. And this film debut hit like a bomb. The alien-apartheid drama District 9 was not only celebrated by the cinema audience, but even four times for an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, among others. Weta published now with The Art of District 9, a book that tells the reader the impressive history of the film.

The 160-pages strong hardcover tells the story from beginning to end and imaged in an impressive way the concept and design process of the film. How to implement simple freehand sketches into real things and later appear on the big screen. Daniel Falconer, Weta designer and author of The Crafting of Narnia and The World of Kong has collected 9 countless material during the formation of District and from the book The Art Of District 9: Weta Workshop created. Inform the Weta Workshop artists and talk about special makeup effects, weapons, props, armor, own vehicles and spaceships. This book sheds light on the creative design process of the film and documents two years of collaboration between the Weta artists and director Neill Blomkamp in the form of hundreds of images, breathtaking shots of props and sculptures. Supplements will these great images with insightful comments of the participating artists. Many images in this book is unpublished material, has fallen victim to the section which eg. The book begins with a brief introduction by Regis your Neill Blomkamp and an introduction by Richard Taylor (co-founder and director of the New Zealand special effects company Weta Workshop). From the idea to the final design. The Art of District 9 provides a very good insight into the many creative minds that have shaped this film.

My conclusion: For fans of the film an absolute must-buy.

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