Some Help...

[Sidebottom]

Hey Ben,

This is Grant Harding, who you met at Puppets Up this summer.

One idea that comes to mind is what they did on the old marionette TV show "Stingray" (by the same people who did "Thunderbirds"). For underwater scenes, they had a narrow fish tank between the camera and the puppets, so it would look like the puppets were really underwater.

I don't know if this would apply to the sort of thing you're doing, but I figured I'd suggest it since nobody has yet.

There's some info about Stingray on Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_(TV_show) -- and you can probably find even more online by searching for it.

Good luck with the pilot! When are you shooting? (Need any extra hands? )

 

[wes]

Just for the record, black light won't photograph properly on video, unless you're using very specific (expensive) lights and camera techniques.

(johnny carson impersonation) Thanks, I did Not know that!