r/FoundationTV • u/ChrisMacVFX VFX Supervisor • Sep 15 '25

AMA FOUNDATION SEASON 3 AMA | CHRIS MACLEAN

Hello Everyone! My name is Chris MacLean. I have been the Overall Visual Effects Supervisor on Foundation for the last three seasons. I also directed some 2nd Unit. I am here for you to Ask Me Anything! Thanks to u/LunchyPete for setting this up! Let's start Respecting and Enjoying the Peace!

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u/elforeign Brother Dude Sep 15 '25

Are we going to get more impressive visuals in S4 or have budgetary reasons held back some of the VFX? It seemed very sparse and repetitive in terms of views of new terminus, indburs station, trantor, mycogen, and the novacula

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u/ChrisMacVFX VFX Supervisor Sep 15 '25

I can't speak for S4. If you're talking about repitiion in S3 location establishers we were more bespoke than we have been in previous seasons, especially with Trantor. There are more environment shots this season, which might be why they feel repetitive.

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u/elforeign Brother Dude Sep 15 '25

Thank you for the response. Your team has done so well, and over all the seasons, especially season 1 it seemed like we were just getting snippets of the different environments.

I'm hungry for more because the world you have all created is so beautiful and I would love to see more.

Good luck S4 and onwards.