I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Film critic Jim Emerson provides a very detailed breakdown of an action sequence from "The Dark Knight" and explains why it's confusing. A great lesson in editing and basic film...
I think Mark Kennedy’s Temple of the Seven Golden Camels is one of the smartest blogs about animation out there. One of Mark’s recent posts was about seemingly fun, light hearted movies that actually deal with some very dark themes. He explains that although a movie trailer filled with lots of gags and the promise...
National Public Radio's Ira Glass offers some great advice on being a beginner. It's one of the best and most encouraging/inspiring pieces of advice for creative artists that I've ever...
I'm a big fan of Scott McCloud. Here's some good advice from his excellent book Making...
Lucas Cruikshank is a 15 year-old YouTube mogul. My recent post about “Bad Puppetry” stirred up some interesting discussion and generated a lot of feedback. I’m still sorting through some of it, but one of the things that has been most surprising to me was how many puppeteers are actually hostile towards many of the...