Supper funny and brilliant shadow puppet film from SuperEgo!
Frank the Horse’s Christmas Program
Thank you Mark Gale for starting off the season right! I hope this brings you as much joy as it brought me!
“Junk Palace” at BAM
So after you see "Kooky" this coming Sunday, Nov. 20. at 2pm, stay for "Live Action Puppets Shorts Program B". There are some great films in this group, but Lyon Hill's "Junk Palace" is as close to puppet film perfection as I have ever encountered. It's beautiful, creepy, a great, true New York story told [...]
Puppets on Film at BAM
So those of you who know me, or read this blog on a regular basis, know my love and my expertise is puppets in the recorded media. Don't get me wrong! I love a good live puppet show or a bit of stop motion genius. But puppets on film is my vocation. Lucky for me [...]
Shadow Puppet Version Of Batman Comic
The Killing Joke done by some Spanish students. I love the use of video projection! Well done! Enjoy! Thanks to The Escapist!
The Old Muppets Guard Worried About New Movie
Hmmm. Interesting. From the Hollywood Reporter: Some of the old guard wonder whether screenwriter and star Jason Segel has a true grasp of the characters they helped create. More here. Thanks Buzzfeed!
Taxonomy of Big Bird
Big Bird is a Whooping Crane? Thanks BoingBoing!
UCA Puppet Films
A few week ago the University of Central Arkansas had a Handmade Puppet Dreams Marathon. Heather Henson, Sam Hale, Lyon Hill and I each hosted an evening. While I was there I "guest taught" Prof. Holly Laws design classes. I did a very simplified version of the class I teach at the O'Neill Puppetry Conference, [...]
Singing Bird Automaton Pistols
Just in case you were wondering what you could get me for Christmas, and my birthday. I went to a lecture about Automata at the Observatory in Brooklyn recently, and the lecturer brought in a stripped down whistling bird automaton. I have always been obsessed with them, and after I was able to examine it's [...]