#005：Iris

Iris open

Iris closed

You can identify an iris-like function in the eye of the Terminator when you examine the close-up scene sequence in the “Factory pursuit” towards the end of the original movie. Apparently they used a camera shutter to shoot this scene sequence, but this was done by using a prop a couple of times larger than life-size, and a life-size prop does not have this “feature” because of the size of the prop making it difficult to add this.

Stan Winston Studios during the making of the original movie. To the right is the large close-up prop.

Close-up prop used in the second movie.

T-STUDIO’s future goal is to squeeze this feature into the Animatronic Bust. There is already someone that is trying to accomplish this… awesome.