The Making of Life of Pi: A Film, a Journey
Diversely illustrated with 275 photographs and illustrations,The Making of Life of Pitells the inside story of how renowned Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee brought Yann Martel&#39;s international bestseller to life as a 3-D film.With a rich, entertaining text and a wide variety of facts, anecdotes, visual portfolios, and sidebars sure to delight readers of all ages,The Making of Life of Pifollows the making of the film from pre-production through final cut. Of course, you&#39;ll meet Suraj Sharma, the sixteen-year-old unknown Indian high-school student who won the part of Pi although he had no acting experience and didn&#39;t even know how to swim&#8212;yet in the end performed all of his own stunts. You&#39;ll learn about the massive wave tank, custom-built for the film that replicated a vast, stormy ocean in all its moods, thanks to a complex and specially devised menu of wave and wind combinations, some really powerful machinery, and tons of water. You&#39;ll get to look inside the fifty-page fully illustrated &#34;survival guide&#34; that shipwreck survivor Steven Callahan created for Pi to consult on his raft. And you&#39;ll read about King, Themis, Minh, and Jonas, the four Bengal tigers used in the film&#8212;and discover how visual effects were able to create a seamless 3-D image of the tiger Richard Parker.A foreword by Yann Martel, an introduction by Ang Lee, and an incredible range of visual materials&#8212;fine art, vintage archival imagery, and commissioned portfolios by photographer Mary Ellen Mark and artist Alexis Rockman&#8212;supplement the film&#39;s storyboards, sketches, and stills, rounding out this highly experiential book for lovers of the novel and film viewers alike.