Articulated Characters: How?

[austinminn]

I was just wondering if anyone here knows actually how the Articulated Characters work. Mouth moves and eyes blink. I know they switched to this a while ago but I have always wondered. Are the cast members inside the characters doing it (i dont know how they would do this... mouth piece?) or do they have a motor that syncs to the audio? Just curious.

Thanks!

 

[SirGoofy]

I was just wondering if anyone here knows actually how the Articulated Characters work. Mouth moves and eyes blink. I know they switched to this a while ago but I have always wondered. Are the cast members inside the characters doing it (i dont know how they would do this... mouth piece?) or do they have a motor that syncs to the audio? Just curious.

Thanks!

The heads are pretty much puppets for all intents and purposes. The CMs have controls inside their gloves.

 

[unkadug]

I was just wondering if anyone here knows actually how the Articulated Characters work. Mouth moves and eyes blink. I know they switched to this a while ago but I have always wondered. Are the cast members inside the characters doing it (i dont know how they would do this... mouth piece?) or do they have a motor that syncs to the audio? Just curious.

Thanks!

Watch their hands

 

[sublimesting]

The heads are pretty much puppets for all intents and purposes. The CMs have controls inside their gloves.

CM's!?!?!?. puppets!?!?, gloves!?!?! What are you talking about!?!?!? What if a Disney character said "Oh, watch SirGoofy's hands, it controls his puppet head." You wouldn't likt that at all would you? No you wouldn't.