From: "Puppet People" <puppetpeople-AT-nycap.rr.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:56:13 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey check this video out, "thank you's"


Hey Critters;
    Thanks for watching our new video, got some great comments. I probably 
wont get the next one out until after Dec. so again thanks.
    Also thanks again for all your war stories this past weekend, it really 
made us feel better and part of a large and understanding family.
    Regarding Brad's question about the audience noise, I went back & forth 
on if I should keep it. I decided to go with it mostly because I wanted to 
show that this program isn't "scary". Believe it or not we have a lot of 
sponsors who wont even think of having this show because They think it might 
frighten the children, (like we would make a show that would do that). So I 
kept the noises to reassure our customers that it is a fun show. It's the 
same reason there is no shot of The Headless Horseman in the video, other 
than the title. (and I really wanted to show him, his neck glow red and the 
eyes of the horse does too). So I will keep it as it is for now but Thanks 
again for the comment.
     Mathieu, yes we use a prerecorded soundtrack  for our performances. 
Michelle plays the voice of Katrina, and I provided a couple of scary noises 
during the show. The reason we do that is because I am not that confinant in 
doing live voices, ( I am more a puppet builder than preformer) also we know 
a lot of good actors up here who are better at voices than I am. Also  we 
like to mix in all sorts of sound effects &  music in our show and we can't 
do that live. Michele and I alway argue about its pros & cons of this.( I 
know for a fact she would love to do the voices live, but I am to much of a 
chicken)  Funny thing is when we have done TV adds or promos I am fine doing 
the vioces, I guess it must be stage fright .
    Well I have gone on way to long so see ya, and again thanks all of you 
for the support.

Mark
The puppet people


From: "Brad Shur" <mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey check this video out



Fantastic!
Really great humor, I love your horse!

One suggestion, on most of the performance clips, the audience noise is 
probably taking away more than it adds. If this isn't entirely in the can it 
might be great to re-record the dialog and lay it over.

B. Shur




> From: creaturiste-AT-primus.ca
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:21:21 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey check this video out
>
> Hey Mark and Michelle, I got tosee it finally, and it was fun.
> I love to see the behind the scenes!
>
> Do you guys use a combo of live voices and some voices on the soundtrack?
> did you perform all the voices?
> I really liked the singing lesson's comical portions, must be fun to
> perform. Do you get carried away with it sometimes? I can guess the 
> audience
> loves it too!
>
>
>
> This may be of help for your next production, if you use paper mache:
> Did you know you can use a layer of wet paper (paper towels or facial
> tissues) as a first layer on the clay, to serve as a release?  It's not as
> easy and practical as using plastic wrap, but it works ok too (more 
> clean-up
> work on surface, and on clay), and is more ecological. Advantages of 
> plastic
> wrap: perfectly clean result inside the paper shell and no residue on the
> clay later, and easiest release when separating from the clay form.
>
> With a proper release (Wet paper or plastic wrap) and firmer clay, such as
> the Chavant NSP soft or the Roma Plastalina soft (or cheaper oil-based 
> clays
> such as Giotto Pongo or Klean Klay), all you need to do is to cut the 
> shell
> in half, and pry the parts open gently. No need to dig out the clay and
> damage the model, which can be repaired or reused as a base for another
> character, or clone or variation of same...
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Puppet People" <puppetpeople-AT-nycap.rr.com>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey check this video out
>
>
> Hey mathieu:
>     No I haven't tried anything but Youtube. I have it linked to our 
> website
> so clients can check on a show. We do a a myspace account somewhere maybe 
> I
> will put it on there. Thanks for the Idea. Also I would reccommend anybody
> who is a performer to start posting videos of your show on your website. 
> We
> notice a large spike in booking after we started them. They are also fun 
> to
> edit, i use the Pinnical software and it works great.
> Got to go
> Mark
> The puppet people
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey check this video out
>
>
> > Youtbe seems to become more and more prone to be ridiculously slow these
> > days.
> > Must be the price for popularity.  Other video sites don't seem to 
> > suffer
> > the same, at least not on my connection..
> >
> > Have you tried to use others, like Metacafe?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Puppet People" <puppetpeople-AT-nycap.rr.com>
> > To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey check this video out
> >
> >
> >> Hey Critters;
> >>    New puppet video on youtube.
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeX3iBqoLw8
> >> What do you think?
> >>
> >> Mark
> >> The Puppet People
> >>
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