Tag Archives: behind-the-scenes

Never Had a Year Like `09

Well, another year has come and gone. I’ve been a little too busy doing puppetry to write about for the past several months, but before 2009 comes to a close I wanted to share JibJab’s annual year end video, Never a Year Like `09.

The Making of Abba’s The Last Video

Take a look behind the scenes of Abba’s The Last Video.
This is a follow-up to the post about Abba’s The Last Video; it’s a making of video that shows how the puppetry and effects in the video were achieved.
Special thanks to “Scuba Steve” for finding this!

Zerks’ Log

Zerks’ Log chronicles the voyage of a doomed spaceship Venturi 553.
Zerks’ Log is one of the most impressive puppetry web series I’ve seen. It’s an 18 episode series (the season is currently 11 episodes in) about Captain Zerks Ganymedewski and his ship the Venturi 553, which disappeared without a trace. The story is told through [...]

Behind the Scenes at Transylvania TV

Minnewood takes a look behind the scenes of Transylvania TV.
Minnewood has a great video that takes a behind the scenes look at Transylvania TV. For my money “TVTV” is one of the best puppet podcasts to emerge on the web so far and possibly the best looking too. In the video co-creators Gordon Smuder and [...]

Behind the Scenes with Team Smithereen

Team Smithereen stunt puppet Whoop flies through the air on handmade wings.
If you haven’t seen the Team Smithereen Blog (see previous post) or haven’t check up on it recently, go have a look. It’s updated nearly everyday with photos and tidbits of behind-the-scenes info from the upcoming series from the Dan Clark Company.

Team Smithereen Blog

The producers of the upcoming puppet TV series Team Smithereen have launched a behind-the-scenes blog.
Team Smithereen (see previous post) is a currently-in-production puppet series for Disney’s Jetix channel that “follows a hapless team of puppet stuntmen who, more often than not, get into trouble on some of their death-defying feats.” The series won’t hit the [...]

Behind the Scenes of Sid the Science Kid

The new digital puppetry series Sid the Science Kid (see previous post) is now on the air and TV Guide recently went behind the scenes to see how the Jim Henson Company creates it. The Wall Street Journal has also been covering the show’s unique production process.
Speaking of which, Brian Henson was in Silver Spring, [...]

Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant

Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant is the latest product of Rich Evans and Mike Stoklasa’s “Orange” universe.
I’m still playing catch up with stuff since I was MIA here for awhile last month, but one of the (many) things I’ve been wanting to mention – and looking forward to watching – is Oranges: Revenge of the [...]

Piece of Me, Piece Of You

Piece of Me, Piece of You makes use of grotesque zombie puppets and green screen puppetry.
A Santa Monica studio called Three Legged Legs just finished a funky little music video/short film called Piece of Me, Piece of You that’s available to watch online along with a generous helping of behind-the-scenes goodies. The short features some [...]

Behind The Scenes of Alfie

Lily Allen and her puppet little brother, built and performed by Jonny Sabbagh.
Last year I linked to the music video for Alfie, a song by British singer Lily Allen (see previous post) that features a puppet by Jonny Sabbagh. I just came across some behind the scenes video from the Alfie shoot that includes footage [...]