The film was shot in Melbourne, Australia, and the crew carefully constructed the American rural scenes, and still maintained the original "timelessness" feeling. The most important thing is to let the animal actors perform realistically. The pigs in the film mainly use real shots, and use computer animation to "lip-sync" when speaking. Many shots of other animals are made with computer animation. The spider Charlotte and the mouse Templarite in the film are all made of CG. It took 14 months to make the film, which was twice as much as expected. There are 47 pig "actors" in 4 sizes, which are used to "play" Wilbur of different ages. Director Wennick has been mingling with a group of animals. In order for the pigs to do what everyone wanted, they took 41 days to complete a scene, and 27 different scenes were shot at the same time every day. The film took 1.5 million feet of film, and when it was finished, the film was only 9,000 feet long.
Charlotte's Web Shooting process
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Extended Reading
Charlotte's Web quotes
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Mr. Arable: [Mr. Arable looks at pigs, finds a runt, a picks up ax]
Fern: What are you doing?
Mr. Arable: Nothing, now go back to bed.
Fern: You're not going to kill it, are you?
Mr. Arable: It's a runt.
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Wilbur: [Wilber bangs his head into the fence and runs]
Golly the Goose: [Flies to the fence, lands on it and stops] Run pig! Be free! I would if I could.
Gussy the Goose: [Golly goes back inside the barn] Golly, did I hear you say you would be free if you could?
Golly the Goose: I meant if I were a pig.