An opportunity came up that was a good reason to finally make a short video on how I develop shadow puppets. “Shadow Puppet Designer” is such an obscure title, it could use some explanation with visual descriptions.

I used some process footage I’d already shot during the making of Tom Lee’s stage show Sounding the Resonant Path. These small paper puppets were performed live during the show and projected large onto a backdrop behind physical three dimensional puppets.

I make shadow puppets for several different situations, with different productions processes. This one was one of the more complicated projects. Enjoy!