Tips for Puppet Feature Film

[Buck-Beaver]

Keep in mind that you are creating a puppet film and ask why you are using puppets.

Buck had a wonderful list of puppet related questions along these lines...but I've lost link. Anyone help?

I think the link(s) you're referring to are:

Twelve Questions For Puppeteers

Six More Things For Puppeteers To Think About

Fivefingers my advice is don't make the film people here want to see, make the movie you want to see. Great films don't get made by focus groups (despite what Hollywood thinks), great films get made by people have something to say or a story that they want to tell. Constructive criticism and feedback is important, but ultimately you should be telling the story that you want to tell.

I have some articles you might find interesting listed here, just scroll down to the "Weekend Wisdom" and "Puppetry and Podcasting" sections.

 

[CPR PUPPET]

There has been lots of great advise from a technical standpoint but all in all I think the main question is, what turns you on and what turns you off in a puppet movie?

 

[CoOKiE]

I too am in the process of writing one myself.

I'd have to dissagree on the idea of the story. It depends on your audience. Now, theres ways you can do that and still make it work. If they're dissapearing and you have that detective help him find where they went. Now, say the detective is asking for a HIGH price for his help. So now he has to get all this money.. and then hire him... and then the detective does his job... only to come back to the tea place to say they're across the street.

Seems a bit like Good Burger... i liked it. But thats because of its characters. I do agree about the story being the main foundation and not the cherry on top. But, it was intended for kids too. So you have to really know what age your aiming at

 

[CPR PUPPET]

How about.. What if.... You could...Maybe.... Ah forget it.

 

[spcglider]

We are Currently writing a feature film for a series of puppet characters.

Im looking for your advice for what you people at MC would like and also
i need some advice for what sourt of things a distracting in a puppet film.

Please help as your advice will help us in the status of our film

The thing that I learned from Jerry Juhl (among many, but this is germain t the thread) is CHARCTER is KING.

Jerry's entire process revolved around making the characters as real as possible and then the comedy (or the story) flowed from that.

Its really interesting to compare, say, Fraggle Rock to other live shows that supposedly are "quality writing". Fraggles kick butt all over the place simply because the writing was grown out of the characters. Not the other way around. I'm sure it's an organic process... you set your characters in a plot, the plot affects the characters, the characters give back to the plot, ad infinitum. But you should know, as a writer, exactly how your characters will respond to the situation at any given time. And how they will grow from the experience.

-G

 

[CPR PUPPET]

Well I hope you please keep us posted on your progres and perhaps give us a sneak peek from time to time.

 

[kbug67]

Well I hope you please keep us posted on your progres and perhaps give us a sneak peek from time to time.

I will do that. We should have a website and trailer soon.