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USS Orville - The Orville (TV series, @SethMacFarlane 2017-20XX)

@SethMacFarlane The USS Orville (ECV-197)

@SethMacFarlane USS Orville concept arts, from "The World of Orville" book.

@SethMacFarlane "They went through 140 different designs of the ship with 13 different designers including Ryan Church (who designed the U.S.S. Enterprise for J.J. Abrams) and Andrew Probert (designer for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek: The Next Generation)."
trekmovie.com/2017/08/31/6-t…

@SethMacFarlane "However, apparently nothing was working for @SethMacFarlane so in the end Seth made his own doodle sketch of the ship which was then finalized by concept artist @MattTkocz "

@SethMacFarlane @MattTkocz USS Orville concept arts by Matt Tkocz.

@SethMacFarlane @MattTkocz CGI built by Pierre Drolet (BSG, Firefly...)

@SethMacFarlane @MattTkocz Mattepaintings for the opening titles by Josh Judd.

@SethMacFarlane @MattTkocz "One of things that makes this show very different is the use of traditional models, thanks to the help from some of Favreau's senior collaborators such as Rob Legato and Glenn Derry with the main VFX Supervisor Luke McDonald and VFX Producer Natasha Francis." @fxguidenews

@SethMacFarlane @MattTkocz @fxguidenews "The practical model work was done for the season in one initial major models shoot. The material was then used and reused throughout the 13 part series in much the way it was in the original Star Trek: The Next Generation."

@SethMacFarlane @MattTkocz @fxguidenews Rob Legato comments that Orville is, "a homage to Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST:TNG), which was a favourite of Seth MacFarlane. He is basically making his own Star Trek Series, and they wanted to shoot motion control models again."

" @robertmlegato was famously the visual effects supervisor on 46 episodes of ST:TNG, in addition to co-ordinating 17 other episodes and directing 2 (He also worked on Star Trek Deep Space Nine)."

fxguide.com/featured/orvil…

The Orville VFX Breakdown by @eightvfx

THE ORVILLE producer, Andre Bormanis, discusses the real possibilities of space travel.

For those who want to know more about "The World of Orville" book, written by Jeff Bond :

@SethMacFarlane discusses bringing The Orville ship to life through model work.

@SethMacFarlane Visual effects by @Tippett_Studio @CoSAVFX @Pixomondo @CraftyApesVFX @fusefx @eightvfx and @ZoicStudios !

Follow @TomCostantino to go behind the screen.

@TomCostantino Early USS Orville design by @MattTkocz

https://twitter.com/spaceshipsporn/status/1098719014090506240

Better view of the first USS Orville drawing by @SethMacFarlane

@SethMacFarlane New great photos of the USS Orville model, thanks to @TomCostantino !

https://twitter.com/TomCostantino/status/1099106839277510662

There is a hatch :)

https://twitter.com/TomCostantino/status/1100008389478924288