I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
It's been awhile since we've checked in with Kasou Taishou, the awesome twice-annual Japanese game show/competition where people complete against each other by staging skits with outrageous props, costumes and puppets. Here's a look at some of the best skits from the latest installment of...
Although the independent feature film Bunraku has little or no connection to puppetry, its brilliant opening titles are filled with it. The sequence takes the audience from the creation of the earth, to the dawn of human civilization and up to the present day. A key theme in the titles is the increasingly rapid development...
Earlier this year Nokia decided to launch a pink version of their Nokia N8 smartphone with a nicely done music video starring a dancing...
This is a music video for the Disasteroid song "Chasing Ghosts" that was produced by students in the Motion Graphic Design Program at Ex’pression College For Digital Arts....
If you haven't already watched this you need to. It's an inspiring TED Talk with Handspring Puppet Company co-founders Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones explaining the evolution of their puppets, which culminated in the incredible horses of...
Puppetry is used to create an interesting metaphor in this PSA for Tourettes Syndrome Foundation of Canada....
This is one of the most talked-about performances from last night's Grammy Awards, Cee Lo Green channeling Elton John (circa the Muppet Show) and performing with Gweneth Platrow and puppets from the Jim Henson...
The latest edition of Kasou Taisho aired in Japan recently and as usual, there were a lot of interesting and innovative skits to be...
The Aussie Roo has been appearing in commercials for for Aussie shampoo for years now. I've always wondered who was responsible for it and I only recently discovered that she was built by Artem in the UK and is performed by Nigel...
It's almost the end of the year and you know what that means...time for JibJab's annual salute to the year we've all just lived through. Although JibJab is primarily an animation studio, they've never shied away from blending puppetry and animation in the past (see previous post) and this year's video is almost entirely puppet...
This is the kind of puppetry I love. I love the way that this puppet moves realistically and believably. I also love the way the puppet and the puppeteers are integrated in to the performance. It's from a dance performance called Dark Matter, created by Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM and renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal...
Who doesn't love Batman? Some fantastic work from Kasou...