Goodnight Harvey is the latest short film produced by IFYW, a collaboration of Josh Self, Orlando Rivera II, and Derek Iaea, and soon to be on the film festival circuit this summer. The film follows “Sam, a puppet skinner’s apprentice, who must confront the realities of his profession when a puppet named Harvey wakes up [...]
I have known about Gaston Morineau for a while now. This write up is another in a series of posts about people who I think are worthy of note for a special reason. With Gaston, the idea for me is how he can inspire creativity. Ever since Project Puppet has come on the scene they [...]
I think this is a hilarious response to a puppet show. This poor child seems pretty terrified.
I love wonderfully built puppets almost as much as amazing puppeteering. I stumbled across the Puppets On Hand website and I was instantly impressed with the work of Tom Blasco. Tom spent about eight years working as a special effects make up teacher and taught advanced classes in animatronics and cable controlled puppets. I am [...]
I have known about this show for over a year now and it is finally on CBC. The Mighty Jungle is a live action puppet series for pre-schoolers. The show stars Frank Meschkuleit, Wendy Welch, Jamie Bradley, Cheryl Wagner and Mike Petersen, The Mighty Jungle is a new series, that uses the imagination and story [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Puppet Buzz contributor Hilary Talbot has just recently switched her blog over to the fabulous “WordPress” template. I for one think the blog layout looks clean and easy to read. Great job Hilary! Be sure to check out some of her other posts at her new blog address Spirits Dancing. You can also see more of her work at [...]
I recently received an email from Chris Deline about a top five puppet video countdown. It was posted about here. I would like to add to that top five another video I stumbled across. The song is called Heart It Races by the group Architecture In Helsinki from the album Places Like This. First off [...]
Many of the puppeteers that are part of the online community are involved in Christian ministries. For those who fall under this category, the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers is hosting their annual conference at Winthrop University in South Carolina on July 23-27. Anyone in the area may find this an educational opportunity to refine your [...]
