From: Monica Leo <goodfolk-AT-avalon.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:27:36 -0600
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Shadow puppets - another question


I do a shadow show using candle light as the only light source.  It's 
small show, and because of the subject matter, I wanted a dreamlike 
quality.  I use a row of votive lights in green and blue holders.  The 
shadows multiply as I move them slightly away from the screen, and they 
have a slightly colored aura.  I don't worry too much about the open 
flames (and neither have the venues I've performed it in), because 
they're in votive holders.  I realize I could have an accident, but 
then I could have an accident driving to the venue, too.  The result is 
extremely mystical looking, just the effect I wanted.



On Feb 14, 2008, at 7:50 PM, The Independent Eye wrote:

> Friends-
>
> 	This isn't an immediate issue for us, but since we're in this 
> groove...
>
> 	Shadow puppetry was once done entirely by flame, not by
> electrics, and in some places still is.  I've seen it both ways, at
> least on film.  I'm unabashedly an electronics addict and have no
> desire to go back to light by torches, even if fire laws allowed it.
> And yet...
>
> 	There's an extraordinary magic to shadow puppetry by flame.
> A fluidity, a spirit of the ephemeral nature of shadow - I dunno
> quite how to say it, but it's just, well, magic.
>
> 	So I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with this
> - either by risking burning down the theatre, by projecting flickers,
> or by other means - to capture the transformational fluidity of the
> fire-lit shadow image?
>
> Peace & joy-
> Conrad B.
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