Max Headroom was created from the memories of a reporter, Edison Carter, who was injured in an accident that put him into a coma. The background story provided for the Max Headroom character presents a dystopic look at a run-down near-future dominated by television and large corporations.
This was then superimposed over a moving geometric background, which was originally hand-drawn cel animation, though computer generated in the American television series. Max's image was actually that of actor Matt Frewer in latex and foam prosthetic makeup with a fiberglass suit. Computing technology in the mid-1980s was not sufficiently advanced for a full-motion, voice-synced human head to be practical for a television series. Notwithstanding the publicity for the character, the real image of Max was not computer generated. Max Headroom was featured in a music video programme, a feature film, a dramatic television series and television commercials. The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton.
Max Headroom is a fictional British artificial intelligence, known for his surreal wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice. George Stone, Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
