tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474115533178262532024-03-12T17:28:07.727-06:00t h i s b i g w o r l d<b>puppetfilmmaking</b> with <b>saskatchewan filmpool</b> artist-in-residence <b>chrystene ells</b><br><i>October 2011 - October 2012</i>Chrystenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382140306688353022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47411553317826253.post-22956179743730972392012-07-01T15:02:00.004-06:002012-07-01T17:48:46.189-06:00Seminar #1: Smoke and Mirrors (final TBW installment!)<div style="text-align: left;">Annnd... <i>WE'RE OFF!!!</i><br />
This final installment of <i>This Big World</i> takes a look at live action puppetfilms that might incorporate different types of effects, from green screen and compositing tricks to analogue, on-set effects such as smoke, image distortion, or puppets blowing bubbles!<br />
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<div>Effects can be as simple or as technically complicated as you want to get yourself into. In the 'simple' category, here is an example of a rain-effects test I did early on with a very rudimentary Clint Eastwood cut-out, some strands of fishline, and a couple of flashlights. It's not perfect, but has potential!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">'Rain Test with Clint'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxPBpNe9ZtxalVJM-1I7MEWZBIAIh-riJRoX7ZWUhcqlHr28C8SVbXef1kgrqJ9S5eHdDCa12pwFSoN0p1_' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small;">Fun with fishline, flashlights, and The Man With No Name</i></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Here is a clip from a fairly bad Industrial spot I made in 1990 for California's AT&T Phone book. One of the challenges I faced was making the dragon puppet blow smoke. A length of surgical tubing and a cigar (cough, cough) offscreen did the trick:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white;">Video of smoking dragon puppet coming soon!!</i></div></div><br />
While some puppet tricks may seem to be high-tech, many analogue effects can be achieved for relatively little money, with a little ingenuity and materials from the local hardware store. This is one of a number of Nike commercials I worked on back in California in the 1990s starring Lil Penny (voiced by Chris Rock). At 00:15 the puppet blows a bubble with actual bubble gum, which I had pre-chewed. Kinda gross, but if you need a puppet to blow a bubble, let me know! For this I used Bubblicious gum, a length of surgical tubing, and an air compressor:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">In an entirely different vein, Berny Hi has explored a variety of analogue effects using projections that can be integrated during the shooting, such as some cool shadow tests, and has discovered a number of really amazing ways of distorting projection using mirrors, prisms, crystals, and warped glass, such as wine bottles or glasses.<br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white;">Video of Berny's experiments coming soon!!</i></div></div><span style="text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is an example of a very simple film created using a couple of puppets shot on green screen and composited over a background of moving image footage. Based on Goethe's poem <b>Der Erlkönig</b>. Thanks for this link, Sylvia Zieman!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/6165987" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/6165987">Der Erlkönig</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/raymondharmon">Raymond Salvatore Harmon</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is not a difficult process, and opens up a lot of possibilities if your puppet film needs more going on than you can create while shooting.<br />
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If you are really ambitious there is no end to what you can create with a combination of compositing and live-action puppetry. Check out this amazing example by Andrew Huang, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Solopsist</i>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3> <br />
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There is room for all kinds of special effects! Let your imagination fly!<br />
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Preproduction for Live Action Puppetfilms that use <b><i>SPECIAL EFFECTS!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday July 4, 2012, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">********</div><div class="p1">Over the next few weeks the focus will be on <i>PRE-PRODUCTION!!!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">1. STORY/SCRIPT</span></div><div class="p1">Story<br />
- pick a simple, visual story that would be difficult to execute otherwise<br />
- three minutes or less is plenty long enough<br />
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Script<br />
- draft a script around the story<br />
- envision the puppetfilm as you write the script - remember, it can be a silent film!<br />
- aim for a film that is under three minutes long, to keep you sane<br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">2. VISUAL RESEARCH</span></div><div class="p1">Throughout your process, it is extremely helpful to collect images, ideas, colours, patterns, and any other elements that give you the feeling you are looking for with your project.<br />
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Right away: start compiling at least one of the following, if not all three:<br />
- <u>production journal</u>: a physical scrapbook/notebook<br />
- <u>dream box</u>: a container to hold images and items for inspiration or fabrication<br />
- <u>concept blog</u>: a digital scrapbook for links and uploading digital media<br />
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Identify images that will inform and enhance the visual approach to your story<br />
- textures, patterns, motifs, and tactile finishes that speak to your project<br />
- style, palette, feeling, shadows, etc.<br />
- identify the mood and feeling that best serves the story<br />
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Character and set design<br />
- be inventive and take some risks!<br />
- utilize the medium!<br />
- why puppets, why not actors? you have control over the look of everything!<br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">3. SHOT PLANNING</span><br />
Visual Storytelling<br />
- consider line, tone, shape, color, camera, etc<br />
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Storyboards: much more important in puppetfilms than regular filmmaking<br />
- they dictate HOW you build your sets, puppets, etc.<br />
- they dictate scale and functionality, character and set gimmicks, etc<br />
- they dictate what kinds of camera tricks, tracks, cranes, etc. you’ll need<br />
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<i>** storyboards are essential!!! before you build your puppets/sets, you MUST have your shots figured out. Otherwise you will either waste a lot of fabrication time and build things multiple times, and/or have a frustrating time shooting **</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><style="color: #ea9999;"=""><span style="color: #ea9999;">YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT: </span></style="color:></div></div><br />
Build A Preproduction Package!! (July 4 to July 18-<i>ish</i>) </div><div style="text-align: left;"> - script: a very short script<br />
- it can be a silent film - keep it under 3 minutes! <br />
- style: what is the LOOK and FEEL of your project? explore/identify<br />
- palette: limit your palette and choose colours for a reason<br />
