Upon arriving, we exited the van and walked a short distance to the set where we saw none other than the house of Miss Bella Swan. Although Bella's original house was in Oregon where the bulk of Twilight was filmed, the house in Vancouver was a perfect replica built by the talented crew. The house was surrounded by all of the familiar things we saw in Twilight; complete with added trees, a boat, and the vehicles of Charlie Swan and Billy Black. Of course, the house is not one you'd live in and it wasn't an every day occasion, so aside from the added trees and cars, many different forms of production equipment were present. The house itself is nothing more than a shell intended for use in exterior shots and surrounding it that night were several bright lights and white screens to give the scene the perfect evening-time look.

Naturally, many crew members and extras were on-hand for the scene that night. One interesting attendee was a man we met and spoke with named Greg. Greg happened to live at the lone house across the street from where Bella's mock-up house was built. Though being forced to live in a unique form of chaos for a few weeks (i.e.: driving through swarms of fans while trying to get home, being photographed by onlookers mistaking him for cast members, and overall having a major film production conducted on the other side of his driveway), Greg had the distinct pleasure of being able to watch the filming as he pleased (Twilight fans - befriend Greg!).

Aside from the aforementioned, there were many more in attendance that night, including director Chris Weitz, producer Wyck Godfrey, Twilight veterans Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), and Gil Birmingham (Billy Black), and New Moon newcomers Chaske Spencer (Sam Uley) and Graham Greene (Harry Clearwater).

If you diehards haven't guessed by now from all the clues above, the scene we witnessed went something like this: Charlie Swan's beloved daughter Bella has been missing for hours. Being the chief of police, Charlie has rounded up a search party to find his daughter and they are all now huddled around the hood of his police cruiser. Charlie wipes his brow and looks stressed as those in the search party (which includes Billy, Jacob, Harry, and a few other unnamed characters) converse with one another and look at several different sheets of papers laid out on the car's hood. Suddenly, something catches Jacob's eye. "Charlie..." Jacob warns slowly as he taps Chief Swan on the shoulder. "Bella!" Charlie shouts with a mixture of worry and relief as he turns to see his daughter being carried out of the woods, seemingly unconscious, by Sam Uley. Charlie sprints to meet them and grabs Bella out of Sam's arms and places her into the comfort of his own.

Though the weather was brisk (keep in mind this was a night shoot and past 9pm at this point), Chaske Spencer was ever the trooper; completing each take in nothing but dark shoes and cut off shorts that landed just above the knee. To keep warm in between takes, Chaske had a trainer on set to help him work out and keep the blood flowing. Kristen was dressed a little more comfortably, wearing denim jeans, an oversized camel-colored jacket, and slip-on shoes. Sound familiar? Since the scene we witnessed is set in the story right after the infamous break-up scene, the outfit Kristen wore that night was the same that can be seen in the first official trailer.

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We watched the scene unfold several times right in front of us, but were also given the opportunity to look through a monitor to see exactly what the camera was "seeing" during each take. With each shot, the camera focused in on different angles and different actors involved in the scene. During each take, the heavy weight and stress from the emotional scene was almost tangible. In between each take, the set was a commonplace for joking and laughter. In one instance, director Chris Weitz yelled "cut!" just shy of when he should have wrapped the scene. Realizing his mistake, Chris reprimanded himself by yelling, "Bad, bad director!"

Another point of laughter on set was with jokester Taylor Lautner. Taylor, decked out in Jacob garb and his pre-transformation wig, had a relatively small part in the scene and was only required to tap Charlie on the shoulder while saying his name warily. Right before another take, Taylor screams, "Wait!" causing everyone to snap their heads around. Taylor's signature half-smile emerges as he jokes, "I forgot my line!" and everyone simultaneously breathes a sigh of relief and laughs.

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