Learning about Silicone Prosthetics at Weta Workshop

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At Weta Workshop, we stop by the mold and cast department, where artists make the prosthetic makeup applications that transform actors into elves, dwarves, and orcs. We meet Kim Docherty, senior prosthetics artist, who explains how a silicone prosthetic like a dwarf's nose is made from start to finish at the shop.
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@TheOnlyDamien 7 лет назад

These WETA Workshop Videos are AMAZING! You can really tell how excited the people are to talk about doing what they love, like the passion is so real and I love it!

@TheOnlyDamien 7 лет назад

Same here! Plus I love learning about the behind the scenes incredible amounts of work that goes into these things that I would never think of, such as the recipe book for revisiting movies after moving on, I would have never thought that was a thing but it was really cool to see all the complex looking calculations in the book, the people at WETA seem to be some incredibly passionate people it's awesome!

@joshoconnell2104 7 лет назад

Damien // Couldn't agree more. It's friggen awesome what these people do!

@willmcleay8669 7 лет назад

I agree, they are awesome videos, one of my favourite from Tested in a while. P.S, the workshop is called Weta Workshop, 'Weta' not being an acronym, it's the Maori name for a giant New Zealand Insect. I'm from Tauranga in the bay of plenty, just thought you ought to know :)

@OBSALMinecraft 7 лет назад

Same haha

@TheOnlyDamien 7 лет назад

Ohhh! I apologize I had no idea! Thanks for informing me ^_^ I updated the post.

@phrozen17 7 лет назад

He has gotten 250% better at interviewing people, great job Norm!

@MrBenjimun 7 лет назад

As a New Zealander... this is one hell of a Kiwi accent

@johnberkley6942 4 года назад

Ditto. She's understandable because she articulates her words. Other Kiwis (I'm pointing at certain sporting people here) have the aksint but also mumble, making subtitles advisable.

@Azrial01 7 лет назад

Silicone is soooooo temperamental. You have to be consciously aware of everything that it comes into contact with. For example: Water based clays are typically a no no for your sculpts if you're using platinum silicone because they often contain sulfur which inhibits the silicone from curing. You can't run latex in a mold and then run silicone in the same mold, because the latex leaves behind residue that makes it so the silicone won't cure. Like she said you also have to be aware of temperature, humidity etc... It's not cheap stuff either, so if you're doing a large piece and it won't cure, well you've just thrown a couple hundred bucks in the garbage. It's a great product though. The results are totally worth the headache.

@themonkeyking580 7 лет назад

Your Geeky Ojisan read that in her voice.

@NeonsStyleHD 7 лет назад

Love the passion she has

@tomelner 7 лет назад

NeonsStyle yes... killed by norms interview technique. he is always so focused on the next question that he fails to actually engage

@joshoconnell2104 7 лет назад

Tom Elner // I get what you mean lol. I think when Will done them it was a lot worst though. He was so blunt and showed little enthusiasm.

@RCMarty 7 лет назад

Wow that kiwi chick is pretty into what she does !!! I like to watch passionate people explain their job, big thumbs up to her :)

@RCMarty 7 лет назад

You do realize people from New Zealand ( kiwis ) have a very similar accent... given the fact they live in close proximity to the Australian continent ( ~900 miles ) I assumed that Kim Docherty ( said Kiwi in this video ) was a kiwi since she works at Weta Workshop wich is situated where ? You guessed it, New Zealand. But I could be wrong, she may an Australian wich moved South to NZ to pursue her career, who knows ?

@RCMarty 7 лет назад

My bad then matey, so she is an Australian transfuge lollll

@aymanrachid5847 7 лет назад

No she is a kiwi, im pretty sure

@campbellsmith9848 7 лет назад

Kieran McKay As a New Zealander I find that extremely offensive. Listen to the way she says i and e, Australians say i like ee. Also Weta Workshop is a New Zealand company.

@theCelticDragon1 7 лет назад

campbell please listen to her voice when she says words like 'and' 'found' 'quite' 'mass' 'noses' 'lifelike' etc she's clearly lived in nz for a long time as some words are nz, but there's an aussie twang in many/most vowels. As a new zealander you're not very perceptive.

@Antenox 7 лет назад

These are easily some of the best videos Tested has made. Great interviews, great enthusiasm from everyone all around.

