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Sealing the deal

Sealing the deal

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By DQ
December 9, 2024

SCENE STEALERS
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Director and producer David Stubbs transports DQ to the New Zealand set of this family adventure series to reveal how his “old school” approach to special effects helped him to achieve a climactic final sequence featuring an animatronic seal.

 

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