I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
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European Buildings built out of paper by Megan Brain.
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Hand craved foam puppet head by Phil Fletcher.
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Simpsons couch gag animated by John K.
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Kermit the Frog on the set of the new French language series Muppets TV. Muppets TV, the brand-new French version of the Muppet Show (see previous post) debuted in France on TF1 tonight. Hopefully some clips will surface online for those of us outside of Europe, but until then you can check out a photo...
Movies.com says that the Muppet web series Statler and Waldorf: From The Balcony is on a hiatus. I got an email that confirmed my suspicion that movies.com has ended their Muppet web series Statler and Waldorf: From The Balcony, at least for now. Officially it’s being called “a hiatus”. Here’s the form letter they have...
What sorts of things could be created by mixing up puppetry and Lego? I’m not sure the extent to which you can actually incorporate Lego and puppetry, but it’s an idea I’ve been intrigued with ever since I was commissioned to build a giant functional marionette made from Lego several years ago for a Lego-themed...
Handmade Puppet Dreams II is coming to the Orlando Puppet Festival. The Orlando Puppet Festival happens this week (November 1-5) and it kicks off with a presentation of the latest edition of Heather Henson’s touring mini-fest of independent puppet film and video, Handmade Puppet Dreams II. As part of Handmade Dreams Heather will be screening...
For a long time I’ve thought that there are two types of puppeteers. The first kind of puppeteer is the technical puppeteer. Technical puppeteers approach puppetry from the outside in. They concern themselves with the mechanics of the art form like creating realistic movement, proper eye focus, perfect lip-sync, etc. Character work often comes much...
Beck – both the human and puppet incarnation – live on stage at Yahoo’s Hack Day 2006 (photo by Andrew Shieh). Fire up your VCRs and TiVos, Beck is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live tomorrow night and he’ll be appearing with the Beck puppets (see previous post) in what may be their final...
This week The Melonpool Quickcast reenacts a scene from a famous Halloween T.V. special. Just in time for Halloween, The Melonpool Quickcast goes back to it’s roots in the comics for inspiration and riffs on a cartoon classic. Watch for a cameo appearance by Crow T....
Videogame Theater is a new sketch comedy series coming to MTV that uses puppetry to poke fun at classic video games. I first mentioned Videogame Theater back in March (see previous post), but since then it’s gotten getting a fair bit of media attention and the pilot episode was so popular on the web it’s...
Pixar’s Crush, seen here in puppet form in previews for the new Finding Nemo musical opening soon at Walt Disney World. This isn’t really puppetry-specific, but I think it’s very useful to anyone who tells stories in any medium…key creative talents from Pixar held a special all day seminar at Screenwriting Expo 5 where they...
“Vampiro Ernesto” explains why Halloween is his favourite holiday in this promo for the second annual Halloween Videoblog Festival. The 2nd Annual Halloween Videoblog Festival describes itself as “a super-fun celebration of online media and media-makers on the scariest of holidays” and goes down this Saturday, October 28th at the Yahoo! Santa Monica Offices in...
A giraffe goes through the five stages of grief while slowly sinking in to quicksand. The Five Stages of Giraffe Death is a sketch from the hilarious Cartoon Network stop motion series Robot Chicken that’s been circulating on the web lately. Like most really funny videos it has a very simple premise, in this case...
Fraggle fans rejoice, the long-rumoured Fraggle Rock has been officially announced by the Jim Henson Company. On Thursday Lisa Henson, co-CEO of The Jim Henson Company, officially announced that the long-rumoured Fraggle Rock movie is being developed. The new film will be based on the original 1980s CBC/HBO television series but will feature the show’s...
