Monster Suit Performance
Tom Woodruff Jr.
For nearly 25 years, Academy Award-winning Special Character Effects wizard, Co-Founder of Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. & Monster Suit Performance master, Tom Woodruff, Jr., has had to cope with finding the balance between creating a motivated on-screen monster suit performance and the physical & mental demands of wearing complicated and heavy animatronic creature, monster & animal suits.
Curriculum
1. Title - 15s
2. Introduction - 1min
3. A History of Suiting Up - 2min
4. Puppeteering - 1min
5. On Set Monitors - 2min
6. Wire-Supported Puppets - 2min
7. Rod Puppets - 1min
8. Cable-Controlled Puppets - 3min
9. Radio Controlled Puppets - 1min
10. Animatronic Suits - 3min
11. Gorilla Suit - 5min
12. Gorilla Suit - 1min
13. Gorilla Suit - 1min
14. Working with Video Goggles - 2min
15. Performing Blind - 2min
16. Character Preparation - 8min
17. Rehearsal - 3min
18. Conclusion - 1min
Materials
Artist BiographyTom Woodruff Jr.
Academy Award winning Character Creator | Co-Founder Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
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