In this Stan Winston Studio Behind-the-Scenes footage, you can see an early 1/5 scale T-Rex rod puppet test with Christopher Swift for Joe Johnston's Jurassic Park III. With advances in CGI, it's never been easier to remove rods and puppeteers, and we look forward to seeing rod puppetry used for many years to come. #jurassicpark #trex #puppets #rodpuppet #stanwinstonsstudio | Stan Winston School of Character Arts

Turtle rod puppet by Stan Winston Studio for a Comcast commercial. #turtle #rodpuppet #stanwinstonstudio #comcast #commercial | Stan Winston School of Character Arts

Go behind the scenes of Joe Dante’s #SmallSoldiers and see how Stan Winston Studio used real puppets and on-set performance to bring to life the militarized Action Figures. Stan Winston Studio designed and built two categories of characters for the film — Commando Elite soldiers, and alien Gorgonites, all of which were realized as articulated puppets. In total, Small Soldiers would feature fourteen distinct characters: six Commandos, seven Gorgonites, and a ‘Gwendy’ fashion doll. Although Gwendy