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>> everybody hold still! >> people die at the fair. >> the scene, arizona, 1882. >> the american west is a terrible place in time. everybody wants to kill you. angry drunk people and animals and the doctor. >> she had a splinter. >> doc? >> a million ways to die in the west. the new film from family guy creator seth mcfarlane. he is a master of outrageous comedy. animation. >> oh, geez. well, one of us is going to have to change. >> to live action plus computer animation. >> oh. ♪ how do you like me now how do

♪ you've got a friend in me you've got a friend in me ♪ >> we're about to meet the man behind some of the most creative projects in hollywood. he's a pioneer in computer animated films and a driving force behind the biggest, most popular movies of its kind. >> he's doing it by learning a thing or two about how to engineer creativity at the office. we're "up all nightline" with abc's david wright. >> reporter: ed catmull may not be a household name but you have seen his movies. he helped create the entire field of computer animation. you were a computer guy? >> yes. as a child my heros were...

Wanting to fly. here's where he puts them all the time, these are kites with i'm not using anymore, but they are very useful for the wind surface. this is all the wind surf gear. >> to manipulate the fake wings, the team creates fake mechanics using a nintendo wii controller and a smartphone. >> you would think the mechanics are reacting off of yarno's arms. it's all animation. >> the team tries out the wings. >> now we are ready to go to our first test flight. >> we thought it would be very strange starring yarno, but from the first test it already works. so we thought we'll make a first test...

Mutant bunnies. >> i don't know. >> i thought when we ran that video earlier, i figured that's what they do with computer animation. >> no. >> actual bunnies. >> mustard gas is a great drug. >> the mutt bombing was photo shopped. the 100 bunnies seemed to be real. >> she's in the snow right now. she's maria molina and maria, it's coming down and throughout the northeast, people are reminded that punxsutawney phil was right. >> yeah. he predicted six more weeks of winter and it looks like he's correct. even later this week, we're expecting a warm-up. we'll see temperatures being above average. ...

Off yarno's arms. it's all animation. >> the team tries out the wings. >> now we are ready to go to our first test flight. >> we thought it would be very strange starring yarno, but from the first test flight which would not succeed. >> for the final video, floris and his team make sure that yarno succeeds in his goal of flying like a bird. to accomplish this, they combine authentic footage with computer animation. >> we went to the park and i was actually wearing the wings but i was not able to run with it or walk with it. it was just completely a film prop. >> the actual scene where he's run...