How the Seth MacFarlane show was made.
Today on the befores & afters podcast, we’re chatting about the visual effects on season 2 of the Seth MacFarlane series Ted. I’m joined by visual effects supervisors Hoyt Yeatman and Blair Clark. They offer a fascinating perspective on delivering the humor of Ted through great character performance. First we run through the process involved in shooting Ted scenes, including the stuffy passes, and then into the character animation by Framestore.
We also break down that very notable appearance by Bill Clinton. Interestingly, it was one where make-up effects and CG were tried at first, but when those approaches didn’t quite hit the mark – they turned to some new AI deepfake techniques in order to bring the most realistic performance of Seth as Bill to life as possible.
Listen in above, and check out Framestore’s VFX breakdown here:
