Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 00:19:05 -0400
Subject: PUPT: Thunderbirds/Supermarionation


Sent this earlier but it doesn't seem to have hit:
The "Thunderbirds" tv series was indeed filmed with marionettes on very
fine wires.
It also used a process called 'Supermarionation' in which the audio was
recorded first, and that track was then electronically linked to the mouth
control of the puppets so the synching looks really 'real'.   The series'
creator, Gerry Anderson, did several of these marionette shows in the 60s
in England, of which this is my favorite; a couple of others are also
available on video here in the US.

Kennedy T.




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