Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:30:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Caro Stewart <papusi_marionete-AT-yahoo.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] The frog pianist Not a good quality video, but good enough to notice that the keys are moving when touched by frog's fingers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRT_6whxtc0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgfa7_fLcOQ&feature=related Watch the end of the second video, frog's left hand. Fred, thank you so much for getting the text out!! Caro -------------- > > I've been watching and watching.... > Seems the keys are articulated. > > At times the fingers seem to have individual control, and > other times, > especially in the shot where the puppeteer shows, he seems > to be just wiggling a > hand control. I really think it's much more than that. > At times, when the frog is > 'uplifted' by the music and doesn't touch the > keys (even though the music > continues) his fingers move beautifully in the air. > I am also intrigued by the eye movement which is totally > unaffected by the > position of the head. > So I have to ask if the eye strings enter the head through > the neck and then > up to the eyes. With the neck being, in effect, a > 'central universal' (my > term) the strings passing through at that point would not > be interfered with. > > More study needed. > > Fred T. > > > > > Is it my imagination or are the keys really going down > as the frog plays? > > > > Mary H. > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used > car > listings at AOL Autos. > > (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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