Shadow puppetry contemporary art8/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The best example to talk about animation using cutout paper silhouettes and shadows is Lotte Reiniger. The Wikipedia entry that briefly talks about the traditional shadow theater of Turkey. Karagöz is a Turkish shadow theater in which puppets of characters and objects made of camel or ox skin are held up to a light with sticks to project their silhouettes onto a cotton cloth. The Wikipedia entry on Java shadow theater and its many branches and expressions. It is not fancy, in fact it is pretty sketchy, but it lets me get my ideas from my head to paper to free my mind to work on cutting referencing my rough composition. Here is an example of one that I did for a 3 Act performance in 2019. If you have your idea, you can write your narrative, and storyboard. Your puppet short may have voiceover/narration, or music, or none if you prefer. An example is looking at the work of Hans Christian Anderson. You may come with your own ideas, or, if you're having trouble of thinking of ideas, we will look toward mythology and fairy tales to borrow from. The narrative can be loose and surreal or follow a literal narrative. We will develop a story that is about 5-10 minutes long for each participant. We will work on cinematic concepts that use wide angles and closeups and transitioning between scenes. They will be projected on a large screen, so that the audience sees these as 4 feet by 4 feet. The area is about 10 inches x 10 inches so generally, our puppets are small. We will be using overhead projectors as our performance area. ![]() This print out will give you some ideas on how to use a craft knife and strategies to make paper cuts. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply.AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |