This spectacular, full-color book celebrates DreamWorks Animation's first film using groundbreaking InTruTM3D that transports the world of stereoscopic animation to a bold new level. The original story reinvents the classic monster movie into an entertainin.q modern-day action comedy; This lavishly illustrated volume features more than 400 imaqes of concept artl character design, and architectural plans;insider information about the creative process behind developinq the story and the characters; descriptions of the animating, rigging, surfacing, and lighting processes; and creating an all-new 3D environment.

Foreword

 by Stephen Colbert

Introduction

 Bringing the Characters to Life

 Size and Scale

 Style

 The 3-D Initiative

PART ONE

 Character Design ,

 Susan aka Ginormica

 Or. Coorooo

 The Missing Link

 B.O.B.

 Insectosaurus

 Gollaxhor

 Gallaxhar's Clones

 Robots

 President Hathaway

 General W. R. Monger and Other Humans

PART TWO

 Locations

 Modesto, California

 First Contact

 Area Fifty-Something

 Monster Prison

 The War Room

 Son Francisco

 The Mothership: Exterior

 The Mothership: Interior

 Capture, Extraction, and Cloning Devices

PART THREE

 Special F/X

 EXploding Planet

 First Contact F/X

 The Force Field and the Robot Beam

 Taking Down the Golden Gate Bridge

 insectosaurus Snot

 The Extraction Cbambe

 Mothership Destruction

 Props: Military Vehicles, Tanks, and Guns

 Clothes

PART FOUR

 The Making of

 Monsters vs. Afiens

 Rigging and Animating

 Surfacing and Lighting

 Working in 3-D

PART FIVE

 Out of the Picture

 Mothballed Characters and Locations

 Acknowledgments