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Feb 15, 2016How The BAFTA Awards Are made

Last night the famous faces that are the BAFTA Awards were giving out to various people in the movie business. The "face" is not as famous as an Oscar but it is getting pretty close and this is how they are made.

Damaged British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards are seen before being recycled in a furnace to make new ones during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Smith cleans his head after melting bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Damaged British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards are seen before being recycled in a furnace to make new ones during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Smith cleans his head after melting bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A model of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask is seen as a worker turns off a machine at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Damaged British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards are seen before being recycled in a furnace to make new ones during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker handles partially completed bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Workers pour molten bronze into a sand mould to cast a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Partially completed bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks are seen at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Workers pour molten bronze into a sand mould to cast a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker cleans the floor from partially completed bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Damaged British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards are seen before being recycled in a furnace to make new ones during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A mould frame is seen during the manufacturing process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker prepares a sand mould during the casting process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Finished bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks are seen at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker grinds and polishes a partially finished bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Smith waits before melting bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker grinds and polishes a partially finished bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Billy Smith melts bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Billy Smith melts bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Billy Smith melts bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Foundry worker Billy Smith melts bronze to make British Academy of Film and Television Awards masks at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A partially completed bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask is seen at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry holds a finished bronze British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

A foundry worker handles a mold frame during the manufacturing process of a British Academy of Film and Television Awards mask at a foundry in west London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS
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