Why is renesmee cgi

Furthermore, Renesmee would have to convincingly age rapidly throughout the final film. A similar strategy was used to create the CGI for older Renesmee: When Jacob sees Renesmee, he has a vision of her growing up into a teenager.

To create this effect, Lola VFX combined a shot of an year-old model with the digitally altered face of year-old Renesmee actress Mackenzie Foy, employing the same face-aging technology used to help find missing children. The baby, however, with its large eyes and not-quite-real appearance stands out as the most memorable sequence.

The various methods they used instead, while effective, led to some unsettling visuals in Breaking Dawn. Many people find this very problematic.

Still, the novel was a huge success Twilight Adapted to a large screen. That last book, breaking Dawn , Divided into two movie parts. Readers and viewers spent four books and five movies waiting for the moment when Bella Kristen Stewart finally became a vampire and could be with Edward forever. Her makeover happened at the end of Cliffhanger Breaking Dawn-Part The introduction of Renesmee was something to remember.

Unfortunately, not because Bella met her daughter for the first time, but because the production crew decided to use CGI babies instead of real babies.

Renesmee Karen was clearly not a normal child. As a half-dead half-vampire, Renesmee grew rapidly physically and mentally and was able to speak in just seven days after birth.

Crew breaking Dawn They knew they had to somehow show a very mature baby, even if they were physically toddlers. Result is CGI renesmee baby When the movie was first released and now even less , it was irreversible.

Readers and viewers spent four books and five films waiting for the moment Bella Kristen Stewart would finally become a vampire so she could be with Edward forever.

Her transformation took place in a cliffhanger at the end of Breaking Dawn — Part 1. Renesmee Cullen was obviously not a normal child. As a half-mortal half-vampire being, Renesmee grew rapidly both physically and mentally, to the point where she was able to speak only seven days after she was born. The crew of Breaking Dawn knew they had to somehow show a baby that was already very mature even if physically it was just an infant.

In many ways, what the CGI Renesmee created was an instance of the Uncanny Valley, an effect that occurs in film when CGI or animated characters appear just human enough to unsettle audiences with their subtle differences think The Polar Express. And yet, bonus materials released with the box set version of the films reveal that Renesmee could have looked much worse. This version was a mechanical doll that was supposed to play the part of baby Renesmee, but actors could not stand to act comfortably around it during scenes.