In an interview with IESB.net, Welsh actor Michael Sheen talks about picking roles for a movie, preparing for his character and filming New Moon. Here is an excerpt:
Q: Where do you start, when you’re doing a literary adaptation, like with New Moon or Alice in Wonderland?
Michael: Well, I start at exactly the same place, which is always the story. My first contact with anything I’m going to do is the script, whether it’s a script I’ve been offered, or I’ve been sent it, or whatever. I sit down and I read it. That first pagbaba of the script is very special to me because I know it’s my first point of contact with the story and the world of the piece. I don’t read things in bits, and I don’t read it whilst I’m doing something else. I have to have full concentration. I read it because, if I end up doing this film, that first reading, the impressions I get, the connections I make and how it sparks my imagination, will fuel everything I do for the whole rest of it. It’s always that first contact with it, so that’s a very special moment for me and that doesn’t matter whether it’s based on real events or not, whether it’s New Moon or anything.
That’s the world. That’s the beginning point. And then, it’s just about letting your imagination go. I look for clues. Any script is like a whodunit. The writer has certain intentions, whether they’re conscious or unconscious, and they come out and are expressed in the script.
So, for instance, when I was doing New Moon, it wasn’t just the script, it was the book as well. I used to have the book with me every araw on the set, all the time. I’d re-read it and re-read it and re-read it. It’s not like I had to read the whole book, because Aro’s bits are not as much, but nevertheless, I try and immerse myself in the world of the piece, whatever the piece is.
So, if it’s Brian Clough’s life, then I immerse myself in Brian Clough’s life. If it’s New Moon, then I immerse myself in Stephenie’s world, but also the world of vampires, generally. With the sa ilalim ng daigdig films, I watched everything that ever has been on werewolves, and I read everything. You never know where the one little thing will come from that just sparks your imagination. It doesn’t happen all the time, but you never know where that thing’s going to come from. It can come from the most unlikely of places, and usually does. It’s what The Lord of the Rings is all about. The most important person in the whole The Lord of the Rings story is the one that is over-looked in Tolkien’s world. It’s the little Hobbit. It’s the little unlooked for thing.
I’ve always found that that’s the same with what I do. I might be reading, or there will be a chance remark that someone I’m talking to makes about something, and it sticks with me. When I find my core stuff for research, at the time, I don’t know why that’s important to me, but I just know there’s something about it. Eventually, I’ll be doing a scene and maybe the director will say, “At this point, could you do something here?,” and suddenly something will occur to me from the research. Which means you have to do loads of it, even though you might end up using just a tiny amount of it, but you never know where that stuff will come from.
That was the same for New Moon. Weirdly, I found myself on the set and I suddenly heard the voice of the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine. There’s a thing that Stephenie writes in the book that his voice was like feathers, and just suddenly I heard this voice that really disturbed me when I was a kid. It was very gentle and soft, but there was something very scary about it. So, for little things like that, you never know where it’s going to come from.
Q: Where do you start, when you’re doing a literary adaptation, like with New Moon or Alice in Wonderland?
Michael: Well, I start at exactly the same place, which is always the story. My first contact with anything I’m going to do is the script, whether it’s a script I’ve been offered, or I’ve been sent it, or whatever. I sit down and I read it. That first pagbaba of the script is very special to me because I know it’s my first point of contact with the story and the world of the piece. I don’t read things in bits, and I don’t read it whilst I’m doing something else. I have to have full concentration. I read it because, if I end up doing this film, that first reading, the impressions I get, the connections I make and how it sparks my imagination, will fuel everything I do for the whole rest of it. It’s always that first contact with it, so that’s a very special moment for me and that doesn’t matter whether it’s based on real events or not, whether it’s New Moon or anything.
That’s the world. That’s the beginning point. And then, it’s just about letting your imagination go. I look for clues. Any script is like a whodunit. The writer has certain intentions, whether they’re conscious or unconscious, and they come out and are expressed in the script.
So, for instance, when I was doing New Moon, it wasn’t just the script, it was the book as well. I used to have the book with me every araw on the set, all the time. I’d re-read it and re-read it and re-read it. It’s not like I had to read the whole book, because Aro’s bits are not as much, but nevertheless, I try and immerse myself in the world of the piece, whatever the piece is.
So, if it’s Brian Clough’s life, then I immerse myself in Brian Clough’s life. If it’s New Moon, then I immerse myself in Stephenie’s world, but also the world of vampires, generally. With the sa ilalim ng daigdig films, I watched everything that ever has been on werewolves, and I read everything. You never know where the one little thing will come from that just sparks your imagination. It doesn’t happen all the time, but you never know where that thing’s going to come from. It can come from the most unlikely of places, and usually does. It’s what The Lord of the Rings is all about. The most important person in the whole The Lord of the Rings story is the one that is over-looked in Tolkien’s world. It’s the little Hobbit. It’s the little unlooked for thing.
I’ve always found that that’s the same with what I do. I might be reading, or there will be a chance remark that someone I’m talking to makes about something, and it sticks with me. When I find my core stuff for research, at the time, I don’t know why that’s important to me, but I just know there’s something about it. Eventually, I’ll be doing a scene and maybe the director will say, “At this point, could you do something here?,” and suddenly something will occur to me from the research. Which means you have to do loads of it, even though you might end up using just a tiny amount of it, but you never know where that stuff will come from.
