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21 Jun 2009 Sock Zombie Movie

Kathy Danley made a short video featuring an adorable Sock Zombie. Remember Erin Glaser’s Sock Zombies? Well, Kathy Danley went and made a short film with one of them! You can watch Sock Zombie “doing the dating thing” on...

27 May 2009

The first in a new series of four films from puppeteer/director Frankie Cordero has just been released. Frankie Cordero (see previous post) is directing and series of four web shorts for a company called 14 Hands. They incorporate a variety of puppetry styles and the first just became available to watch online here. I don’t...

11 Mar 2009

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....

01 Mar 2009 The Monster’s Birthday Party

Dracula greets guests to The Monster’s Birthday Party. The Monster’s Birthday Party is a short film by Phillip Einfeld that’s in the same vein as Spook House Dave and Transylvania TV (me thinks me does detect a trend here). The puppetry in it is sometimes a little stiff, but the level of detail and work...

21 Nov 2008 Space Losers

Step in to the spaced out world of Space Losers. Space Losers is a new puppet video on YouTube that made by a bunch roommates who live together in Seattle. Personally, I think the two-part video relies on too many lame YouTube puppet video clichés like drug references and swearing (as I’ve said many times...

25 Sep 2008

John Kennedy (top centre) and puppeteers on the set of The Sure Sheep. John Kennedy has teamed up with Heather Henson’s company IBEX on a new project for kids called The Sure Sheep, an original short film for Handmade Puppet Dreams for Kids. John’s developed a couple of really innovative-sounding techniques for the film; a...

28 May 2008 Puppet Heap's Old Mother Hubbard

Puppet Heap brings the classic tale of Old Mother Hubbard to life in a short film. Enjoy Old Mother Hubbard by the always-outstanding Puppet Heap (see previous post). Subscribe to their new Heapcast to get updated whenever they post new...

05 Mar 2008 More Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever’s clever little monkey. Following up on Friday’s post about Jungle Fever 2, most of the original “48 Hour film” can be found in three parts on YouTube. It doesn’t look quite as polished as the new series, but it still has a nice cinematic feel to it (click “Read More” to check out...

05 Feb 2008 Paper Puppetry

A paper rod puppet is brought to life in a short video on YouTube. This video by a group called Imaginationshow features a puppet made from paper. Neat stuff. Spotted via Puppeteers...

02 Feb 2008

Spend a few moments online today with Chet. Paul Hokanson has been posting some cute, very short videos to the web that feature his puppet Chet. Check `em out in Paul’s Bubble Boy...

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