Westworld | VFX Breakdown | Important Looking Pirates

We were given the exciting opportunity to do some epic work on the first season of HBO’s Westworld, one of the most anticipated tv series of 2016. Westworld is a science fiction western thriller show, based on the 1973 film of the same name. Shot production started in early February 2016 and in October we had finished 64 shots, spread across all of the episodes except two. Aside from the challenge of creating steam trains and hyper modern train stations, one of the most fun and demanding tasks was to do face replacements for the shots with Dr. Ford (Anthony Hopkins) in his younger days. Our starting point was a scan of Anthony Hopkins in present day and the mission was to make him look around 40 years younger and replace the head of a stand-in actor for Dr. Ford. One of the most fun and challenging tasks was to do face replacements for the shots with Dr. Ford (Anthony Hopkins) in his younger days. Our starting point was a scan of Anthony Hopkins in present day and the mission was to make hi