Personally, I’m a “hand puppet guy”, but I never get tired of watching great marionette tricks. I don’t know very much about the Grangers (the puppeteers in the video), but I do know that to get a marionette figure to actually walk, one foot in front of the other, takes a genius “behind the strings”. [...]
Production value is everything. Just look at how amazing this little commercial for LG phones is. The puppets look great and the colours are amazingly vibrant. I love it and I hope you do as well. Be sure to check out a couple more outakes from their Youtube channel.
I received a message from a buddy of mine named Dave Pavelonis. He has teamed up with Omovies to create an amazingly entertaining political comedy show called PGOV: Puppet Government. With comedy by Jay Leno’s head writer John Macks, puppets by Dave Pavelonis and directed by Omovies’ Sean Haines. You can find videos on their Youtube [...]
I met Mark Gale in New York years ago. I was struck not only with his talent and ability to keep me entertained, but also how kind he was. Mark Gale has teamed up with Frankie Cordero to give you a funny Youtube series about a horse in New York. Check out Frank The Horse.
Blinky Bill is a cute koala character that was popular in Austrailia and New Zealand. The character was from a book published back in 1933. The show was made into a cartoon in the 1990s and a puppet live action version back in the 1980s. Check out the other video on youtube here.
Now I have a soft spot in my heart for ape puppets and seeing these videos have all the right elements to catch my attention and enteretain it. Beverage Barn is a short episodic comedy series designed for television. The show was created by Kevin B. Barron & Mauri Bernstein and stars such notable puppeteers as [...]
I am surprised I haven’t heard anyone talking about this before. I’ve wanted to post about it for a while now, so here is is. Playmotion! is a company that produces a next generation videogame technology of the same name. It allows the user to interact with a computer environment in real time. It only [...]
I have been a fan of Custom Puppets for a long time now and I am happy to see a great little video of their new live show is floating around the internet. If you haven’t visted their site yet, make sure you do. They build some great puppets.
I have had the chance to meet both Russ Walko (puppet builder and puppeteer for the production) and to briefy see the puppeteering of Ray Castro (another puppeteer). This is a great little video and a lot of fun. Super job guys! Thanks to Kellen B. for the heads up.
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 [...]
