Building a practical creature

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too.

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There was this small Finnish film I did

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and the creature we built that was very

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prominent in the film. It was like

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almost like a throwback to the 80s. You

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know, we're on the floor with rods and

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doing everything in our power to bring

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this thing to life. The blings are still

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linked up to a motor. You can hear the

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buzzing noise.

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There was a mechanical jaw and a

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mechanical tongue, which was a nice

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little extra.

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So, after 30 years in the job, what's

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the secret?

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It's all about replicating the organic

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movements that you see in nature. That's

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the art of animatronics. It's breathing

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life into a rubber skin. To see one of

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your creations on a big screen, that's

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what you do it for.

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