My Puppet Film

[kbug67]

Earlier in the year me and a couple of my friends created a halloween film using puppets. After a few tweeks i now think its good enough to show.

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Please Comment and Give advice on the film

 

[Giar Fraggle]

It's so funny! I love the crazy old guy. Crazy old guys rock. What a hilarious idea to take them to the store! Did you get a lot of stares? You must have had a lot of fun making this film. I love the way the old lady goes to grab the stuff after they buy it. Made me laugh out loud. That musical number = GENIUS. I love how everybody freaks out when the old lady appears. And where did you find that weird "no children's eating facilities" sign? Wow...I should totally take my puppet trick-or-treating next year. What a hoot. It looks like that dog has the same, erm, "kid problems" as my Chunk, hehe.

As for advice, I couldn't hear the voices very well. Try to speak a little louder and enunciate. Also, I noticed that the puppets tend to flap their heads up and down when they speak. What you need to do is sort of "shoot" the voice out of the mouth, creating a downward and outward movement instead of an upward one. Also, at times (especially in the first scene), the puppets look like they're leaning or reclining. If they were supposed to look like that, that's okay, but if not, try to hold them a little straighter. Also, the scenes where the lady puppet just pops up out of nowhere tend to muddle the suspension of disbelief somewhat; it would be much more realistic if she walked on screen. (Of course, if you think it's just plain funny to have puppets pop up out of nowhere-and it is, it's just not very realistic-then by all means, disregard the previous statement.) Also, the lip-synch is a little off. I've noticed that you've chosen to put the arm rods on the right hands while operating them with the left hand. May I suggest making the puppets left-handed? It offers far better control than having to constantly reach across to your right side with your left hand.

Hope these tips help, and happy puppeteering!

 

[kbug67]

You must have had a lot of fun making this film.

We made this film for fun we didn't actually care about how good the puppetering was at the time.

And where did you find that weird "no children's eating facilities" sign?

Its a pub just near my friends house called the Stone Troff

I couldn't hear the voices very well. Try to speak a little louder and enunciate

Before we start some more puppet films we are getting some more microphones for the preformers because at the moment we only use that fussy little blob on the front of the camera

Also, the lip-synch is a little off.

The Microphone broke just before the Shopping scene and we didn't know so we had to dub all the audio for that bit back in later

Hope these tips help, and happy puppeteering!

It's so funny! I love the crazy old guy. Crazy old guys rock.

i also do like crazy old guys. The puppet old man and woman look exactly like my grandparents so i preform the old guy quite like him but of cause exagurated a lot!

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE!

 

[spcglider]

You're right... ****** off old crazy guys are hilarious... no matter what venue they're in.

Funny stuff guys!

-Gordon