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Yeti special effects

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Watch a yeti move its mouth and eyebrows in this video clip of special-effects expert Richard Taylor, of Wellington’s Weta Studios. Taylor shows how small remote-controlled motors, like those used on toy remote-controlled cars, are used to manipulate masks to create special effects for movies such as King Kong.

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Mark Derby, Knowledge-based industries – Design and digital content, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/21754/yeti-special-effects (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 1 March 2010.