Forget your spacebook and myface, there’s a new network for puppetmakers, puppeteers or just fans of puppetry. A lot of the usual faces are already there but it looks like it could be good place to make some new contacts and learn some new things, why not pop along. Visit Puppet Hub
The film is called Agent Crush and it looks very interesting. The puppets are very reminiscent of Team America, but it seems that the movie is not intended to be as silly of a comedy (but I may be wrong). I have always been interested in the use of puppetry in dramatic or adventure film and [...]
I have said it before and I will say it again, I am a big fan of fellow Canadian Mathieu René and his company called Créaturiste. The thing that people may not know is that he has several blogs that he posts on and he is very generous with his discoveries and ideas. I am [...]
I am all for puppetry clubs, especialy when they are Canadian. I was contacted by Neil Noble-Pattinson who is trying to organize a puppetry club in Calgary, Alberta, CANADA. So far he has started a website (unfinished) and has posted a couple of videos on Youtube. If you are in the Calgary area and are [...]
Here is a great Youtube video of lipsyncing to a song by hip hop artist D-Sisive. I love the song, and the puppeteering is very refreshing to watch. A little note is that the cute little green puppet is build by local Toronto puppet builder/puppeteer Joel Brubacher. If you want one you can visit his website [...]
There has been a good amount of buzz (here, here and here) about this new online series called Apollo’s Pad. I recently had the opportunity to visit the set and see first hand some of the amazing puppets and puppeteering that goes into each episode. The concept is simple and there is really only one set. [...]
I am a fan of lots of different forms of puppetry and Bunraku is a form that interests me greatly. Here is a great video of a Toronto based group called Unraku. They performed this at a local puppet slam. Enjoy. Thanks to Joel for the link.
The following is from News 14 in Carolina Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy and the Hart Leadership Program welcomed Gary Knell, the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop. Knell spoke at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy in a program called “Muppet Diplomacy: How Sesame Street is Changing Our World.” He talked [...]
Jason Segel has revealed to the world that he is in Pre-Production of a new Muppet movie- here is the latest interview from/film! When we reported last week that Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller and writer/star Jason Segel had signed on to develop the next Muppet movie, I speculated that these would be the [...]
Calgary’s indie-rocking chanteuse, Leslie Feist, is home this week creating her next music video with fellow-Calgary artists, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop. Feist is combining with them to create her next video, which will be directed by Anthony Seck. This isn’t Feist’s first experience working with puppets. “I’ve always been fascinated by puppetry,” says the [...]
