Another marathon day, but, as promised, here is a description of the rest of yesterday's activities. We continued with an exploration of object puppetry. First, we played the game in which everyone uses and object as something other than what it is. After a few objects were passed around, we turned various objects (scissors, blocks, fabric scraps, etc.) into puppets. Then we brought out all the objects at once and had them interact. We experimented with blocks as puppets. We attached one string and explored what the block could do. Then we attached a 2nd string. We removed the strings and attached rods -- Rods give much more control, but the serendipity can be lost. We interacted with another block and then made up a circus act for our blocks. I was a clown on a trampoline. My partner and I jumped and flipped, jumped and flipped, jumped and jumped and - kersplat!
I regret that I have no pictures from this exploration. I was so focused on what everyone was doing, that I forgot to take any.
After watching and discussing videos of some terrific puppet artists, we all went to the prop shop and built our neutral puppets. It took a long time, but none of us would quit until it was completed!
No comments:
Post a Comment