Local 706 - The Artisan

Fall 2016

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20 underskull. These were detailed and finished in Canada by Kyle Huculak, Kalynn Kallweit and Brittney Bolzan. The molds and castings had been made in Los Angeles at our MEL satellite shop. Several of the masks were converted to fully animatronic characters by mechanical artist Tim Ralston and were all shot in Dubai. Rob Hinderstein made some incredible eyes for these characters. He is truly the master of lifelike eyes. Other creature effects items included a full-body shriveled corpse, replacement heads, CG scanning models and a large creature puppet which required two puppeteers inside of its body to operate it. This creature was called the "Elephant Slug" and was built partly on producer JJ Abrams' request for a practical creature that was also non-humanoid. Brian Blair and Don Lanning headed up this project and was filmed in Dubai. Top: The Los Angeles crew. Above, clockwise from top left: Joel Harlow creates the make-up and prosthetics for alien Natalia; Richie Alonzo applies make-up; Lenny MacDonald and Harlow create another alien look.

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