#THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN COMIC SERIES#

If you use the 'Add to want list' tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. Directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy and John Williams, the film stars Jamie Bell (Tintin), Andy Serkis (Captain Haddock) and Daniel Craig (Red Rackham). Paramount Pictures and Columbia PicturesвЂ™ The Adventures of Tintin opened Decemin stereo 3D. вЂњSteven had to remind the animators that some scenes should be TintinвЂ™s.вЂќ вЂњSnowy would steal every scene he was in,вЂќ Letteri says. HeвЂ™s always in trouble.вЂќДoes that mean he steals scenes as he did in the test? It sure does. In the comics, if the story isnвЂ™t engaging, Snowy will find his own adventure. вЂњThese dogs were bred for hunting and independent thought, so Tintin has the same pains as anyone with this type of a dog. вЂњHergГ© researched the breed,вЂќ Beard says. But he acts like a real terrier just as he does in the comic books. The dog in the animated film isnвЂ™t exactly realistic in appearance heвЂ™s a caricature. When you have a dog, other dog owners welcome you with open arms, even if your dog is a digital dog.вЂќ вЂњAnd we went to dog clubs to see dogs running around and interacting. вЂњWe had dogs under our desks,вЂќ Beard says. But more often, the animators relied on their own research.

Some of the captured data provided reference for how a dog moves. вЂњBut what we got was motion data of a dog trying to eat the balls off his legs.вЂќ

вЂњWe tried putting a Lycra suit with tracking markers, little balls, on a dog,вЂќ says Jamie Beard, animation supervisor at Weta Digital. And thatвЂ™s how they and Weta Digital created the film. Spielberg and Jackson tried the system Cameron had used to create the NaвЂ™vi in Avatar and realized they could use the same process for Tintin that is, put actors playing the comic book characters into motion-capture suits and use the data obtained from their performances to help animate a digital Tintin, Haddock and other characters. Technology developed on director James CameronвЂ™s Avatar helped make that possible. As the two directors talked about Tintin, though, they realized they wanted to make the world of HergГ©, not a liveaction film. The test shot convinced Spielberg that he could make the film-and that he wanted to work with Jackson. вЂњWe had Peter telling Steven how heвЂ™d make a good Haddock,вЂќ Letteri says, вЂњand we had Snowy steal the scene from Peter.вЂќ Then, for the test shot, Letteri had the idea of putting Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson in Captain HaddockвЂ™s costume. WetaвЂ™s artists accepted the challenge and created a digital Snowy. вЂњAt the time, the idea was to make a live-action film and they wanted to be sure we could create a realistic digital white dog.вЂќ вЂњWe were just finishing the third Lord of the Rings film when Kathleen Kennedy, who produced Tintin along with Steven Spielberg, asked if we were interested in creating Snowy for the film,вЂќ Letteri says. Joe Letteri, senior visual effects supervisor and director of Weta Digital (Wellington, NZ), which has won five Oscars for creating digital characters and effects in the Lord of the Rings series, King Kong and Avatar, tells the story. So itвЂ™s fitting that Snowy helped make possible the animated feature film The Adventures of Tintin. Snowy provides comic relief, rescues Tintin from danger, butts into everyoneвЂ™s business and noses out important clues, often accidentally. But itвЂ™s TintinвЂ™s constant companion, the spunky Wire Fox Terrier Snowy, who sparks the stories.

#THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN COMIC SERIES#

The star of the enormously popular comic book series вЂњThe Adventures of Tintin,вЂќ by HergГ© (Belgian artist Georges RГ©mi), is a young reporter named Tintin.

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