tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post4509776844982249653..comments2024-02-24T09:52:14.054-08:00Comments on Notes from Halfland: SPECIAL FIELD REPORT: No Strings AttachedShelley Noblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-32222406021993215652008-10-18T21:54:00.000-07:002008-10-18T21:54:00.000-07:00Hey, Melvyn, you are doing great online!Hi Sven! Y...Hey, Melvyn, you are doing great online!<BR/><BR/>Hi Sven! You mean the carving workshop vid? Yeah, I keep watching it. Something so satisfying about watching the process of people crafting a figure by hand.<BR/><BR/>I looked up the people in the workshop too. The woman, Tinka, looked like an interesting person. She and a partner put on educational puppet workshops and shows for kids all over the UK. Hats off to them.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-63028505945475547312008-10-17T11:23:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:23:00.000-07:00Inspiring pup vid, Ms. Shellopolis. :)Inspiring pup vid, Ms. Shellopolis. :)Sven Bonnichsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100990744199378139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-31344049950598567512008-10-17T10:19:00.000-07:002008-10-17T10:19:00.000-07:00Coat,tie, knowing other actual humans? This is all...Coat,tie, knowing other actual humans? This is all way out of my league. Besides I'm terrible with secret handshakes:,<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-8146218092024359132008-10-16T22:39:00.000-07:002008-10-16T22:39:00.000-07:00HI Nick! I'm going at it again tomorrow. I got all...HI Nick! I'm going at it again tomorrow. I got all inspired by talking it over, over lunch with... Shel Rasch today! yay!<BR/><BR/>Puppetty cousins, you funny!Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-33118656267423559442008-10-16T21:38:00.000-07:002008-10-16T21:38:00.000-07:00Hey Shel, nice to see you taking a break from your...Hey Shel, nice to see you taking a break from your sky-wrangling, and giving your brain a bit of cross fertilization from our puppetty cousins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-65675697282050100382008-10-16T11:43:00.000-07:002008-10-16T11:43:00.000-07:00Hi Melvyn, if you know anyone with a membership to...Hi Melvyn, if you know anyone with a membership to the Castle, you're in! All you need is a coat, a tie, and a member's guest card.<BR/><BR/>After I gave Justin the dates, I realized he loves magic! Maybe he's been there, maybe not? (No kids allowed I read though.:()<BR/><BR/>Huber's acts are even better than the movie clip in that they have more things that are animated and their movements are contextual to the song they sing or the instruments they play. Some moments are astounding.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-58491798260530436392008-10-16T11:33:00.000-07:002008-10-16T11:33:00.000-07:00Wow I wish I was a member of the Magic Castle so I...Wow I wish I was a member of the Magic Castle so I could see this but you have to be a free mason or something. He portrays such great human movement, realistic body weight is not easy to show on something so light, but he also knows how to caricature movement in a cartoonish way that is good to learn. This reminds me, Spike Jonze hasn't released a movie in years, IMDB says hes working on Where the Wild Things Are for a release next year and then Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 2010. Anyway Thanks for the field report Shelly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-31022597561266181832008-10-16T01:41:00.000-07:002008-10-16T01:41:00.000-07:00@Rich and Prosser, if you think that your friends ...@Rich and Prosser, if you think that your friends would be at all interested in coming here by some misguided impulse--they are more than welcome! I'd be thrilled and delighted. Lunch for everyone!<BR/><BR/>Drag 'em ring 'em email 'em, yeah.<BR/><BR/><BR/>@Justin! Aedon especially would have really really loved it. (Just tell them she's 9) I just checked his touring schedule in case you can grab a show before he leaves for Japan and Brazil:<BR/><BR/>Oct 13-19 <BR/>"Suspended Animation" <BR/>Magic Castle<BR/>Hollywood, CA<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>Oct 17 <BR/>"Behind The Strings" lecture and demo <BR/>Walt Disney Animation Studios<BR/>Burbank, CA<BR/>For animators and their guests (if you can get in with a colleague there?!)Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-38868750153267505402008-10-15T21:21:00.000-07:002008-10-15T21:21:00.000-07:00What a cool fun trip!.....I would love to have see...What a cool fun trip!.....I would love to have seen him perform.<BR/><BR/> There is definately life in some of those puppets!<BR/><BR/> jriggityjriggityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424328610725755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-37568476689746912412008-10-15T18:07:00.000-07:002008-10-15T18:07:00.000-07:00Hire? What?I think you underestimate the lure your...Hire? What?<BR/><BR/>I think you underestimate the lure your giant magic tree has on us mere mortals from across the pond... and a free lunch ;)G3T Filmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439482429191868151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-14153970811763625792008-10-15T17:27:00.000-07:002008-10-15T17:27:00.000-07:00(^ hey, shelly. I was talking to Doug B. today. he...(^ hey, shelly. I was talking to Doug B. today. he's just finished up some work on Pulse3: and after a few days required rest, will maybe be calling me back.<BR/> ....(^ perhaps its time to drag HIM over to your place as well?Edwound Wisenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04422026999538039977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-56469838775640264062008-10-15T16:19:00.000-07:002008-10-15T16:19:00.000-07:00Oh, as in I could hire her possibly for a day whil...Oh, as in I could hire her possibly for a day while she's in town? That would be great. Although, the budget is $24.95 total, not for per diem, for the whole picture! hee.<BR/><BR/>Lemme know, I'll make her lunch!Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-81815060367844079612008-10-15T15:44:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:44:00.000-07:00Ha! Relaaaaax. She's an newly graduated student ...Ha! Relaaaaax. She's an newly graduated student director/set designer (albeit award winning) from the second most relaxed country, Australia, in the world after Jamaica. Relaaaax mon! <BR/><BR/>She's also worked in the art dept on a new feature stop-mo film here in Oz. <BR/><BR/>But if you could use an extra pair of hands and a brain to bounce ideas off for an afternoon then I'm sure she'd love to slap paint (or whatever) on such a brilliant set. I owe her an email I'll run it past her.G3T Filmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439482429191868151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-75710578281542173332008-10-15T15:29:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:29:00.000-07:00Yeah, but at least you lot had the amazing Richard...Yeah, but at least you lot had the amazing Richard Bradshaw! I just discovered his masterful shadow puppetry whilst exploring!<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzDov1dBrLk<BR/><BR/><BR/>[blink] Wha? Are you kidding? A professional experienced director/set designer! a friend of yours! might want to fricking come here and look at this mess! HELL YEAH!!!!<BR/><BR/>HumninnaHumninnaHumninna, yeah!<BR/><BR/>Eeeenytyme! When? When? When?<BR/><BR/>[omgomgomg]<BR/><BR/>Having such a guest would get this place cleaned up in a hurry. hang on, Paul!!! <B>Shame Cleaning</B> to the rescue!Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-36305570373710251322008-10-15T15:14:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:14:00.000-07:00*sigh* You're so lucky! *sigh* Huber is a master i...*sigh* You're so lucky! *sigh* Huber is a master indeed. There's certainly no doubt that marionettes are the hardest form of live action puppetry. We don't really get anything like that down here. There's lots of stuff on the web but it never really translates a live performance. *sigh*<BR/><BR/>On a completely different and less sighful note, apparently the Director (Set designer by love) of the last stop motion I was involved with is going to be in LA. I think she would be in awe of your set. Maybe you should press her into service for an afternoon?G3T Filmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439482429191868151noreply@blogger.com