File puptcrit/puptcrit.0505, message 350


Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:16:44 -0400
From: Andrew Young <beartown-AT-bear-town.com>
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Re: [WORLDVENTS] Madagascar movie


What a great marketing idea! The puppets look great Steve.

- Andrew

Steve Axtell wrote:

> At 06:35 PM 5/29/2005, Keith Singleton wrote:
>
>>      Run, don't walk, to see Madagascar. It is explosively funny, 
>> precious and adorable. Such an escape, and Steve Axtell's puppets of 
>> the characters are real knockouts. It's like they jumped off the 
>> screen onto his lap. Ax reproduced the textures perfectly, and since 
>> these computer-animated characters look more and more like 
>> three-dimensional puppets with round plastic eyes, etc., you can just 
>> imagine what it will be like when holograms take over technology, 
>> there will virtually (virtually, get it?) no difference.
>>      Congrats, Steve. You make the most photogenic soft figures I 
>> have ever seen, loaded with character, just like their daddy.
>>
>> - Keith and Harold
>
>
>
> Thanks Keith.  I saw the movie with my kids this weekend too.  Loved 
> it.  I put some more photos of the puppets close up on the site.  The 
> People magazine photos didn't show them off very well.   Here ya go...
>
> http://www.axtell.com/mad.html
>
> I'm talking with DreamWorks and Pixar about doing live promotions in 
> the future with professional puppeteers that could operate the 
> character puppets in synch with their official star voices 
> pre-recorded.  This could travel around to malls, theme parks, etc.  
> It could be a fun gig for several of you around the globe.  Stay tuned.
>
>> Steve Axtell / Axtell Expressions, Inc.
>
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Andrew

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