Making Puppets Come Alive: How to Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry - Brossura

Engler, Larry; Fijan, Carol

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486293785 ISBN 13: 9780486293783

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1997

Riassunto

Unlike other performing arts, puppetry is perhaps the only art form in which directing, acting, writing, designing, sculpture, and choreography are combined. In effect, the performer is creating an artistic entertainment that will appeal to audiences of all ages — in homes, in theaters, and in classrooms.
This lucid, easy-to-follow book was specifically conceived to teach beginners how to bring a hand puppet to life and how, with practice, to develop the skills needed to mount an amateur puppet show — complete with staging, costumes, and special effects. Award-winning puppeteers Larry Engler and Carol Fijan provide ingenious finger, wrist, and arm exercises that are crucial for creating a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. They also cover the elements of good puppet theatrical technique: speech, voice use, and synchronization; stage deportment and interactions; improvisation, dramatic conflict, role characterization, and more.
Every detail is clearly explained and beautifully illustrated with photographs, specific chapters being devoted to the use of props, puppet voices and movements, the construction of simple stages and lighting effects, and much more. A splendid addition to the literature on this subject, Making Puppets Come Alive is "the best book on hand puppetry we've seen." —The Whole Kids Catalog.

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Contenuti

Introduction What Is Puppetry? What Is a Puppet? Hand Puppets Finger Movements Wrist Movements Arm Movements An Exercise for Basic Movements Pantomime The Use of Props Puppet Voices How Should a Puppet Move When Speaking? Improvisation and Conflict Suggested Improvisations Mouth Puppets Critique Preparing an End-of-Term Production The Construction of Felt Puppets The Construction of Simple Mouth Puppets Simple Stages Simple Lighting Appendix: An Outline for Lesson Plan Bibliography of Recommended Books List of Puppetry Organizations

Product Description

Lucid, easy-to-follow book teaches beginners how to create a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. Also covers elements of good puppet theatrical technique: voice use and synchronization, stage deportment and interactions, improvisation, simple staging, lighting effects, and more. All clearly explained and beautifully illustrated.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486293785
• ISBN 13: 9780486293783
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia