In a workshop strewn with hands, feet and otherworldly creatures, John Cox has spent 30 years bringing inanimate objects to life like a modern-day Dr Frankenstein.Digital effects have become so cheap and realistic they have made animatronics redundantAnimatronics are now becoming the stuff of movie theme parks and live theatreJohn Cox's Creature Workshop on the Gold Coast is an Academy Award-winning creator of animatronics.
"I am very fortunate to have gone through the golden era, which was essentially the '80s and early '90s, when animatronics was one of the strong solutions that you could use because digital was not around," Mr Cox said. "In 2009 the GFC hit and everyone went on hiatus for three years, but digital still got better, faster, cheaper.
"By the time the GFC was over and the Americans came back here to start making these big budget films, animatronics wasn't part of the solution anymore."
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