- set design: the more concise your design, the easier your build will be<br />
- character/puppet design: ideas about what your puppets will look like<br />
- storyboards: storyboards are essential!!!<br />
- inspiration collection(s): the more you have, the richer your film will be<br />
- anything else: any other visual concepts: mechanics, tests, etc.<br />
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Feel free to come down to the Underground Puppetfilm Works to focus on your preproduction and brainstorm with other Puppetientists!<br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>puppetz rule!</i></span>Chrystenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382140306688353022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47411553317826253.post-32650434331329668372012-01-16T01:35:00.000-06:002012-01-16T01:35:32.429-06:00Seminar #1: 3D PuppetFilms - Preproduction!!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Preproduction for Live Action 3D Puppetfilms</b></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Monday January 16, 2012, 6:50 - 10:00 p.m.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the next three weeks the focus will be on PREPRODUCTION!!!</span></b><br />
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1. STORY AND VISUAL CONCEPTS</i></u></span></b><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Story</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- pick a simple, visual story that would be difficult to execute otherwise</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- three minutes or less is plenty long enough </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Visual Research</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> - look for images that will inform and enhance the visual approach to your story</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> - find textures, patterns, motifs, and tactile finishes that speak to your project</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Images</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- style, palette, feeling, shadows, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- identify the mood and feeling that best serves the story</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Character and set design</u></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- be inventive and take some risks!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- utilize the medium! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- why puppets, why not actors? you have control over the look of everything! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><u> </u></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><u>2. INSPIRATION</u></i></b></span><br />
<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Inspiration Collection:</u></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">throughout your process, it is extremely helpful to collect images, ideas, colours, patterns, and any other elements that give you the feeling you are looking for with your project. It will help <i>immensely</i>. You should immediately start compiling at least one of the following, if not all three:</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>production journal</i>: a physical scrapbook/notebook </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>dream box</i>: a container to hold images and items for inspiration or fabrication</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; white-space: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>concept</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i> blog</i>: a digital scrapbook for links and uploading digital media </span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><u> </u></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><u>3. SHOT PLANNING</u></i></b></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Visual Storytelling</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"> </span>- consider line, tone, shape, color, camera, etc.</span><br />
<span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Storyboards</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>much more important</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in puppetfilms than regular filmmaking</span><br />
<span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- they dictate HOW you build your sets, puppets, etc.</span></span><br />
<span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- they dictate scale and functionality, character and set gimmicks, etc</span></span><br />
<span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- they dictate what kinds of camera tricks, tracks, cranes, etc. you’ll need</span></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">** storyboards are essential!!! before you build your puppets/sets, you MUST have your shots figured out. Otherwise you will either waste a lot of fabrication time and build things multiple times, and/or have a frustrating time shooting **</span></i></div><div><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e33a3a; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT: </u></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u><i>Build A Preproduction Package (Jan. 16 - Feb. 6)</i></u></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">At the very least, this should include:</span><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>script:</u></span><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a very short script - it can be a silent film, remember - keep it under 3 minutes!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>style:</u></span><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> what is the LOOK and FEEL of your project?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">explore/identify</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>palette:</u> a nice limited palette -- not too many colours, and all chosen for a reason</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>set design</u></span><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: as many designs as you can collect so that building goes smoothly</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>character/puppet design:</u></span><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> any hits you might have on how to put your puppets together</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- <u>storyboards:</u> storyboards are essential!!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- <u>inspiration collection(s)</u>: the more of this stuff you have, the richer your film will be</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>anything else</u></span><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: any other visual concepts: mechanics, tests, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feel free to come down to the Works to focus on your preproduction and brainstorm with other Puppetientists </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(note: Chrystene will be out of town Jan 18-25, but you can get into the studio by co-ordinating with the Filmpool).</i> See you for the FABRICATION SEMINAR, 7-10pm, February 6th, at the Underground PuppetFilm Works! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Berny came down the day after he slipped on the ice and cracked his head and got a concussion. His excuse for working on the world's tiniest shadow puppet test was that the doctor told him to do precision work that required spacial thinking and small motor movements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just before Christmas Tyler set up a mock-up test of his characters and the sod house, to get an idea of the size of the sky, foreground grass, and other elements he'll need to complete before shooting. It looked amazing through the camera, and what really blew me away was the complete success of his sod house. It's just ink and watercolor on paper, but it totally looks 3D through the lens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I didn't get as many pictures of Amber this time around, but below is documentation of two of her many fabrication triumphs on her prairie history mouse-phobia nightmare puppetfilm:</span><br />
