Behind the Scenes of the Being Human Werewolf Transformation
Friday, March 20 2009 – 6:30 AM
Posted by Andrew
One of the better things about the BBC is Being Human, a drama about three twenty-something roommates who also happen to be a vampire, a ghost and a werewolf (George Sands, played by Russell Tovey). The Being Human mini-site recently posted a video feature about the special effects behind last year’s season-finale werewolf transformation. For those of us who don’t live in the UK (and consequently can’t view any of the BBC’s video content without dealing with proxies), trusty YouTube saves the day. Enjoy!
This looks like a lot of work, but it also looks like a lot of fun. What werewolf fan wouldn’t willingly undergo hours of excrutiating makeup for an experience like this (at least once)?
March 20th, 2009 at 7:04 am
“It’s exhausting, but it’s a lovely-exhausting feeling.” — Very well-put there. It would be an absolute blast to act out a change-scene like this. Each one of use would process that kind of intensitey differently, and we’d all bring something different to the table.
Credit to these guys for not putting all their stock in CGI. If you go oldschool with the right lighting, angles and prosthetic work, you can practically freeze-dry a viewer’s soul. Yikes.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:24 pm
i love being human i watch every episodes of it.
i like it when George transforms to a werewolf.
i might work on a actor like that when I am a bit older.
IT LOOKS GREAT…
February 18th, 2010 at 4:35 am
i love the transformation scenes! the special effects are amazing and they look so real!! i love BH and im really enjoying the second series, already hoping for another!! i want to go into acting when im older and would love to work on something like that, would be awesomely fun and a great experience! its great to watch too!
May 17th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Looks cool. Unfortunately, I’m not able to watch the series or view the video (I live in the US and have a terrible dial up connection :( Read somewhere that they were thinking about making a remake of BH in America, sometime this year!! :D