Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Yonderland

Working Title/Sky One
September - November 2014

Martin designed and built mechanisms for the second series of Yonderland on Sky One, and worked as an additional puppeteer on set and behind the scenes.

Puppet Supervisor - Fiona Cazaly

Animatronics Model Designer & Additional Puppeteer

Animatronics Engineer in the Puppets Department for season 2 of the comedy series from the team that brought you Horrible Histories and Ghosts. Additional puppeteer for a few scenes in the show.

Videos

Yonderland poster

Behind the scenes

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  • Salvatore sculpt in grey green clay, a beaked head with purple eyes on a bust, mounted on a clear rod on a cluttered workshop bench

    Salvatore Sculpt

  • Salvatore head core held in a hand over a workshop bench, a translucent shell with open eye cut outs, springs, a mechanism and clear tubing

    Salvatore Head Core

  • Salvatore head mech held in a hand, showing a translucent skull with a hinged eyelid mechanism, white eyeballs with purple irises and clear control tubing

    Salvatore's Head Mech

  • Salvatore skin test, a pale silicone head with open eye sockets, a grinning mouth and visible teeth, on a stand in a workshop with concept drawings behind

    Salvatore vs 2 Silicon Skin

  • Salvatore head without eyes, a yellow painted head with a green and blue feathered turban and empty eye sockets, resting on white cloth against white card

    Salvatore vs 1 Head Without Eyes

  • Salvatore puppet laid on bubble wrap on the bench, partly assembled, with painted head, torso, yellow socks, purple shoes and a black control handle

    Salvatore Complete on the Bench

  • Salvatore fully dressed on a round black stand, wearing a green feathered turban, blue patterned sleeves, grey trousers, purple shoes and a long moustache, with fine control lines

    Salvatore Dressed

  • Puppeteer Iestyn Evans sits side on holding the half dressed Salvatore puppet by its control handle in an office, the puppet's yellow socks and purple shoes dangling

    Test Salvatore with Puppeteer Iestyn Evans

  • Salvatore puppet peeks out of an ornate dark box lined with blue as a group of crew crowd round to watch the props test

    Salvatore Props Test

  • Martin holds the finished Salvatore puppet on his arm, the puppet draped in blue silk with a green turban and a long moustache, in dim light

    Salvatore & Me

  • Monitor view: Salvatore sits beside a film projector on a patterned cushion while a hand holds a Yonderland II clapperboard in front of him

    Salvatore's Mini Clapper Board

  • Phil Ashton and one of the crew lean into a stone arch set to adjust Salvatore, who sits on a cushion beside a small film projector

    Salvatore Setting up shot with Puppet Legend Phil Ashton

  • Film frame: one of the crew holds a Yonderland clapperboard on a set with a woman in a yellow check shirt and a puppet in a scarf beside her

    Filming

  • Kenneth puppet in progress on a workshop bench, with a pale foam beak on a metal armature, an orange curly fur body and yellow cloth legs with claws

    Kenneth on Bench

  • Kenneth standing on a workshop bench with orange curly fur, pale eyes, a long green striped beak and yellow clawed legs, in front of a puppet cast board

    Kenneth's Head Taking Shape

  • Kenneth beak and furred body shown as two parts, one hung on a shopping bag, the other clamped in a blue vice with wire and white cable tubing

    Kenneth Being Cabled

  • A woman paints the claws of the Kenneth puppet at a workshop bench, the orange furred bird with a striped beak, long pink tongue and pheasant feathers

    Kenneth Being Artworked

  • Two crew attach the Kenneth puppet to the shoulder of a stand in actor wearing a cap and blue shirt, one in green

    Kenneth Being Attached to Stand-In

  • Martin puppeteers Kenneth, laughing in a green t shirt and headset, while one of the crew in black leans in beside a stand in actor

    Kenneth Squint & Me Puppeteering

  • Jim sits on a wooden crate in a waistcoat and cap with the Kenneth puppet perched on his shoulder while a puppeteer in green lies on the floor

    Kenneth With Jim On Set

  • Poirot concept painting in sepia tones showing a round bowler hatted character whose long moustache stretches out sideways, wearing a bow tie, waistcoat and cape

    Poirot Design

  • Poirot puppet in close up with round gold glasses, thick dark eyebrows, a large pink nose and a curled black moustache ending in a loop

    Poirot vs 1 Stunt Moustache

  • Poirot puppet in a waistcoat and bow tie stretches a long black moustache sideways in a blurred shot on a rustic set with two crew at the edges

    Poirot vs 2 Moustache Unfurl Test

  • Monitor view: Poirot sits at a wooden bar with a small glass of drink, his long furry moustache stretched wide as two hands rise at each end

    Poirot Moustache Unfurled On Camera

  • A man in a striped shirt and headphones gestures to a group around the Poirot puppet on a pub set, while crew in the background look on

    Poirot Taking Direction

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