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Puppet Animation

Puppet Animation. Part 1. Puppets are often modeled after humans, anthropomorphic animals, or symbolic figures which can create strong emotional connections to the real world Puppet theater mentioned in the writings of Plato and Aristotle The Chinese made puppets from stretched animal skins

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Puppet Animation

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  1. Puppet Animation Part 1

  2. Puppets are often modeled after humans, anthropomorphic animals, or symbolic figures which can create strong emotional connections to the real world • Puppet theater mentioned in the writings of Plato and Aristotle • The Chinese made puppets from stretched animal skins • 17th century saw popularity of hand puppets • Requires talents in sculpting, Timing, Composition, Acting, Straight Ahead Animation techniques • Some of the greatest puppet animators are from Eastern Europe and Russia • Early example of stop motion puppet animation • 1935, The New Gulliver, by Russian Animator Alexander Ptushko, • Stop Motion Animation utilize a Motion Control Camera: computer controlled that plots exact camera motion frame by frame

  3. Puppet Construction • There are various types of puppet construction • Wooden: Carved out of wood • Mixed media: fabrics, furs and metals • Found Objects: Made from everyday items • Latex Puppets: more elaborate, may contain gear mechanisms to control fine details such as facial motions • Armatures: Inner skeleton to hold puppet together, commonly made from wire, metal ball and socket system, wood

  4. Puppet Animators • Ladislaw Starewich: mixed media • George Pal: wooden • JiriTrnka: wooden • Ray Harryhausen: latex, mixed media • Brothers Quay: found objects • Jan Svankmajer: found objects • Tim Burton: latex

  5. Ladislaw starewicz • Polish entomologist, Difficult time making documentary on beetles • Lights forced real beetles to hide, so he built armatures and used them in a puppet animation • Resulted in a “bedroom farce” rather than a documentary • Went on to animate and direct films for next 50 years • Screenings • The Cameraman’s Revenge, Ladislaw Starewicz, 1912

  6. Tony sarg • Puppeteer • Frame by frame animation of a marionette puppet in silhouette • Screenings • The First Circus Part 1 & Part 2, 1921

  7. Willis O’brien • Puppets for film visual effects • Push for realism in puppet style and motion • Animated King Kong of 1933 • Skull under the clay used for close-up shots • Screenings • The Lost World, Willis O’Brien, 1925

  8. George pal • One of the most prolific puppet animators • Began in Hungary, Holland, England, America • Worked for Paramount pictures, called his works Puppetoons • Invented process of Replacement animation (replaceable parts for a motion rather than moving armature) • Effect seen in Tulips Shall Grow (1942 anti-Nazi film) • Nominated for Oscars almost every year in which they were produced • Went on to full feature films including Time Machine, War of the Worlds • Screenings: • George pal Documentary segments • Tulips Shall Grow, 1942

  9. Ray harryhausen • One of the most famous puppet animators • As a young boy he was inspired by Willis O’Brien’s work on original King Kong (1933) • Worked together with O’Brien on Mighty Joe young(1949) • Inspired many of the effects artists of today (Phil Tippet, Dennis Muren) • Classic films including 7th voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts(1963), Clash of the Titans(1981) • Invented “Dynamation” a rear screen projection process which allowed him to animate objects in front of the screen, with foreground and background mattes on glass • Screenings: • Aliens, Dragons and Monsters, Ray Harryhausen documentary segments

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