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Angela is working in a satellite studio, the Underground PuppetFilm Works Qu'Appelle Valley. I hear they've taken over another underground space out there and the work is rockin'! Here are a few photos from Angela's preproduction and fabrication, and she has also joined us a few times at the central studio. Her work is amazing, and she has some lovely puppets and images that we'll post next time, as I don't have the images yet. Watch the blog for more updates on her incredible project!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">She roughed up the finish with sandpaper and rubbed paint into the scored metal, giving it an awesome patina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The wheels gave her a little trouble, but she soon figured that out (check on this video and see if you understand her dilemma).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kelly got busy and busted out a ton of shadow puppet dinosaurs and prehistoric plants, and was the first </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Puppetientist</i></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to wrap her shoot! Check the production blog to see some stills from her big shoot day. In the meantime, here are a few pics from the day she brought some of her puppets in to test them for size... I really love how the gel emphasizes the shadow puppets and brings them to life!</span><br />
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After we got the 'shadow stage' up and running, Berny also did a few more tests. Even though he's recovered from his concussion, he is still insisting on shooting on Super8 Film rather than using the awesome hi-tech digital video cameras supplied by the Filmpool that most of the rest of us are using.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Berny's plan is to shoot using negative film, and then not have the lab reverse it when they process it, so what is black will be white and vice versa in the final film. It's gonna take some figuring, and I think it's going to look pretty sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chrystene Ells</span></b>: <i><span style="font-size: large;">It Was a Circus</span></i> (<i><span style="font-size: large;">based on a historical narrative from Hanley, Saskatchewan, concerning some drunk young men encountering a pig in a delicate situation on the prairie after dark</span></i>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">I too spent much of the holidays at the PuppetWorks, cranking out a number of 2D puppets for my first film, </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">It Was a Circus</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">. Of course I started with some boards, very rough, but incredibly helpful when it came to fabrication.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With 2D puppets, every angle and camera placement means a new puppet.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Sarah and Amy ended up learning a lot about papier mache during their fabrication of the sky out of various shades of blue tissue paper. It turned out GREAT!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Once backlit, there were lots of possibilities for colors to play on the sky. These photos (below) are a bit washed out, but after futzing around with diffusion, adding a reflector, flagging for glare, and adjusting the settings on the video camera, we were able to get a nice soft sunset wash across the horizon and reflected on the clouds. Even this mock-up didn't look too bad on the actual video camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">I decided that the Pig and the Prairie are the two main characters, and in a way the humans are somehow incidental. This influenced my design decision to fire up the colours of the sky in sunset, and to give the pig a kind of stained glass look using gels and cardboard painted black, but to leave the men in pure black silhouette. Here are just a few images from the surprising number of puppets I ended up having to build to satisfy all of my shot requirements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As for the rest of the puppetientists, many are working at home (Janine, Jessica R. and Jessica G.), and some are working in a top-secret department of the PuppetWorks (Dan), but I hope to have some stuff to show here soon from the others!</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">... she knows that the best way to make a puppet...</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">... and it's off to the Puppet Stage to shoot Berny's first quick test. Turning the puppet on its side (second half of video) makes the machine look much dreamier. This prototype gives a lot of ideas for ways to construct the final puppet and for the overall look of the film, which will be largely, if not entirely, shot in shadow. </span></div>
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<i>"It's easy!"</i> Berny demonstrates how to design, make, and test a puppet... in two minutes! You just have to use your imagination to picture what's going on behind that bag of coffee stirrers, though...</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">... thanks for this vid, Berny!</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Jessica Generoux</span></b> is working on a truly lovely and tragic story based on a poem about the name of Fort Qu'Appelle. Shadow puppets and a scrolling multi-coloured tissue-paper sunset will bring this sad love story to life.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>Dan</b></span> is working at his home studio on a lyrical piece that I <i>think</i> is a bit of a secret at the moment...?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>Janine</b></span> has a great ghost story from La Ronge about a haunted school her mom and some other members of her family attended before it was torn down. Her plan is to work with shadows and 2D drawings of sets and some of the characters.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>Tyler</b></span> has got a couple of really cool concepts in the works about the early days of his family's homesteading experiences, including (possibly) a song written by his great grandfather...! Looking forward to seeing more of what you're getting into, Tyler!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>Jodi</b></span> is still concepting*, and I am really stoked to see what she brings to her project from her sculpting and design background.<br />
