“Comedy doesn’t have to be completely cynical,” reflects visual effect supervisor Lawson Deming about “Ted Lasso.” For our recent Gold Derby exclusive video interview, he continues, “When it hit there were feelings and fears people had in the world. Having something that was inspirational, uplifting and earnest was the right way to do it.”
In “Ted Lasso” for Apple TV+, the optimistic Ted (Jason Sudeikis) adapts to the rules of soccer and English culture in his new job as coach of an English Premiere League Football club. Deming reveals for the big football matches “they were just playing in a practice field. They weren’t even playing to an empty stadium; they were playing to no stadium. We built not only the crowd but the stadium around them. They had production lights in the shot. Particularly when it was raining those lights were glaring into the lens. We would...
In “Ted Lasso” for Apple TV+, the optimistic Ted (Jason Sudeikis) adapts to the rules of soccer and English culture in his new job as coach of an English Premiere League Football club. Deming reveals for the big football matches “they were just playing in a practice field. They weren’t even playing to an empty stadium; they were playing to no stadium. We built not only the crowd but the stadium around them. They had production lights in the shot. Particularly when it was raining those lights were glaring into the lens. We would...
- 5/11/2021
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
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