1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: So our very own Richard Taylor of Where To Workshop 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: has got some well deserved recognition from his industry peers. 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: He took out the Visionary Award from the Visual Effects 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Society in LA recognizes trailblazers who've reshaped cinema through groundbreaking 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: visual effects innovation and outstanding leadership. So let's have a 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: chat to Richard Taylor. 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 2: Richard, Hello, Hello, They're lovely to talk to you. 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: Congratulations. I mean, this is a really big deal in 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: your line of work, isn't it. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 2: It is very special. I was a little overwhelmed when 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: I heard that I was going to collect this. They 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: actually thought maybe they'd made a mistake, but it turned 13 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: out they hadn't. So yeah, it's a very big thing. 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Have you already got whatever it is in your hands? 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: Yes. The award ceremony was last night, very well attended, 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: the Visual Effects Society Awards, and we've won before for 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 2: work on I think King Kong, Lord of the Rings 18 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: and Blade Runner, but this was a sort of an 19 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: award that they give out once a year to people 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: that have done a lot in the industry, So that 21 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: was very nice. 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: Did they give you something cool for your mantle piece? 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: Yeah? It's the George Melay rocket ship in the mood 24 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: in the eye of the Moon from the famous movie 25 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 2: that George Melay made, the French filmmaker and affects guy. 26 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: I guess, so someone that inspired us all. So it 27 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: is a beautiful award. 28 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: Oh that's very cool. Now, so you've got this. Now 29 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: you've got a whole bunch of bafters, You've got a 30 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: whole bunch of oscars. Have you basically clocked your job? 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: You've proven everything you need to prove. 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 2: Well, you never set out to win an award? Are 33 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: you set out to prove that you can do lovely 34 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: work that people like? And the awards are a very 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: fortunate thing that might follow. But no, far from completing 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: everything that I want to do my life. So I'd 37 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: hoped that we could keep striving forward on more and 38 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: more fun work. 39 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: So you do, you're still enjoying your job all these 40 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: years on. 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: I wake up every morning with a passion to get 42 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 2: to work. I'm building robots at the moment with our 43 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: robotics department, and that's something you it's breaking through a 44 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: glass feeling at the workshop. So I'm super inspired to 45 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,679 Speaker 2: get to work and for the get into that every day, 46 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: amongst many other things that we're doing. So yeah, it's 47 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: the invention of new things that inspires me with my work. 48 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: What are the robots for? 49 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: Well, I hope that one day we will be servicing 50 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: the immersive experience industry with our robots. We already have 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: a robot working up in Auckland at our Leashed Experience. 52 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: It's called Jet, our security guard, and he welcomes audiences 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 2: every day into the experience. And it's that type of 54 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: very engaging humanoid, fantastical robot that we're building. And we're 55 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: we're a long way in now, so we're very close 56 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: to probably going a bit more public with these creations. 57 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: Cool, looking forward to seeing it. Richard, you look after 58 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: yourself and enjoy you when that's Richard Taylor were to 59 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: workshop co founder, how cool is that? 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