Ted VFX Team On Keeping A CGI Bear Grounded, Digitizing Bill Clinton, & Upping The Stakes On Sight Gags In Season 2
TED S2— Pictured: Seth MacFarlane as voice of Ted — (Photo by: Peacock)
For the creative team behind Peacock’s Ted, the goal has never been to remind viewers that Ted is a visual effect. Instead, every creative decision from performance, editing to practical effects and digital artistry is designed to make Seth MacFarlane’s iconic bear feel just like another member of the cast. In Season 2, that ethos was put to the test as it expands the series’ scope with more fantasy sequences, elaborate practical creature work, a digitally recreated Bill Clinton and a hilarious bedroom gag involving satin sheets and an attachable member.
Deadline talks to visual effects supervisors Blair Clark and Hoyt Yeatman and producer and supervising editor Tom Costantino about crafting the season’s most technically challenging sequences and the unbreakable rules they keep in place to make sure audiences never notice one bear out of place.
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