The Puppets and Creature Suits Of Animal Firm Often when an animal is used in a film, TV show or a commercial, there will be scenes that wouldn’t be practical to do with a real animal. Maybe the action could hurt the animal, be something that an animal cannot be coaxed or bribed into […]
Gorillas in the Mist Blog – Part 2
A small crew from Rick Baker’s shop went on location to shoot the gorilla suits and puppets. The live action footage of real gorillas being gorillas and interacting with Sigourney had been previously shot at the Karasoke Research center in Rwanda. The editor, Stuart Baird had the difficult task of editing scenes of the real […]
The best gorilla puppets and suits that nobody knew they saw…
If you saw the film “Gorillas in the Mist” you watched scenes of mountain gorillas in the wild. However, you might not realize that alongside footage of actual mountain gorillas, you were looking at one of the greatest feats of realistic puppet and creature making ever executed by a special effects crew. In 1985 I […]
Nick Barone
2014 ended with the loss of a dear friend. I know that many of you, and the puppetry community around the world share this loss. It is with deepest sorrow, that we say goodbye to Nick Barone One of the things that formed the basis of my friendship with Nick was I learned that […]
Bob Baker’s Story – by Marianne Mettes
I am turning my blog over this time to the wonderful Australian puppeteer, Marianne Mettes. A few years ago she toured the states going to festivals and meeting puppeteers everywhere she went. She spent a day with Bob Baker and wrote about her visit with him. See you next time- Camilla From Marianne: Bob Baker’s […]