In this class, you will make a paper puppet with articulated joints. It will be ready to animate under the camera, star in your theatrical production, or adorn your refrigerator! You will have 3 class projects to show your progress, including designing your puppet, configuring its parts, and assembling your final puppet. More detailed information about the Class Projects are included in the video lessons. Side note: homework is not required;) I have included additional class resources below, and helpful PDFs in the "Resources" section to provide some inspiration and helpful tips.

Please feel welcome to reach out to me with design questions, or anything puppet-related! I'm excited to see what you'll create in this class.

Additional Resources:

Some of my favorite cutout animation films can be found at the links below:

'Mr. Frog Went a Courting' by Evelyn Lambert - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUoAwd3rMZ4)

'Consuming Spirits' by Chris Sullivan - (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/consumingspirits)

'Mermaid' by Lisa Barcy (different puppet style) - (https://vimeo.com/7256235)

Work from Stacy Steers https://vimeo.com/user3266925)

and Jennifer Linton (https://vimeo.com/papercutpix)

-including this Vimeo channel she created, which features paper cutout animation films from a variety of artists: (https://vimeo.com/channels/cutouts/videos)

Manual Cinema is doing amazing interdisciplinary puppetry work: (https://manualcinema.com/)

-and here's me on Vimeo! (https://vimeo.com/annebeal)

Enjoy, and please feel welcome to add your own resources and favorite films in the class comments!:-) Remember to tag your Instagram posts with #MakeaPaperPuppet so we can keep tabs on the lives of your future puppets.

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Amanda Millar

Creator

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