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And as for me... I am still hammering out the mechanics of my pig.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: xx-small;"><i>puppetz rule!</i></span></div>Chrystenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382140306688353022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47411553317826253.post-22643408278025845002011-10-16T18:20:00.022-06:002011-11-14T20:22:38.567-06:00This Big Worldworkshop 1 of 3: Paper & Shadowsoct.17/ '11~jan.16/ '12<div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This 3-month workshop focuses on creating puppetfilms using 2D formats such as paper puppets and shadowplay in the Filmpool's brand new <i>Underground PuppetFilm Works </i>miniatures fabrication and shoot studio! Chrystene will hold four seminars as part of this workshop, which correspond to four imperative aspects of the production pipeline, particularly as they relate to planning and successfully shooting live action analog puppetfilms. After each seminar, the links below will be live, and clicking on them will take you to the post outlining the topics discussed during that seminar.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><a href="http://puppetfilm.blogspot.com/2011/10/paper-shadows-preproduction-seminar.html">Preproduction (Oct. 17)</a></u></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b>- story, vision/design, storyboarding, visual storytelling</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://puppetfilm.blogspot.com/2011/11/fabrication.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Fabrication</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Oct. 31)</span></a></u></span><br />
<div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">- building puppets and miniature sets with YOUR story in mind</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Production</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Nov. 21)</span></u></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">- puppetry and puppet performance, lighting and staging using miniatures</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Post production</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Jan. 9)</span></u></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b>- digitally capturing and editing footage and audio </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: normal;">In addition, there will be scheduled open studio hours throughout the workshop, during which artist participants may come to the Underground Puppetfilm Works to brainstorm, meet with Chrystene or other artists, or work on their projects.</span></span><br />
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</div></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><ul></ul></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"></div></div></div>Chrystenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382140306688353022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47411553317826253.post-51705407523899455702011-10-16T18:10:00.007-06:002011-10-17T12:07:41.919-06:00PAPER & SHADOWS: Preproduction Seminar<div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Preproduction for Live Action Puppetfilms</b></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the next two weeks the focus will be on PREPRODUCTION!!!</span></b><br />
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1. STORY AND VISUAL CONCEPTS</i></u></span></b><br />
<div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Story</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- pick a simple, visual story that would be difficult to execute otherwise</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- three minutes or less is plenty long enough </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Images</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- style, palette, feeling, shadows, etc.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- identify the mood and feeling that best serves the story</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Character and set design</u></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- be inventive and take some risks!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- utilize the medium! </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- why puppets, why not actors? you have control over the look of everything! </span><br />
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<div style="background-color: transparent;"><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Inspiration Collection:</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">throughout your process, it is extremely helpful to collect images, ideas, colours, patterns, and any other elements that give you the feeling you are looking for with your project. It will help <i>immensely</i>. You should immediately start compiling at least one of the following, if not all three:</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>production journal</i>: a physical scrapbook/notebook </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>dream box</i>: a container to hold images and items for inspiration or fabrication</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>concept</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i> blog</i>: a digital scrapbook for links and uploading digital media </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><u>3. SHOT PLANNING</u></i></b></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Visual Storytelling</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"> </span>- consider line, tone, shape, color, camera, etc.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Storyboards</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>much more important</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in puppetfilms than regular filmmaking</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- they dictate HOW you build your sets, puppets, etc.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- they dictate scale and functionality, character and set gimmicks, etc</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- they dictate what kinds of camera tricks, tracks, cranes, etc. you’ll need</span></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">** storyboards are essential!!! before you build your puppets/sets, you MUST have your shots figured out. Otherwise you will either waste a lot of fabrication time and build things multiple times, and/or have a frustrating time shooting **</span></i></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e33a3a; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT: </u></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u><i>Build A Preproduction Package (oct 17~31)</i></u></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">At the very least, this should include:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>script:</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a very short script - it can be a silent film, remember - keep it under 3 minutes!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>style:</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> what is the LOOK and FEEL of your project?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">explore/identify</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>palette:</u> a nice limited palette -- not too many colours, and all chosen for a reason</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>set design</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: as many designs as you can collect so that building goes smoothly</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>character/puppet design:</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> any hits you might have on how to put your puppets together</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- <u>storyboards:</u> storyboards are essential!!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- <u>inspiration collection(s)</u>: the more of this stuff you have, the richer your film will be</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>anything else</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: any other visual concepts: mechanics, tests, etc.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>puppetz rule!</i></span><br />
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