Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

The Counselor

Twentieth Century Fox
July - October 2012

Martin was key animatronics model designer for the articulated, decapitated Westray in Ridley Scott's The Counselor, with the makeup effects team.

Makeup Effects Supervisor - Connor O'Sullivan

Animatronic Model Designer

Key animatronics model designer for the build of an articulated decapitated Westray (Brad Pitt).

Video

The Counselor poster

Behind the scenes

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  • The Westray figure lying on a bloodied board on grass outside a white hut while a man in a suit jacket with cut off sleeves walks past

    Shepperton Blood Test

  • Silicone torso and legs of the figure split open at the waist on wooden pallets, showing the metal mechanism, with an Allen key set and cable on cardboard

    Reclined Body Mech

  • Silicone head and neck on a torso shell opened to show the metal rods, cables and joints of the neck mechanism on a workshop bench

    Testing Silicon Head Weight

  • Realistic silicone head with long hair and a goatee lying on dark cloth beside two printed reference photographs of the actor on a workshop bench

    Brad's Head

  • Two crew kneeling on a workshop floor fitting silicone skin to the face and neck of a lifelike figure dressed in a bloodied suit

    Sticking the Skin

  • A woman and a man leaning over the lifelike figure, pressing silicone skin onto its face and neck, with the figure's chest open under a white shirt

    Sticking the Skin Closeup

  • Four crew crouch behind the bloodied figure in a grey suit lying on a city pavement, two showing red stained hands, with an ambulance behind

    Headless Brad Crew Shot

  • Two grey suited figures lying in a white tent, one on a board with a black bag over its head and one on an olive stretcher beside metal frames

    Two Brads on set

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