Discussion task #3: Building puppets with students for a specific purpose...Please watch the Funtastic world of...

Discussion task #3: Building puppets with students for a specific purpose...Please watch the Funtastic world of puppets video ..........

My goodness! 32 different types of puppet (and Elton John and Paul Young to boot!) Some of those I would never have thought of as puppets - like the stones and or push puppets. And some I had just thought of as models - like the potatoand balloon ones. The black light theatre ones remind me of vague memories of my pre-school TV programmes, the marionettes bring back one of my favourite childhood films The Sound of Music  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za7dAJtYXwo  and then the other rather less lovely puppet-related memory was also from a random film that I saw as a child on TV when I was on Kuwait as a child with these rather terrifying puppets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za7dAJtYXwo 
I do actually really like a good ventriloquist and Jeff Dunham is really skilled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYAqQGEHg7I

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  1. Juan UribeApril 28, 2016 at 11:53 AM

    Hi Yasmin! 

    I had a blast preparing that video many years ago. When one sees puppets as a projection of life, anything can become a puppet. And there is exactly where the fun begins! 

    What would a pencil tell the eraser? And a stone to a hammer? Students are allowed to be creative and play with the language in their answers. Language is being created at the moment of production and there is a lot of presence. 

    Puppets are really old and I guess I read somewhere that there are even drawings of puppets in the pyramids there in Egypt. Nevertheless, they continue to have magic influence on audiences of all ages. 

    The puppeteering in Sound of Music is really good. I had the chance to see Jeff Dunham live and I really enjoyed his show. But being a ventriloquist is a complete different ball game! 

    Wish you great moments puppeteaching!!!

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