From: "Brett Roberts" <bdr1020-AT-hotmail.com> To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: RE: [Puptcrit] The beginnings and the endings of Puppetry Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:24:44 -0500 If I remember correctly, Bil Baird defined a puppet as a three dimensional object animated before an audience. I consider stop motion animation puppetry... But, I was surprised to hear that the animators at Pixar consider their characters puppets. I suppose they do animate their characters in a way that is similar to puppets. I've just never thought of them in that way. Brett Brett Roberts Productions http://DFWentertainer.com For promotional pictures please go to http://brettrobertsproductions.itgo.com >From: "Kismet" <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au> >Reply-To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org >To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org> >Subject: [Puptcrit] The beginnings and the endings of Puppetry >Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 06:55:28 +1000 > >Yes, its a question that we all struggle with from time to time I guess. As >a puppeteer Im happy to claim any animated movement as puppetry, stop >motion, digitally animated, a glove puppet. I say this because the >understanding of kinetics is a requirement for all animated media, the art >of breathing life into an inanimate object is the same. >As a producer, promoter and festival co-ordinator it becomes a lot more >tangled and needs to address the publics recognition of what defines >puppetry. >At the moment we are developing a proposal to explore the poetry of >Federico Lorca and trying to describe the "product" to funding bodies is >"interesting". They are so used to compartmentalising art forms that as >soon as you mention digital projectors it becomes multi-media....(which >admittedly obscures the fact that Im doing PUPPETRY which is for kids isn't >it?)....and that has such poor connotations these days....... Im trying to >introduce the term MULTIPLE MEDIA instead. >Fortunatley my tertiary qualifications are in Fine Arts so im able to >convince them....usually.....that I am a SCULPTOR creating dynamic >environments to engage an audience as a participant rather than as a >spectator....now isnt that POETRY? LOL. >Interested to hear where other puppeteers are coming from. > >Daniel >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >Admin interface: >http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org >Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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