Hi everyone!

Just thought I'd share that I've uploaded a new performance video on vimeo

Just some fun facts about the piece:
- Original idea and the puppet was from Playsoup (www.playsoup.com)
- The Toobie puppet and disc are performed by only 2 puppeteers
- We forgot to cover the scenery LOL



Check it out if you have a chance and comments/feedback is always appreciated!

Fantastic! loved it.

hey that was great! it was an awesome video!

I love the way the puppet dances. Lip syncro is very hard, isn't it? Pity that the sound quality isn't all that great. You took it from the camera?

@Billy Thanks, glad you did!

@Nall Thank you!

@Rikka The dancing is definitely the most fun. The lip synch is actually pretty easy since the trigger mech on works beautifully. The challenge is working with the other puppeteer while dancing and lip synching!
And sorry, the sound quality overall was rough that day because the hosts were not properly prepared for our sound requirements. There were moments when it was even worse!

So how do you work it? Bunraku is 3 Puppeteers: Head and arm, other arm and legs- it was two of you? What I thought: it must be pretty hard to be subtle and syncronize the lips while being wild and dancing at the same time. And then yet another puppeteer- great teamwork. Don't tell me about sound: my fiancée has made life videos of bands, that is almost impossible if you can't take the sound from a quality source.

We had one person control the mouth and one arm and the other controlling the other arm and the disc. For the feet, because it's a pretty dance-y song, I would just move the body slightly from side to side and if I need to walk, I would waddle along. The way the puppet is constructed makes this pretty simple We'll be doing a showcase soon where we perform it with no curtains and the lights up, I'll try to record it so you can see!

I'd love to. I hope you can make it. I'm always interested in how things move, the illusion.

What blacklight set up did you use? You had excellent coverage.

Great props. Love the flower.

Sue

What can I say?  I always love black light!  I loved the disc idea with it becoming different objects.  Great idea!  Too bad about the scenery! LOL