When Human Met Creature

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2014

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Computer animation vs. puppets. Fans have been debating for years which is more believable -- especially when a creature is sharing a scene with a human actor. I talk with ILM animator Charles Alleneck who worked on the Star Wars prequels, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo who works on Sesame Street and performed Kate Monster in the original cast of Ave Q. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about how we create them and why we suspend
0:06.6	our disbelief.
0:08.2	I'm Eric Milinsky.
0:10.7	One of the hardest tricks to pull off in fantasy or science fiction is having a live
0:15.1	actor share a scene with a creature.
0:18.2	Filmmakers have been trying to pull off this trick for years.
0:20.7	Meaning, one of the first movies ever back in 1914 was a vaudeville act between the
0:27.0	illustrator Windsor McKay and his cartoon, Brontosaurus Gurdie.
0:32.6	And then, you know, in the 1940s, way before Roger Rabbit, there was this major breakthrough
0:37.5	as the movie anchors away when Jean Kelly danced with Jerry the Mouse.
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0:56.5	Everybody Frank Oz.
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