My time in MARIN COUNTY.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
FOREST 40 TREES - - THE TRAILER
Our previous post had several behind-the-scene shots from our short film FOREST 40 TREES. We thought you'd like to see where those shots were set.
CAST
ABIGAIL MOUSE...............................Olga Felgemacher
aBEARnathy....................................Jonathan Freeman
DON CHIPOLTE....................................Craig Marin
COUNTRY CAT...................................Alan Semok
Written by..........................Craig Marin
DIRECTED BY
Craig Marin & Mike Campbell
Monday, January 25, 2010
SOME FUN BEHIND-THE-SCENES SHOTS
Co-Campbell Mike Director also puppeteered. Here he is yanking my arms (not!) Actually, he's about to help a helium balloon achieve lift-off. Sorta what he does. . .
Painting the backdrop for "Neither Here Nor There."
VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE: in the Underground TV Studio. Olga 'n me preparing SAM SIMIAN'S SPACE CAPSULE. (Quackerbox supervises from her bird bath).
This is the shot we set (above).
Me and Mike and Doron (DP) and Cousin Mike (SM) at the dwindling storyboards. There's nothing quite like crossing off the boards once we've gotten the shot!
A COUPLE O' HAPPY PUPPENSPIELERS - - OLGA FELGEMACHER & JONATHAN FREEMAN
ALAN SEMOK prepares to enter FOREST 40 TREES for his role as COUNTY CAT.
The Campbell Kid making it a better shot.ALL PICTURES FROM THE HAMPTOONS & FOREST 40 TREES
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
NAUGHTY MARIONETTA
"NAUGHTY MARIETTA" was a sold-out hit last night. Bill Tost did a great job handling Captain Bigboot. We really enjoyed seeing the show. Here's a cellphone photo I grabbed in the green room. I'll try to get some real shots from the LIGHT OPERA OF NEW YORK (LOONY)company.
The AMAZING thing is - - the costume they made for Bill Tost is almost exactly the same as the one Captain BigBoot wears. The same pants to the stripe, and the colors of the coat and hat mirror the colors of Tost's tunic (toonic?) There is magic everywhere!
The AMAZING thing is - - the costume they made for Bill Tost is almost exactly the same as the one Captain BigBoot wears. The same pants to the stripe, and the colors of the coat and hat mirror the colors of Tost's tunic (toonic?) There is magic everywhere!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
FLEXITOONY GETS ALL LOONY
And by "loony" I mean the Light Opera Of New York.
They're performing NAUGHTY MARIETTA at the Players Club Theatre on Thursday, January 21. They need a marionette and called us (thanks, Larry!) He chose our pirate puppet CAPTAIN BIGBOOT. And by a gloriously odd coincidence, the Captain will be manipulated by Olga's dear friend and Bil Baird Theater compatriot, BILL TOST.
Here are some shots of CAPTAIN BIGBOOT in action!
OOOOppps, wrong Captain!
I'll try and get some shots from the show and post them.Monday, January 18, 2010
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
BUCKY & BAIRD
These ABSTRACTIONS ON STRINGS were designed by Buckminster Fuller and built by Bil Baird. Called 'THE PUMPERS', they would change shapes and outline to a sci-fi piece of music.
Baird used them as part of the variety show in his theatre, and Olga was one of the puppeteers.
Our good friend NICK COPOLLA from PUPPETWORKS sent us this link:
Baird used them as part of the variety show in his theatre, and Olga was one of the puppeteers.
Our good friend NICK COPOLLA from PUPPETWORKS sent us this link:
Saturday, January 9, 2010
ART CLOKEY 1921-2010
ART CLOKEY was the hippie who invented and animated GUMBY - - America's #1 Clayboy.
He was also responsible for the very Lutheran DAVY & GOLIATH.
Thanks for bringing and sharing the art, Art.Here's a great site that uncloaks all things Clokey.
