Archive for February, 2008

Jungle Fever 2: Primal Fury – First Trailer

Check out this little puppetry gem.  I for one was blown away with it.
This movie short was put out by Director Peter Haynes of New Zealand based Haynesfilm Ltd.

The project was conceived back in the summer of 2005, and the team for Haynesfilm were feeling the crunch of the 48hours film competition they were in.  [...]

The Cheap Show Website Updated

I don’t know about you, but I am a personal fan of all of the hard work that The Cheap Show creator Michael Paraskevas has done with this puppet series.  I think there is much that can be learned for his “keep it simple” approach.  I for one am planning on using some of his [...]

FX Puppeteering on Mike Myers “THE LOVE GURU”

 
This is another late post, but here is a picture from the film shoot in Toronto, Canada of Mike Myers’ new film called The Love Guru.
 
Thanks to movie magic man, Ron Stefaniuk with referral by puppet master Frank Meschkuleit (Fraggle Rock, Follow That Bird), puppeteer Michael Ziegfeld was given the opportunity to assist on the shoot for gag [...]

Toy Theatre Workshop

My apologies for this late post.   I have been interested in toy theatre and I regret not being able to attend this workshop. 
I hope that interested people can still enjoy the workshop (even if they are late in joining).

THE TORONTO SCHOOL OF PUPPETRY
Invites you to participate in the
Toy Theatre Course
Saturday afternoons, February 2, 9, [...]