Sesame Babies FX

[MUPPETMONKEY]

I know this might belong to the Sesame Street thread; But I've been posting technical questions that "fans" over there cannot answer or simply they find them silly.

Anyway...

I've been watching the new Sesame Beginnings dvd's and technically they look breathtaking.
As a puppeteer, is almost inevitable to look out for technical details.
Like for example, I've been noticing that ever since The Book Of Pooh aired, green screen puppeteering is the way to do things today.
Are the backgrounds used in SB real? Are they computer generated images or are they miniatures?

It's common for the Henson shop to sometimes use outside studios to create puppets for their productions. I've met a few very talented freelance artists here in the forum whose work is amazing and work for them.
Curiously enough, I was making a Yahoo search for 'Baby Big Bird" last month and found out that the Baby puppet was made by www.atelierdesgriffons.com. If you go there now, you'll notice that the webpage is down, but if you do a Yahho search like I explained before, you'll find several pictures of the puppet.
What was interesting is that they had a few pics of the puppet in different perspective shots. Too bad is gone now.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

No, it's still online - http://www.atelierdesgriffons.com

Maybe the server was temporarily down when you checked?

 

[MUPPETMONKEY]

I still can't see it. Hmmm.... maybe is my computer? Is Commodore a good computer brand? (obvious silence)

 

[Buck-Beaver]

BTW, I am not 100% sure but I believe that what you saw on their site was not the actual puppet in the DVDs but a Big Bird photo model from several years ago.

 

[MUPPETMONKEY]

BTW, I am not 100% sure but I believe that what you saw on their site was not the actual puppet in the DVDs but a Big Bird photo model from several years ago.

It is? Oh, well...I tought that was the final puppet. However, it's still interesting their use of freelancers for these things.

And the enigma of the backgrounds is still on.... !

 

[ravagefrackle]

just to clarify this a bit ,

yes they use freelancers a lot, but the work is almost always done in house at the workshop,

Jean -Guy,the man who runs http://www.atelierdesgriffons.com worked at the Hesnon comapnay for a number of years before starting his own successful puppet shop in Canada,

all the puppets done for Sesame Beginings were constructed in NYC at the Henson Puppet Shop,

as for the green screen in Sesame beginings, thier is a interesting article in the recent PofA or Unima Magazine(i forget who publishes it )about the process they used, its all filmed in Green(or blue) screen and the actual sets are miniutrre(doll house sized, )creates a very inteteresting look

 

[MUPPETMONKEY]

just to clarify this a bit ,

yes they use freelancers a lot, but the work is almost always done in house at the workshop,

Jean -Guy,the man who runs http://www.atelierdesgriffons.com worked at the Hesnon comapnay for a number of years before starting his own successful puppet shop in Canada,

all the puppets done for Sesame Beginings were constructed in NYC at the Henson Puppet Shop,

as for the green screen in Sesame beginings, thier is a interesting article in the recent PofA or Unima Magazine(i forget who publishes it )about the process they used, its all filmed in Green(or blue) screen and the actual sets are miniutrre(doll house sized, )creates a very inteteresting look

tHANKS FOR THE INFO. I'm okay with the use of freelancing anyway. I think it can add a certain versatility to the designs. Like your puppets for example. Great job with those.
So they are miniatures, huh? Tought so. Fanstastic job in the details!