Waking up was hard. I had planned on going to the ten o’clock panel, but by the time we checked out and put our luggage in the car it was 10:30. We wound up catching up with some folks and chatting until the eleven o’clock panels started. I went to the Interstitial Arts discussion, which […]
I was looking for a website on Theatre Drak, and stumbled across this page. They published a magazine on Czech Theater and had an entire issue on Czech Puppet Theatre. It is out of print, but you can download the magazine in pdf format and it has gorgeous pictures. The text is in English and
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Well, this is old news, but it came to mind because I was RSVPing for the Fourth of July party that the embassy is throwing. Back in March, the US Ambassador visited the set. Unfortunately, that’s not David in the photo. There are an amazing number of photos of David floating around the internet, which
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Not much excitement today. I did a live hand for Ziggy, but wasn’t attached to the puppet. It was just a closeup of a handshake. I also assisted Julie for a scene with her, David and Magnus. The most exciting part of today was that Kahlua made chocolate chip cookies and brought them in. It’s
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YouTube – Robbie Rotten spot (Season 2) (correct spot posted now) Ooo! Someone posted the Nick Jr. Lazytown spots on youtube, and I’m actually in one. In the middle of this one Robbie’s periscope pops up and that’s me. I mean, it’s only a pair of eyes on a stick, but it’s still fun. They
Today was busy. I did some live hand work which honestly feels like it happened yesterday. Partly I’m disoriented because we were shooting parts of three different episodes today. This doesn’t usually happen, but did today because of complicated factors involving setups and I don’t know what all. Whenever we do more than one episode
Tonight I went to see Litla Hryllings Búðin at the Icelandic Opera. Yep. Little Shop of Horrors in Icelandic. Now, I’ve done Little Shop a few times in my life and at this point have the thing memorized. This made it fairly easy to follow. The set design was really good, it looked like a
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Modern Mechanix has reprinted Rufus Rose’s old Popular Mechanics article, “The Secrets of Making Marionettes” Neat! I had only heard about this article, but never seen a copy.
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Today was long, but good. One of the puppets had to throw this thing, which was challenging but not impossible with live hands. There were a limited number of configurations in which it could happen, but we knew that going into it and were planning on using the easiest of those options. Then, of course,
I had just finished assisting Þor with a shot and wandered back to the craft services table when Máni, our composer, came out and said, “Mary, are you good with words?” “Um…Pretty good. I guess.” I looked at the orange I was peeling, to hide my confusion. What do you need?” “I am stuck on
Jodi and I got to work one of the villain’s strange devices today. The thing had four legs which needed to work in a coordinated movement, so even though it could be considered a prop they threw puppeteers into it. It makes sense, but man, it made for a long day. As most of the
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Well, today was ridiculous. I spent all day being Bessie’s hands, which is always fun, but for one shot I got to do something totally silly. There was a tight shot of Bessie’s hands manipulating a prop on a table. The way the shot was framed, you could see her torso behind the table, but
Not much excitement today, initially. I helped Julie roll into a shot because her rollie cart kept getting stuck on the dugar. Speaking of dugur…The ground at work is called dugar. It’s this vinyl stuff that they roll out onto the floor to create the look of the ground. I’ve been working on this show
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Good heavens. Someone has spotted my journal on posted the link on a fansite. Hello to the visiting Livejournalers. I just want you guys to know that I can’t answer questions about upcoming episodes. Sorry.
Today was a busy day and although the massage felt good, I had to do the same pose for two different shots right after that so my neck still hurts. Someday for fun, try catching a styrafoam apple, in fleece gloves, while lying facedown on someone’s chest–without looking.