Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 20:46:44 -0400 From: Preston Foerder <slovpete-AT-telesouth1.com> Subject: Re: PUPT: My First Shadow Show Now all you have to do is charge each of those 15 people $4666.67 and you've got your $70,000. Preston Jay Jennings wrote: > I performed my first shadow puppetry "show" this afternoon. I say "show" > because it was at my house for about 15 people...all family members. So the > only reason it counts is that I've never done shadow puppets before. :) > > It went over pretty well (but it _was_ family, after all). I took a 20"x30" > piece of foam board, drew a house on it, then cut a big square out of the > middle of the house. Into that opening I glued a square of window shade > stuff. Then I made another one that looked like a storefront. So, I had two > different scenes where the puppets could perform. I don't have a real shadow > puppet stage, but this worked out really well. In fact, I have a play that > I've been wanting to do for quite a while and I think I'm going to adapt it > for shadow puppets. And instead of a "normal" stage I'll create > scenes/stages from foam board. > > The past few days I've been looking for shadow puppet info and have found it > kind of lacking (on the web). So far I haven't found any place that talks > about what materials to use for the screen, puppets, etc. Kind of a hands-on > how-to type of site. Any pointers from anyone? Thanks. > > Jay Jennings > > --- Personal replies to: "Jay Jennings" <jay-AT-alakazam.com> > --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Personal replies to: Preston Foerder <slovpete-AT-telesouth1.com> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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