HitFix's New Moon Set Visit Part 1 & 2

HitFix shares details about their visit on the set of New Moon in these two articles: Day 1 Day 2

Excerpt from day 2 (SPOILERS!!):

The first shot we witness this morning finds Pattinson on camera in a long brown robe with tan accents on his sleeve. He races to the camera, looks up, braces in pain and then falls to the floor. The second take he has more agony in his voice as he falls and we can hear director Chris Weitz saying, "Much, much better." The third attempt finds the camera panning back to reveal Bell at his side before he lunges toward what must be one of the Volturi (Jane we later discover) and falling to the ground.

After a few minutes, they change the angle of the camera and we see Jane -- in the same scene -- inflicting pain on Edward. Yes, she's the cause and she does it with little gesturing and without speaking a word. A powerful vampire indeed.

The production has a lot to get through today, so the shot then changes to a close up on Bella who is being held by Alec stopping her from racing to Edward's side.

"Please stop," Stewart says, "Don't hurt him."

At first, during rehearsal as the camera operator sets up the shot, Stewart says the lines comically with deadpan effect causing some snickers from the crew. But when the take is ready for real, she says it with the expected dramatic resolve. The coverage also expands to find Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) being allowed to race to Edward's side. She gesture's that he's "OK."

New Set Picture - Bella & Alice

Another New Moon set photo is released! This looks like it's from the scene where Alice comes to Bella's house, thinking she's dead. Director Chris Weitz to the left, Ashley Greene (Alice), Kristen Stewart (Bella) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob) on the couch.

Source through His Golden Eyes. It doesn't say where it's from though. It looks like it's scanned from a paper or magazine. Does anyone know?

Hollywood.com Visits New Moon Set in Vancouver

Hollywood.com has a VERY detailed minute-by-minute set report of their two days on the set of New Moon in Vancouver, with LOTS of spoilers and some really great interviews with the cast, screenwriter, the stunt coordinator etc. Go read it HERE! Excerpts from some of the interviews:

How was writing New Moon different from Twilight?
Melissa Rosenberg: In Twilight, you’re setting up the world. You’re introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn’t know who the actors were going to be. Now you’re going to New Moon and Eclipse, and I could write specifically to them in my mind. So it becomes a more comfortable world.

New Moon is not about setting up the world, but it’s its own set of challenges because New Moon is very internal ... There’s been a lot of talk about how Edward and the Cullens are not a part of the middle of New Moon, but actually they are. Certainly Edward is very much alive in Bella’s mind throughout New Moon ... I think fans will be very satisfied with what we’re doing — one, because it’s true to the book and two, because there’s more Edward. That can’t be bad!

What went into your audition? Was there more than one?
Jamie Campell Bower: It was one day. I originally auditioned for the role of Demetri. I went in, did a taping. Chris wasn’t there. Then they called me back at like 2:00. Chris turned up; I met Chris. A week later I get a call like, "So, you’re not going to get Demetri, but we’re going to offer you Caius." I was like, "That’s cool!" I’m just psyched to be a part of it. It’s awesome.

On New Moon's underwater action:
Rachelle Lefevre: I spent six hours in a pool doing the underwater stuff. They did a really interesting thing where they did this amazing stunt with the bit where Bella gets caught in the tidal wave … I think it must have been 2,000 gallons of water in massive -- they looked like huge, rectangular cargo containers you put on the back of trains.

First, they did it with a stunt double, and then they did it with Kristen’s photo double, and then they literally, on action, pulled the hatch and she got pummeled with a massive tidal wave and you could watch underwater, which I did because I was in the pool, or you could watch in the monitor. You could literally see her spinning, they created a tidal wave, and they literally filmed until she got spit out. And when it spit her out, the cut was over.

A new New Moon set photo

Gil Birmingham just released this new New Moon set photo of Kristen and some of the wolf pack members in his newsletter at his official website www.gilbirmingham.com. Here's part of what he says in the letter:

This spring I had the chance to run with the wolves again in New Moon, which was a blast! This time, all the wolves were there, which brought the energy on the set to a whole new level. Long days, long nights, hard work, and cold temperatures made it a challenging movie to film. It’s a good thing werewolves are warm; it was awfully cold out there without their shirts! The movie will open November 20, but catch a glimpse of the first movie trailer on my MySpace page.

Thanks for the tweet, Twilighters Anonymous!

*Spoilers* New Moon Set Pictures

*Spoiler alert!* If you don't want to be spoiled, you really, really shouldn't watch this clip.

This is a video of pictures from the filming of New Moon in Montepulciano, Italy, yesterday, from the touching reunion scene between Bella and Edward. Love this. Cannot wait to see the movie already. What about you?

Source: Lauren's Bite

If you want to see more set photos, Popsugar has 55 pics from the filming of this exact scene. (55!) Thanks for the heads-up, Leia!

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Entertainment Weekly - New Moon exclusive on-set peek

*Spoilers*

This week's EW has an exciting article about what goes on at the set of New Moon! Click to enlarge the scan above, or view it at Everglow, who scanned it. Or, you know, you could buy the magazine. Update: Entertainment Weekly posted the pictures from the article, with the details behind them:
Happy birthday, Bella! In this EW exclusive photo, the movie's newly 18-year-old heroine has been thrown against a rose-covered table by her beloved, Edward. Readers will know his intentions were honorable: He was trying to protect Bella (and her paper cut!) from the vampire Jasper. ''The whole cast is reading the book and wanting to get it right,'' says Weitz (center, with Stewart, assistant director Mike Topoozian, and makeup artist Robin Mathews). ''They want to deliver on the promise these books make to the readers.'

''I'm telling Bella not to be fearful of death. It's inevitable and painless,'' says Edi Gathegi, who returns in New Moon as the somewhat mysterious vampire Laurent, in this EW exclusive photo. ''He was bad in Twilight, but still had some compassion. Let's just say he's not conflicted anymore.''One of director Weitz's creative challenges is Edward's long absence in the novel: ''Rob was the first guy to say to me, 'You know, you don't really need to have too much of me in this film.' I don't want him too present, so his apparition will be a subtle, flitting effect — clearly a reflection of Bella's will and desire to see him.''

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