That was the same for New Moon. Weirdly, I found myself on the set and I suddenly heard the voice of the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine. There’s a thing that Stephenie writes in the book that his voice was like feathers, and just suddenly I heard this voice that really disturbed me when I was a kid. It was very gentle and soft, but there was something very scary about it. So, for little things like that, you never know where it’s going to come from.
Jacob Black is Bella's best friend. He is a Quileute Native American and a werewolf, later revealed to be a shape-shifter as he doesn't transform on the full moon. In Twilight, Jacob plays a minor role, being a forgotten childhood friend of Bella's. In an attempt to learn madami about Cullens, Bella flirts with Jacob, and he tells her tribe legends about them being "the cold ones", or vampires. After Edward leaves Bella in New Moon, Bella spends much of her time with Jacob, trying to heal her broken puso and ilipat on. Though at first only a friend, Jacob later falls in pag-ibig with Bella. Although he spends most of his time in Eclipse trying to win Bella, in Breaking Dawn he imprints —an involuntary process in which a werewolf finds their soul mate— on Bella and Edward's daughter, Renesmee.
bella: edward we need to talk.................................................
edward: go ahead we have got all the time in the world.
bella: ok but i don't think your gunna like it.
edward: whats wrong
bella: its nothing really but i do have to say i don't pag-ibig you and i never have. the only reason why i married you was cuz you have lots of money and cuz i wanted to be a vampire. now i have got that i don't need you anymore.
Edward: don't leave me.
bella: i have to cuz jacobs waiting for me in the car.
edward: thats my car
bella: buy a new one
bella: i am also taking renesmee with me. goodby edward. and thanks for the car
edward:noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. not the car
bella: hu hum i sinabi goodbuy edward
edward: o sorry goodbuy bella.
and so bella, renesmee and jacob lived happily ever after
edward: go ahead we have got all the time in the world.
bella: ok but i don't think your gunna like it.
edward: whats wrong
bella: its nothing really but i do have to say i don't pag-ibig you and i never have. the only reason why i married you was cuz you have lots of money and cuz i wanted to be a vampire. now i have got that i don't need you anymore.
Edward: don't leave me.
bella: i have to cuz jacobs waiting for me in the car.
edward: thats my car
bella: buy a new one
bella: i am also taking renesmee with me. goodby edward. and thanks for the car
edward:noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. not the car
bella: hu hum i sinabi goodbuy edward
edward: o sorry goodbuy bella.
and so bella, renesmee and jacob lived happily ever after
It was confirmed today, that Carter Burwell will NOT be composing the score for New Moon. Alexander Desplat is composing in Carter's place. This raises the question, will Chris Weitz and Alexander Desplat use the lullaby Carter composed?
In my personal opinion, I really think it's better if they keep the same lullaby. Alot of fans may disagree. And I agree to an extent, it did not sound like a lullaby. But, during the lullaby scene when they were in the trees, there was a piano melody solo. If they kept that melody, but expanded it or made it madami complex, it would sound madami like a lullaby. And they could keep the continuity.
What do you guys think?
In my personal opinion, I really think it's better if they keep the same lullaby. Alot of fans may disagree. And I agree to an extent, it did not sound like a lullaby. But, during the lullaby scene when they were in the trees, there was a piano melody solo. If they kept that melody, but expanded it or made it madami complex, it would sound madami like a lullaby. And they could keep the continuity.
What do you guys think?
Listen up all you Twilight fan's .Today is the last araw you can send ur 1-minute video tellin why you should be in the new movie of the twilight saga "New Moon" and you can win a visit to the the set and appear in the filme sooo all you Kristen ,Rob and Taylor fan's submite your video soo you can meet your paborito twilight actor!!And who knows mayby you'll be the susunod big thing can someone ¡¡¡HOLLYWOOD!! so go to the official Twilight movie website and upload your video and if u have anymore quetiones you can read madami about the rules and conditiones on the main page website as mention before
Okay so the titles a little random- and this is probably old news, and honestly I just feel like having a rant, but am I the only one who misses Rob's hair. I mean look at it now:
So it's not all gone, but I still think it looks pretty random. And I was the one who doodled on it either. Does anyone actually pag-ibig it- okay I'll admit, it's alrite. But it certainly doesn't match up to his old cut, even if it was quite greasy,I mean he won't be able to do this any more:
Am I over exaggerating? Yes. But I'm still little bit in shock- so can I really be blamed.
I'm just really glad his new haircut didn't turn out like this:
Does anyone know what this picture is of sa pamamagitan ng the way??
Anyway I just hope it grows back for March- anyone else??
So it's not all gone, but I still think it looks pretty random. And I was the one who doodled on it either. Does anyone actually pag-ibig it- okay I'll admit, it's alrite. But it certainly doesn't match up to his old cut, even if it was quite greasy,I mean he won't be able to do this any more:
Am I over exaggerating? Yes. But I'm still little bit in shock- so can I really be blamed.
I'm just really glad his new haircut didn't turn out like this:
Does anyone know what this picture is of sa pamamagitan ng the way??
Anyway I just hope it grows back for March- anyone else??