@sacredgeometry 7 лет назад

Weta really know how to hire amazing, passionate people. I have a massive brain crush on all their staff in these videos. Such unbelievable geekiness I am in love!

@Selene23 7 лет назад

Silicone is such a cool medium to work with... add that to getting to work at Weta, I'm definitely jealous. Plus, The Kiwi accent is probably my favorite...

@jmpattillo 7 лет назад

I'm loving the Kiwi accents in these interviews. Reminds me of some of the gags in Flight of the Conchords. "He may be dead" "Yeah, but what did he maybe do?"

@dickforrest 7 лет назад

These weta videos are amazing!!

@blacksabbath222 7 лет назад

Kim was so helpful and informative! Its not often you get someone this enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject.

@user-um5ji5sz9u 7 лет назад

Lowkey she looks like an older simone and I ain't complaining.

@taba1950 7 лет назад

Will K Simone without the crappy robots

@user-um5ji5sz9u 7 лет назад

Andrew M true man. First time I watched her videos it caught me off guard

@MarkHatlestad 7 лет назад

More WETA! Brings back memories of me watching behind the scenes for Lord of the Rings whenever I was sick from school...

@SansaStarkofWinterfell 7 лет назад

I really enjoy the Weta Workshop videos, Thank you so very much everyone from Tested for going there and sharing this with us all!

@HomegirlKikimora 7 лет назад

I'm just happy that my pint size bottle of Thi Vex came in. I've never made a silicone mold or done roto casting before, and I've learned a lot by watching Tested (and many hours or research because I don't wanna screw up) lol

@therealfaloun 7 лет назад

Super interesting to hear more about how this stuff is put together. To those saying she sounds nervous: Yes, but she still did a great job explaining the process and you could really see the passion in her work. If someone was hovering around me with a camera while I explained my job I don't think I'd be nearly as calm and eloquent. :-)

@haydenclark7064 7 лет назад

OMG!... It's New Zealand... We're getting noticed!!!!!!

@jonathangibson9098 7 лет назад

Yeah boi!

@jchunick 7 лет назад

This reinvigorates me in the work I do. I love watching these guys and how excited they are!... and I love that I do similar stuff to them, albeit on a miniature scale :-)

@abhiasiani 7 лет назад

She's so passionate about her job and so excited or energetic on explaining each thing in detail... way to go girl...

@abirdynumnum9612 7 лет назад

Norm: Thanks for making this video. Big shout out to Kim and Jason Docherty - you do amazing work! It is wonderful to be part of a great team of creative collaborators. Platinum silicone is the best, isn't it!?! What a wonderful time to be alive.

@nathantron 7 лет назад

Hahahaaa, I love this lady. She's awesome. XD

@adamwash917 7 лет назад

so meny tipes of silican on tha mahket

@Clyman974 7 лет назад

eenhhd...

@Daimomaru 7 лет назад

I love her accent. Irish accents are interesting too, I love both... and many more haha.

@haydenclark7064 7 лет назад

Daimo's Game Share Good old classic kiwi

@moiramay1942 7 лет назад

we Irish pride ourselves in the many different accents throughout our counties

@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759 6 лет назад

Some Kiwi accents sound like South African

@minirex2469 7 лет назад

sili-CONE

@paulhudson6846 7 лет назад

silicon

@timconway2810 7 лет назад

2 very different materials, despite the similar spelling. SIlicone is squidgy and used in prosthetics, silicon is a pure element. The former is derived from the latter, i believe, but they are different.

@paulhudson6846 7 лет назад

***** Well then.

@Antenox 7 лет назад

Aluminium

@brianlavoie1234 7 лет назад

skin

@jonowee 7 лет назад

Really enjoying the Weta Workshop series, hearing interviews from specialists in a large FX shop. This one stands apart from the rest where the rest can come together organically, to here the molds department where rightfully so everything is precision formulations.

@dal3767 7 лет назад

Thank you Norm. What a huge and enjoyable insight into the art and complications of silicone moulding. Kim is an extremely talented lady. Thank you Tested and Weta for sharing :)

@Cheerleader2579 7 лет назад

They're in my home town!! Going to Weta was so much fun when I went. Nice to hear a Kiwi accent on Tested!

@clatz13 7 лет назад

This is the sort of person that should be held up as a great example to young people. Fantastic to see.

@patricksanders858 7 лет назад

I wanta work at Weta! These guys are amazing! Bye Bye Hollywood! Hello NZ!

