PuppetVision Archives: shadow puppetry

11 Feb 2011 Augmented Shadow Puppetry

Following up on Wednesday's post about digital puppetry using the Kinect, this "Augmented Shadow" project is another (albeit less conventional) example digital...

06 Jan 2011 I’ll Forget You

Last week I posted the demo reel of Australian shadow puppeteer Stephen Mushin. This is the music video for Lior's I'll Forget You. which was featured in Stephen's...

30 Nov 2010 Soon We’ll Be Found

I really like the video for Sia's Soon We'll Be Found. It's a beautiful use of hand shadows and black light. I think you'll enjoy it...

01 Mar 2010 Shadow Puppetry Perfume Commercial

As I've mentioned before, good puppetry - much like good animation - requires a good understanding of the power of silhouette (see previous post). There probably no more pure example of that than shadow puppetry, a medium that this new commercial for Surf Twilight Sensations takes full advantage...

10 May 2009 Rest in Peace Eugenios Spatháris

Greek Master Puppeteer Evgenios Spatharis passed away after sustaining injuries in a fall en route to a performance last week. The world has lost another master of a historic, traditional form of puppetry. Eugenios Spatháris – one of the world’s best-known shadow puppeteers – died yesterday at the age of 85. Eugenios was a second...

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