.. well in the short time I have been here I am impressed by the level of commitment of particularly Shawn , and  Billy. I commend you! It must take a large chunk of their day.

cute!

Very interesting Na. Sounds  pretty inspirational

magnets-inside an old hard drive... they are the thinnest and strongest ones I've come across(the ones that control the heads arm) cool dragon. yes do do some footage it will be great to see her in action.

My Condolences too Shawn.

I agree with you Shawn. It takes a long time to build a  fan base, and it takes maintaining. You have to enjoy the process. You will get criticism, and you  will slowly build your viewer base. I have not found any formula to having puppets watched. Any puppets I have  uploaded get very low counts, but having them in Spanish  might have alot to do with that.

Cool PoorFishy, what stage are you up to in your movie?
Hupaditty, make sure your audio records well. Bad audio  kills things. If you can't record with mic direct to the camera, record to a laptop or recorder and replace the onboard audio of the camera in the edit. Another thing that can kill a video is poor lighting. Even though puppets are smaller than people, you still need a reasonable amount of light,( except where you want it dark of course,) but don't overdo it as you  can  blast the image out and  get  harsh shadows and stuff.all the  other suggestions are  great... and practice is the  best school.

Cool stuff guys. Yes Shawn, you should think about doing a tutorial on using the clay model process for making your patterns. I'd be interested in that.

Interesting slant. Thelast I saw of her was when I was working in transmission of a local TV station in NZ. She appeared in episodes of Gerbert, I think it was, which was a Christian kids show.

Na , I am suprised that there is only one puppet on Australian TV at present. If there was an attempt at  making a 'Dark Crystal sequel' in OZ, where are all the  puppeteers and production? In Colombia we have maybe three major Kids TV shows with puppets, and an adult political satire. We are the only puppeteers on  Christian TV at the moment, but there have been a few groups over the years. Last year I was approached at least three times about getting new puppet programs started, so interest is growing. In a couple weeks I will be attending a puppeteer's conference for the first time.(I just joined the Colombian association of puppeteers) It will be interesting to see who else has been working here long and full time.