@gallaghim 6 лет назад

I like this woman. She seemed nervous, but loosened up as the video went on. She's attractive, creative, enthusiastic and knows her stuff. Unbeatable combination.

@DingoAteMeBaby 7 лет назад

I love her energy!

@lsufantc0409 7 лет назад

I'm almost positive WETA is just a figment of my imagination! SOO amazing!

@Love-ek1cb 5 месяцев назад

your art is on wow ❤

@SoaringExperience 5 лет назад

2:11 I think everybody watching this is now doing exactly this :)

@Smallfryunify 7 лет назад

I actually got the feeling they totally fancied each other. Just listen to her voice and watch her eye movements. She's so into the job but as she mentioned later that people don't get what she does... NORMAN DOES :P I think he was loving the fact that she was so into her work, like a total geek, someone he can relate to and I mean that in the best possible way. two people who are obsessive about what they do. I was actually smiling watching it thinking how into it they were getting.

@Rob-fn1kp Год назад

fuck me. you need to get a life. You actually spent time out of your life to write all that

@samhenderson2947 7 лет назад

Amazing the difference between hobbiests and professionals. Wonderful. Hehe stinking heat...

@benjaminprendergast2133 7 лет назад

Yeah. New Zealand is getting some fame. We barely get mentioned 😂

@Sqtgdog 7 лет назад

Great Interview!

@jonathangibson9098 7 лет назад

Is Norm getting better? Previously it seemed like he would do most of the talking. Great that he let Kim speak a lot!

@AlRoderick 7 лет назад

Jonathan Gibson The only really bad Tested interviews are the ones where Norm is interviewing a professional PR flack on a trade show floor and they're clearly not interested in answering the detailed questions Norm asks, so him asking makes up most of the video. I'm sure he asked the same kind of questions in this one but since the interviewee was so open and forthcoming they don't find the need to include Norm asking most of the questions.

@rdoetjes 7 лет назад

awesome episode again

@varjen018 7 лет назад

Did anyone notice the small slipup in the beginning of the clip? "It's so great for you to have us here!" I think Norm meant to say "It's so great _of_ you to have us here."

7 лет назад

really interesting! Greets from germany

@JoeyTitman 7 лет назад

Am I the only one to notice when Norm gets excited his head wobbles?

@highlycaffeinated6864 7 лет назад

This girl is so cool. Think I am in love lol

@boostcr3p 7 лет назад

Very cool process, just out of curiosity is this the same process they would use for prosthetics for people that have had facial injuries? Thanks

@AngryNorwegianFisherman 7 лет назад

Smooth Norm, smooth

@MrAdamred 7 лет назад

fuck yeah New Zealand in the house

@TheCellCH 7 лет назад

haha a lot of fun to watch. And you are in a process almost like cooking right? DEFINITELY! Do you have recipies? I SO DO. xD

@UsorThem07 7 лет назад

What kind of education or skills do you have to have to get to work with stuff like this? It's so cool!

@ncunico 7 лет назад

The best way is to use the product and teach yourself..... Learn from your mistakes....

@BlurTheMisery 7 лет назад

very interesting

@allluckyseven 7 лет назад

She's a lot of fun. And damn, they do a lot of different stuff on there, huh? I mean, sure, we know they do prosthetics and arms and armor, but after seeing all the videos, whew...

@campbellsmith9848 7 лет назад

allluckyseven Well think of all physical props in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit trilogy. All of those originated in Weta Workshop.

@tristangieler 7 лет назад

dig the Everything Is A Remix t-shirt Norm

@blaineishere3851 7 лет назад

I just clicked. I'm praying this is doctor evazan's nose prosthetic. Lol

@MrChief101 7 лет назад

Fabulous. I still say you could run twice, three times as long.

@Joxman2k 4 года назад

I love the Kiwi accent :) It's hard to get used to at first, but it is beautiful :P

@DopeFreshnation100 7 лет назад

she sounds so nervous

@AdmiralPreparedness 7 лет назад

Being good at what you do keeps you gainfully employed. Take that slackers.

@moncef0147 7 лет назад

yup, that thumbnail is completely innocent, it'n not clickbait or anything like that, yup absolutely. it's just a nose completely.

@gitssacrules 7 лет назад

I think I just fell in love

@AndreRoque94 7 лет назад

my god, her voice.

@AndreRoque94 7 лет назад

That makes no sense.

