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"2084" Dystopian Junk Puppet Video Theater
Viewing Festival:
Thursday, Dec. 18th, 6-8pm
High Tech High International

Seniors: Class of 2015 
Instructors: Pam Baker and Jeremy Farson
 Videos inspired by Orwell's, "1984" and based on current issues as imagined in the year 2084
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” 
― George Orwell, 1984

2084: Junk Puppet Theater

Produce an artsy, low-fi, junk puppet theatre video from a dystopian/utopian short story you've written inspired by Orwell's 1984.  Use narration of the screenplay to guide a video based on an preliminary, research paper, that addresses a current issue. The objective is to imagine how that topic shapes our future world in the year 2084. 

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Pre-production:

Essential tasks before you begin shooting the video

Mood Boards:  Use mood boards to visually illustrate the style they wish to pursue.

Environment - Identify key settings of the story (where will each scene take place?)

Props - Identify key props from your story.  Find images to inspire the look of your props.

Characters - Identify the key characters of your story.  Create a mood board of each character featured in your story. 
Sketching your story
Create a sketch of each character featured in your video
Create a sketch of each set you will use for your video
Create a sketch of each prop you will use in your video
Storyboarding
Sketch a series of scenes for each act of your play (as you would see in a comic strip). Write a piece of dialog or narration to accompany respective scenes.  Consider the set, the characters, close-ups, action scenes, movement, lighting, etc. This should be a visual script and act as a shooting plan of the video project.

Atmospheric perspective:
Give an atmospheric perspective demo.  Have each student re-create a painting sample depicting proper atmospheric perspective with paint acrylic or watercolor on paper.

Scenic painting:
Compose painted or drawn backdrops for different scenes.

3D Construction:
Gather recyclable materials to use in the construction of your sets, props, and characters. Use the sketches and mood boards to guide the construction of your puppet theater elements. Create costumes for characters.

Puppet Examples

Prop Examples

Prop examples:

Other considerations:
Plan for stage lighting to capture intended mood of the scene
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Plan how the characters will move about the scene
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Plan on how and where to capture the video of each scene 
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Production

Be sure to take thoughtful, quality images so you have good material to work with.  Think about lighting, perspective, close-ups, cuts, pace, etc. Make sure you keep it interesting.

Post-production

Add postproduction effects, titles and credits to finish the video

Video Examples

Stupid lo fi puppet show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZxIfytxx40

funny stuffed animal play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcDO1wA3r8k

stupid kid vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1-U5PcPfg4

stupid funny puppet show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUPJX5ctxI

art school stupid cutout vid   one and two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pN0rcJnDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbbGFJah9EU

xmas horror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO7Pe0Mi_bs

erotic puppet and how to…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8r45ZMB3jY
stupid zombie jokes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd3JzrYsmI8

Simpsons in Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGI52iiIcxg

green screen sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXtGQc-tBM

sock puppet slayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL6DDidh_SU

Japanese French finger puppet video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM9Fpg9TL9s

Joseph calder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_qA_WI47U

calder title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMFICm6Yyxw

young british kids junk puppet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwVI-PQjxeU