Rebekah Caputo
puppeteer and theatre maker
This talk really did benefit my practice, as it was all about movement and pupating a character to seem alive. this was incredibly useful with my character and narrative project as we were essentially puppeteering.
What is puppetry?
For anything inanimate to appear alive, live or digital or natural.
Rebekah gave an interesting performance of her bringing to life a plain old plastic bag through the art of puppeteering. the result was very innovative, and you started to forget that Rebekah was there and just believed that the bag was real. which led her onto the magic of puppetry!
she touched on a belief called Animism: a deep belief that everything is alive!
she explained that she could be anything, not restricted by human form. and that she can do anything! this i can relate to because of animation, there is an overwhelming sense of freedom and endless possibilities that animation provides!
"Celebrate the darkness within"
There are 3 things that she described are essential to the performance of her puppets, which I will employ in my own animations to make them seem real, and to make the viewers unconsciously be aware that the character is real. as sometimes something can be slightly off but you cant place it, but when it is corrected it suddenly becomes alive:
Breathe
Weight
Focus
So where does puppetry fit into my practice other than what I've previously stated, well a quote from the great Barry Purves read like this
"Even though you are using stop motion, you are still puppeteering!"
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