@austinpeter 7 лет назад

I'd say Kiwi, not Aussie.

@austinpeter 7 лет назад

Definitely NZ, Weta is in NZ.

@icedanilzation 7 лет назад

A lot of kiwi's talk like this (source: am kiwi), its not a nervous thing

@abouchard 7 лет назад

I don't know why but it the middle of the video I realized that her voice reminds me somehow of Gayle from Bob's Burgers..!

@adamdunstan8909 7 лет назад

Hey love you vids!

@ernestogomez8032 7 лет назад

Has Adam ever made a sonic screwdriver prop ?

@grandmasterflash8710 7 лет назад

When she said 23 degrees I was like wow that's really cold then I realized they mean Celsius

@mike4680 7 лет назад

silly American :P

@JeromeSkorzec 7 лет назад

Grand Master Flash But even 23 degrees Celsius isn't really hot, it's more a "neutral" temperature :D

@paulhudson6846 7 лет назад

warm*

@abouchard 7 лет назад

Yes it's pretty warm (I keep my apartment around 20°C.) And 23°C in a room where you move and work a lot can feel hot really fast!

@sonicfreak04 7 лет назад

did you ask anything about how the hobbit feet were made? please I want make the same feet they used for the movies

@SugarRuneStarNut 7 лет назад

sonicfreak04 if you watch the behind the scenes vlogs for the hobbit movies (on peter Jacksons RU-vid) they possibly go into it

@DJJAW11 7 лет назад

I love her accent :)

@victorcuevas1735 7 лет назад

Whoow the chemistry and math are intimidating I thought it was just slap some glue on and if it starts acting up just slap some more or change it out

@pingASS_ 7 лет назад

Shes nervous. :(

@elperronimo 7 лет назад

i would fug

@CharlieTV 7 лет назад

She didnt seem it at all. Its just how us kiwi people are i guess?

@urarke 7 лет назад

We just appear nervous to anyone who isn't from NZ

@Nate_the_Nobody 7 лет назад

Ping she might have stage fright or something being recorded

@amaurysimon5283 7 лет назад

Her job is not to speak in front of a camera, so i think that's pretty normal that she is nervous (and she is not that nervous )

@RicoBrndum 7 лет назад

Is Norm saying "It's so great for you, to have us here" When he starts the interview???

@RicoBrndum 7 лет назад

Thx, I was not sure I heard him right. And I think she felt the same way.... :))

@RupertAH 7 лет назад

What did they go to NZ for? Surely it wasn't just for these videos.

@highlycaffeinated6864 7 лет назад

Is that a real question? They went to film at the WETA workshops. The second biggest effects company after ILM. It became a big time studio during the making of the LOTR movies. Adam comes from a film special effects background. This is more than enough reason to go to NZ

@kitfisto4574 7 лет назад

Is that JJ Abrams' nose in the thumbnail?

@artfx9 7 лет назад

I was afraid Norm would get a bruise just as he remove the finger from his hand. :D jk

@44invaderzim 7 лет назад

yea boi

@kendokaaa 7 лет назад

There is a difference between silicone and silicon

@Monkeyshaman 7 лет назад

! Don't tell the robots that!

@joshbird9883 7 лет назад

Hey I've met her

@Alex-ui8xp 7 лет назад

Make Adam Savage look like Robbie Rotten!

@souravsarkar9636 7 лет назад

her forehead is brighter than my future ...

@guernica69 7 лет назад

That's not saying much

@nefatarihub4425 7 лет назад

Lol is this in New Zealand sounds like my place lol

@jack0cat 3 года назад

Someone pinch Norm and remind him that she is married 🤣🤣

@brucecoulda1596 7 лет назад

I feel there's a love or lust connection between the two.

@TraitorVek 7 лет назад

These people should be involved in the growth and structure of prosthetics in #RealLife #TraitorVek @TraitorVek Maybe they are involved in Medicine.

@Bonzulac 7 лет назад

Is it me, or did Norm pronounce "silicone" five different ways in the same sentence?

@janred94 7 лет назад

I was like: which dude needs a prothetic nose and still wants it to look like the owner is a long time alcoholic? :D

@campbellsmith9848 7 лет назад

Janred Dwarves, trolls, whatever else needs it in the Lord of the Rings or Hobbit trilogies. Weta Workshop made all the physical props in all 6 of those movies.