If you're hoping to bring puppetry into your videos, career, gaming, or your classroom, this seminar is for you! Get inspired by our panelists & learn how to incorporate puppetry into your world!
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How do you start in puppetry? How do you get your first show? Do you have to do puppet shows to be a puppeteer? How can you convince people that puppets aren't just for kids? What kinds of puppets are acceptable to use? What age group is too old for puppets? You've got so many questions, and we've got the answers!
How to Make a Robotic Dinosaur (& Other Assorted Beasts): Confessions of a Dinosaur Doula
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A career in puppetry, animatronics, & immersive theme park experiences has given Michael Schupbach the answers to all sorts of questions about his creatures that blink, roar, & bound across arenas!
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How do you teach someone to drive a full-scale T-rex? How much free will should we give the robotic Banshee from Avatar? These are the questions Michael Schupbach loves to answer. With a career spanning puppetry, animatronics, & immersive theme park experiences, his creatures have roared, blinked, & bounded across arenas & sound stages around the world. From baby dinos in Jurassic World Live, to the Banshee in Avatar the Experience, to Baby Banshees at D23, Schupbach's creations mix engineering & storytelling. In this fast-paced & funny talk, learn how scrappy experimentation fuels high-tech innovation, & how old-school puppet skills still shape cutting-edge creature design. Whether you're a builder, performer, fan, or just want to know what its like to make a Dilophosaurus spit, this session will leave you with a deeper appreciation for the art& chaosof bringing beasts to life.
How to Win the Puppet Arms Race: Mastering Puppet Arm Rod Techniques
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Learn the basics of using puppet arm rods with Emmy-winning designer Michael Schupbach! Master smooth gestures, expressive movement, and the secrets behind lifelike puppet performance.
We will share intermediate techniques and styles of puppet performance on Video/Film.
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You will learn intermediate level lip sync, focus, movement, character placement, vocal performance, styles of puppets and puppeteering, how to practice at home, audition techniques and more.
Hilarious & slightly naughty skits from some of the funniest puppets around. This is an adult puppet show, prepare accordingly.
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Quirky edgy puppet shows from quirky, edgy puppeteers! Puppeteers from around the country are converging on Gen Con for the best 4 days in gaming--and puppetry! But here's the best part: they're saving up all of their adult material just for this puppet slam! All of those things that we can't do in front of kids? We're going to do in front of you. (Okay maybe not *all*--but a bit of it!) Be prepared to laugh, to cry, to think, to gasp, to laugh again, to weep, and then laugh some more. You'll see beauty, you'll see talent, you'll see silliness, and you'll see hilarity.
Learn the basics of marionette construction, from building to stringing! Participants will construct and customize a human marionette and learn how to string the puppet with an airplane controller.
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Learn the basics of marionette construction, from building to stringing! Suitable for beginners wanting to learn more about marionettes; participants will construct and customize a simple 9-string human marionette from card and foam. This workshop will cover building and properly weighting an 18-inch figure, and simple stringing with a basic airplane controller. Participants will leave with instructions and patterns to build additional puppets, as well as resources for building more complex puppets and performance tips. Join us later for Marionette Manipulation Mayhem to practice manipulation techniques and character creation!
Make a moving-mouth sandwich puppet with puppeteer, Stacey Gordon. Seriously, this will be the greatest, no-calorie sandwich you will ever make. Gluten free.
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Puppeteer, Stacey Gordon, will guide you through making a moving-mouth sandwich puppet. You'll learn skills that can take you into puppet building beyond sandwiches, but why not begin (or continue) your puppet building journey with a delightful lunchtime treat. Sandwiches are inedible & not sentient and are guaranteed to not murder or your money back. Glue gun skills required (use at own risk). No sewing required,
Make a simple tabletop theater with puppets and sets for a complete production.
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Make a simple tabletop theater with puppets and sets for a complete production. Come make a charming fairytale theater with puppets and scenes to stage Cinderella. Your new theatre can collapse flat for easy storage and transport. Leave with tips and tricks for making your own productions at home!
Hey Cosplayers! Wanna bring more energy to your creations? Learn what it takes to be a professional mascot/character performer from professional mascots Bakari Prigg & Brandon Smith!
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Bakari Prigg and Brandon Smith will take you through what casting people look for to bring their characters to life, or just fun tips on how you can bring energy to your own larger than life character for your next convention!