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Web design: a realistic CG Charlotte and Templeton act alongside a real barnyard cast in the latest iteration of Charlotte's Web.(Character Modeling)

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| December 01, 2006 | Doyle, Audrey | COPYRIGHT 2006 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When most people see spiders and rats, they immediately think creepy, scary, repulsive, and gross.

So how do you get movie-goers of all ages to form a warm emotional attachment to a spider and a rat that look so authentic they could pass for the real thing?

That was what Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) faced when creating Charlotte the spider and Tippett Studio faced when creating Templeton the rat, the two CG stars of Paramount Pictures' live-action version of EB White's classic children's tale Charlotte's Web. Director Gary Winick was adamant that the characters not be portrayed as stylized, cuddly creatures, but instead wanted them to look photoreal so ...

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