Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) - How To Make An Animated Pilot

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[@windoges3587]

I like how he looks younger 7 years later

[@GinKoSenseiorKuro]

He also somehow sounds younger too

[@slapporist2180]

Because this was in 2007

[@thegamechanger6146]

The glasses

[@pichajooli1816]

he did have plastic surgeries

[@echidna210]

he sounds like brian in a natural way

[@siskavard]

Everyone gives this guy shit but I find him to be very inspiring

[@abhirambulusu4405]

He’s a legend

[@mc-kw3pu]

fox gave me a small loan of 50000 dollars

[@Rafa.mudo.]

ikr

[@kennethgraham3712]

It was not easy for me.

[@grmz8557]

It coasts 2 million to make an episode alone. LOL

[@missiontobeaman3111]

mc what a douche for that piece of crap? pretty sure he was fine 😂

[@JeromeProductions]

Hah.

[@NolavAvaloN]

god i love him

[@trendingverge]

Please keep recommending these rarities. Oh my god. I’ve been drawing on my light pad drafter for a year now with this idea.

[@aesav23]

Thanks for posting this. What a terrific vid, and it gives aspiring writers a little advice, too. Thank you!

[@doodlesbykeems]

im asian too and i love family guy just take a joke

[@abhirambulusu4405]

Ikr!

[@tayloreh]

I hate it when people think SP is better than FG in such a half brain way as I sometimes see online. Anyways, no way I'm changing people, so I'll shut up. Seth is a really cool guy. I want to get this full interview, once I get a credit card...

[@nebulium6641]

Carl.

[@emcvideoproductions500]

Now we all know about the pilot

[@trendingverge]

I’m here.

[@wiilover07]

hes so awesome

[@MelodieB1]

damn he's fine

[@shadowkitty56]

@yourvidisbad101 Nowadays, computer. What they do is they take the "keys" and the script and they send that to South Korea. Once in Seoul, the in between shots are filled in and the whole thing is completed in a matter of 3 weeks or so.

[@Salien1999]

Okay, get a computer, get a tablet, get Pencil(program) and your set. After that you just get an idea, type it out in a word program, make a basic storyboard. Then animate in Pencil. After that it's refining.

[@trendingverge]

Bruh. That’s 11 years ago.

[@dreamingWisdom]

When was this? This feels really old and he's genial with the interviewer ._.

[@themattermattman]

he doesnt steal from simpsons it's just that simpsons have done EVERYTHING so any plot he make i'm sure simpsons have done it already or done something close to it

[@paddedpencil]

how long ago is this from? seth looks so much younger here!

[@zoeyzou]

BRIAN VOICE!!!

[@Salien1999]

Yup

[@mohawk1020]

can we get this cameraman a tripod or something? he's having a freakin seasure

[@assassin3004]

And Peter, and Stewie, and most other characters in Family Guy

[@yellowcoconut]

This is fuckin sweet.

[@BigPapaPump9]

how could it take 12 months, they have 13 eps a season

[@snoww667]

BigPapaPump9 drawing thousands of drawings editing sound etc.

[@spydergs07]

Multiple departments working on it

[@chriscaldwell5393]

They aren't doing one episode at a time. They work on several at a time. Plus they definitely have to contract out some of the drawing in of the cells and such. I know Disney does that.

[@boa9557]

so i want to make a show but i also want to do the character designs would they let me

[@spydergs07]

If you are good and can do it fast, yes.

[@boa9557]

really are u sure

[@paperchasindude6578]

Yeah your cartoon

[@BigPapaPump9]

yeah but still, if it's true then that's a bloody long time

[@stevenrojas8251]

Why the hell is it so expensive to do one animated 20 video?

[@MBGamingLegends]

i guess you needed a load of money back then but these days you could make a professional pilot for 10 thousand

[@trendingverge]

It’s called venture capital....

[@SENATORPAIN1]

jesus christ fuck yeah

[@FievelJ69]

@yourvidisbad101 If everything was computer generated, it would probably only cost 50,000 each episode, or less. They probably don't always use traditional paper. Computer notepads are more efficient,, besides, there's no clean up marks to clean, when using a computer generated notepad. Some of that was guesses,, but I have a feeling,, I'm pretty close. Fieve... ;-) :-)

[@haugur3]

so you bro looks him?

[@nickf570]

lmao

[@EricaCartmann]

and quagmire and the anchorman Tom Tucker AND one of the gay anchormans from america dad^^

[@steph895]

lol

[@FilmRangers]

meg is smart but no maggy doesnt talk

[@cianmulvey5552]

Wow 10 years

[@nsthetics7188]

​@@cianmulvey5552wow 15 years

[@okjeffy6581]

Wow 5 years

[@FievelJ69]

@yourvidisbad101 This sucks!, nobody has given you an answer. There's a good 30 people on average, who learns to draw the different characters of a single cartoon show. This is why, a single minute of animation can actually cost as much as 1 million, and lessor, 100,000. It also all depends on budget and contract. One Million, is for movie animation. But for a series, I would have to guess, 200,000 - 500,000 a year, per animator. Probably, Family Guy costs between 1 and 25 Million per episode.

[@swaggykilns]

Fievel Shill Mousekewitz 25 million per episode...

[@spydergs07]

$2 million. Back when it first started it was $400k per episode.

[@antimaxsmacks]

@MBGamingLegends um... you're sure of this, eh? maybe do some research before you make claims like this...

[@terk0iz]

you like Naruto and Pokemon

[@HipHop24Seven2]

He stole alot from the Simpsons, but his show is still funny.

[@krickrack]

Do you still think that way 4 years later? :P If you're about to reply yes, just stop... you've learned nothing ;)

[@Televisionary]

*4 years later... yes

[@TrueBackLash]

Great, so now all I need is $50,000 - a cool mil to write a pilot.

[@trendingverge]

No you look for venture capital 🤦‍♂️

[@AlyD23]

one word SEXY!!!!!!!

[@boomaga]

Note to self re: FamGuy spec script - not looking for funny/original gags - concentrate on story structure. Seth does NOT laugh, probably forgot how years ago. Think Mad-TV. Rewrite, consult manatees.

[@chicharitohernandez8]

hes racist against EVERYONE, even himself, its okay, laugh my friend.

[@yak6ex]

These are very minor similarities. Then why doesn't Matt sue Seth. There is a big difference between stealing and being influenced by. If you want to see some real stealing google Carlos steals jokes and Joe Rogan confronts him.

[@HipHop24Seven2]

he stole alot jokes from simpsons deal with it dont give me this bullshit about how simpsons have done everything considering south park has been original these past 11 years...simpsons is the greatest family-themed cartoon of all time, and family guy wouldn't have been as good as it was if simpsons never came out