A really, really awesome fan-made set of opening titles for this summer's upcoming The Dark Knight Rises created by Doğan Can...
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About The Author
I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
This great little video parody was made by a couple of Canadians - Ken Priebe and Scott Hastings - using a combination of stop motion animation, papercraft and found object puppetry for Virgin Radio's Fake Film Contest in Vancouver....
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I really like this animated spot that John Kelly directed for Chipotle. It's about a farm losing its way by because of industrialization...and then reverting back to a sustainable, happier...
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Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Chinese Spring Festival. Lion and Dragon dances featuring giant puppets are a staple of the festivities in Chinese communities around the world, but to celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon children in Bangkok were recently treated to a special,...
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Christmas parades in Alpine Regions like Austria and Bavaria are a little different from what most of us are used to in the rest of the world. There every December rowdy young men dress up like the Krampus and roam the streets with rusty chains and bells, scaring the bejeezes out of little kids....
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When I was working in Taiwan recently I saw traditional Taiwanese glove and rod puppets that did amazing things like fight with swords, twirl staffs and even pluck arrows from quivers to shoot at targets (I hope to have some video of that up here very soon). These “trick puppets” are ingeniously designed to be...
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At first glance, it might seem a bit odd to put a professional wrestler here for inspiration, but I think there’s a lot you can learn from Matthew Cardona, who performs for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Zack Ryder. Although his WWE tenure started out strong – in his rookie year he was...
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Remember Vampire teeth, fake scars, and vampire blood? This mini-documentary tells the story of Imagineering, the pioneering kid's make-up company that made being scary fun and...
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Animation legend John Kricfalusi animated the opening “couch gag” on The Simpsons last night. It’s was a special surprise and done in John K’s signature style and full of lots of delicious, over-the-top animation. You can see some of the sketches and concept art for the sequence on John’s blog....
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You have to just love these retro Muppet concert posters designed by Michael De...
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Something Left, Something Taken is a very cool little hand-crafted film by Tiny Inventions, an animation studio in Brooklyn, New York that consists of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata. Together they primarily produce animated commercials and produce their own short films on the side. They have an incredibly extensive (and somewhat technical) “making of” for...
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Marco Tempest describes himself as a “Techno-Illusionist” who blends computer-generated imagery and magic. I especially like his iPod sleight-of-hand, an example of which you can check out below. Via Create Digital...
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