Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Zip and Zap and the Captain's Island

Buena Vista International
August - September 2015

Martin did additional on-set radio control puppeteering of an animatronic gorilla, with Brian Herring, for the Spanish children's film Zip and Zap.

Gorilla Created by Millennium FX

Puppeteer

Radio control puppeteer and suit technician for the gorilla character on location shoots in San Sebastian and Budapest for the Spanish language Disney movie.

Videos

Zip and Zap and the Captain's Island poster

Behind the scenes

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  • Tom, in the gorilla suit with his face showing, holds a blue sports drink beside one of the crew in a hoodie under a black tent in a forest

    Tom Hydrates

  • Tom lies back in the gorilla suit with towels around his head while a Makita fan cools him and one of the crew checks a phone

    Tom Cools Down

  • A performer in the gorilla suit sits among wooden barrels of candles on the set, head uncovered, holding a water bottle and looking aside

    Gorilla at Rest

  • A performer in the gorilla suit walks bent over on long arm extensions inside a cave while crew and camera equipment wait behind

    Rehearsing with Arm Extensions

  • Film frame: the gorilla, shown in close up against green forest, raises a small knife in one hand with a stern expression

    Gorilla With a Knife

  • The gorilla's silhouette against a low sun on the beach, lens flare across the frame

    Gorilla at Sunset

  • The gorilla stands upright in a forest clearing as one of the crew kneels beside a film camera rig to adjust its arm

    Gorilla Having a Drink

  • One of the crew holds the clapperboard in front of the gorilla on San Sebastian beach while the sound recordist and crew look on, cliffs behind

    San Sebastian Beach Closeup

  • The gorilla walks across the sand toward the camera, a wrecked sailing boat and rocks behind, under a grey cliff

    San Sebastian Beach Wide

  • Three men pose under a beach canopy, one holding a radio control transmitter, one wearing the gorilla suit and one beside the gorilla head

    Puppeteers Group Shot

  • Señorita Pam, in period costume, smiles and holds the gorilla's hand as it sits on wooden crates among greenery leaves and stone walls

    Señorita Pam meets The Gorilla

  • Señorita Pam stands smiling beside Aidan in the gorilla suit, who holds the spare gorilla head, among greenery plants and a stone wall

    Señorita Pam meets Aidan

  • A man in a blue T shirt and cargo shorts leans in to sniff the gorilla suit hung on a rack in a bright room

    Suit Smells

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