NPF ‘09 Gallery NPF ‘09 Itinerary

The Puppetry Journal, produced by the American guild, The Twin City Puppeteers (Minnesota), have a wonderful selection of photos of all the shows at the National Puppetry Festival. Included are photos of the Jim Henson exhibit at the Centre of Puppetry Arts (I don’t know how they were obtained, since photos weren’t allowed…), along with the Little Pirate Mermaid that was performed there and I had wanted to find pics of them. The photos of the shows are really great, showing lots of different puppets for each of the performances.

Go back and read the reviews, and compare them with the pics!

NPF ‘09 Gallery NPF ‘09 Itinerary

Hobey Ford has uploaded his workshop notes from the National Puppetry Festival to his site - so those who didn’t get to attend can head here and download the notes for themselves. (I don’t need to, I already have a copy )

NPF ‘09 Gallery NPF ‘09 Itinerary

Those who read my liveblog from my trip to the US in July will recall I mentioned/saw a puppet film; or rather a music video using puppets, The Whole World and You by Tally Hall. (If you head to the link above you’ll find the film shown at the bottom of the post)

Well as usual my various random checking of google searches hit upon Tally Hall’s blog, and more specifically, a conception to creation blog post about how they made the puppets for the video. It’s got some great photos of the puppets, along with the set and how they filmed these little people. Not only that, but they cover some basics of puppeteering for film (ie. making the eyeline of the puppet work properly so they look in the correct direction, and using monitors so the puppeteers can see what they’re doing - obviously, less insightful for anyone who knows how Big Bird works). All in all, it’s an interesting read, so check it out!

Link: http://www.marymacs.com/