August 26, 2008

An Evening on the Set

We did a filming session last night, and I am going to try to post some pictures so people can see the kind of setup we work with.

This shows an overall view of our set. The room we use is not very soundproof, and we have to deal with interruptions from time to time. When I get a chance to post one of our more recent clips (hopefully this Saturday) you will be able to hear for yourself that sound is our biggest challenge right now.

This is the best we have been able to do for our puppet mics up until this point.

Another challenge we face is the lack of a raised platform. This makes it necessary for our puppeteers to get themselves into all kinds of weird positions. (The painfully white guy in this picture is me, and the lovely Brazilian to my left is my wife).

This shot shows our entire cast. The woman with the yellow puppet is Nice (pronounced NEE-see).

This is Cicero, Nice's husband (aka "Brazil's answer to Thomas Edison") checking a shot.

Yours Truly checking the script...and apparently choking a puppet. This puppet is the only one we use in our filming that was not made by Nice. He became somewhat of a star of our live performances, and we couldn't leave him out. Also, since he only produces short growls, it lets me be a puppeteer again and not have to worry about my American accent.

Up until last night we used large posters with the script printed on them as prompters for the cast. Last night we decided to use my iMac, and it actually worked pretty well.

Posted by Andrew on August 26, 2008 5:19 PM.

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Posted by: shanna[rie] at August 26, 2008 5:55 PM