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Description: SUBSCRIBE on YouTube: bit.ly/Zp70T4 and RING THE BELL! Testing the animatronic Collie without its fur at Stan Winston Studio. March 2006 saw the release of #TheShaggyDog — a Disney production directed by Brian Robbins — which updated the story of the original The Shaggy Dog released in 1959. In the new version, Tim Allen portrays a work-consumed father and husband who begins to experience frequent transformations into a shaggy canine after he is bitten by a dog whose DNA has been altered. Paul Mejias supervised the Stan Winston Studio team, building a puppet version of the shaggy dog for shots that couldn’t be obtained with the real bearded collie, named Cole. “Our dog had to cut closeup to closeup with the real dog,” said Mejias, “so it had to match exactly. It was really important, because there is nothing worse than shots in movies where they suddenly cut to a puppet, and it’s just dead and lifeless.” The SWS crew was able to achieve an exact match due to the trainer’s — and the dog’s — generous cooperation. “The trainer brought him into the shop at least twice a week for about five months, which was the only way to build a matching animatronic dog," said Mejias, "On these visits, we took tons of photographs of the dog, shooting him from every conceivable angle, including the inside of his mouth. We also measured him everywhere. The trainer even let us do a lifecast of Cole’s nose and an alginate impression of his front teeth! And the dog was just as calm and happy as he could be throughout that procedure. That was the sweetest dog in the world.” Stan Winston Studio built the dog from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail, mechanizing it to perform nose, lip, tongue, and tail movement, as well as panting, eye blinks, and independent eye movement. The puppet’s legs were rod-controlled. - #BehindTheScenes text edited & excerpted from The Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio by Jody Duncan. More behind-the-scenes stories HERE: bit.ly/BlogsYT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN the Stan Winston School Community! stanwinstonschool.com facebook.com/StanWinstonSchool twitter.com/SWinstonSchool instagram.com/stanwinstonschool pinterest.com/stanwinston Visit our WEBSITE: stanwinstonschool.com SUBSCRIBE to #SWSCA on YouTube: bit.ly/Zp70T4