I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Pilo Erect from the March Fourth Marching Band makes great use of shadow puppetry. Notice that a lot of neat shadow puppet films and videos have been popping up in the past year or so? Here’s another good one from the March Fourth Marching Band. Via Mary Robinette...
Silhouette is an important concept in puppetry (photo by David). Shadows are arguably the most simple form of puppetry in the world. I think that strong shadow, or more specifically, silhouette is key to doing great puppetry. If a puppet’s pose or movement reads well in silhouette it clearly communicates to the audience visually what...