Too many sad faces I see everyday. If only they could free themselves. I pictured a t-shirt design to illustrate my point. The image has a person with a large keyhole on their stomach. As they picked up the key and turn it within themselves suddenly a ghost of themselves was set free.
This actually is more like an foreign animated short film.
Of course this has nothing to with my puppets how but it's the stream of consciences writing (without editing) that is what gets my creative flow going.
Puppet Show process that has worked in the past:
- Introduce the characters before they come out.
- Music with character singing and dancing.
- A short simple skit of a character doing something.
- Make Puppets with children.
- Invite them to come try doing a puppet.
This was fun, took the pressure off me and everyone gets to join in. Trying to do a scripted act involving rehearsals with other people is a lot harder and a lot more work.
