Just following up on my recent post about the giant Mayflower marionette commercial, above is the Australian TV spot that I referred to that also features a giant marionette. If, as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Royal DeLuxe should feel extremely flattered. Giant marionettes like theirs have been turning up [...]
This is a new ad for Mayflower, a moving and storage company in the United States. While I do really like this ad conceptually, it might seem very familiar to you…and that’s because it is.
My first professional puppetry job was with Famous PEOPLE Players (FPP) back in the mid-to-late `90s. A big part of their act has always been using Bunraku-style black light puppetry to pay homage to famous artists (hence the name “Famous PEOPLE Players”) and they do puppets of celebrities just about as well as anyone out [...]
Four puppets have a “little” problem in this video originally created for the 2004 Eurovision contest Abba: Our Last Video features “4 small puppets who look very much like the original `70s Swedish supergroup ABBA are try to get a recording contract in Stockholm, Sweden 1974,” and with a description like that, honestly, what more [...]
Burger King Germany’s “99ers” campaign features marionettes. This is a new commercial for Burger King in Germany that features marionettes. The puppets in the ad were built by Hornet Inc. and performed by James Godwin, Tim Lagasse and Steve Widerman.
Life in Motion and Simple Gifts show off the incredible work of the Cashore Marionettes. For a long time I didn’t care much for marionettes. It wasn’t that I ever thought there was anything wrong with string puppets per se, it was just that I’ve always been a big fan of very precise, technical and [...]
Öko is a short marionette film set in “post-apocalyptic world hanging by a string”. Öko is a short Québécois film directed by Alain Fournier about an unusual encounter between a squatter girl and her mysterious neighbor. Set in a “post-apocalyptic world hanging by a string”, the film was produced using marionettes created by Mathieu René. [...]
Flexitoon Puppets made this impressive-looking marionette of John Kricfalusi’s George Liquor character. Check out this cool-looking marionette of George Liquor that Craig Marin and Olga Felgemacher made for a secret project they’ve got in the works with John K. Full size pics and discussion can be found over at John’s blog. 3/5/09 Update: Flexitoon has [...]
A marionette shopping for a laptop? Just another day at Best Buy apparently. This is Best Buy marionette commercial was made back in 2004, but I only recently discovered it. Does anyone know who did it?
Ridin’ the Rails To Reno is a music video for Country Cricket by California’s Flexitoon Puppets. Flexitoon (see previous post) just finished a new music video for a country swing band called Country Cricket. It was designed and directed by Craig Marin and features puppetry by Olga Felgemacher. You can watch Ridin’ The Rails To [...]
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