The Orville is an American science fiction comedy-drama series created by and staring Seth McFarlane.

Inspired heavily by the philosophical and progressive stances made famous by Gene Rodenberry's Star Trek , this thrilling episodic follows the crew of The Orville as they embark on various diplomatic and exploratory missions.

Pixomondo previsualized over 1400 unique shots for the 13-episode second season, including over 350 shots for the universally acclaimed 2-part episode, Identity.

Being used more than just as a narrative guideline, the previs for The Orville was systematically treated as the final shots in edit by the production. The visualization lended itself beyond just a template for action choreography and composition, but was heavily utilized in the art directive side as well - helping establish lighting cues, ship design, color theory, and general look development for the show.

Because the production was so invested in the previs, it provided a 1:1 blueprint for the finals team and brought Seth's creative vision to life almost a year before each episode hit network.

General Stats:

1400 previs/postvis/techvis shots over 13-episode run
Shot production went for 1 year - starting from the writers room and extending to just a few weeks before each episode's airing.
Team consisted of a Supervisor plus an average of 3 artists - with the team expanding to accommodate each episode's layout phase.

VFX Supervisor: Nhat Phong Tran
VFX Producer: Dan Carbo
CG Supervisor: Dan Smiczek

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