My Puppet Making Journey

Making its debut 1982, The Dark Crystal, created and directed by puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, was a fantasy film that involved intricate puppeteers and animatronics. Aside from The Muppets and Sesame Street, which involves more comedic skits to relay their message to its viewers, The Dark Crystal was a different kind of muppet movie because it used fantasy, fiction and action to tell its story. With this change in Jim Henson’s usual way of story telling, the fantasy aspect of the movie becomes associated with the narrative patterns and functions of Propp. As the story line progresses throughout the film, some of the 31

To portray these characters and make them real to the audience, as a group we had to use various theatrical techniques, including the Stanislavskian realistic acting methods and we explored and used a variety of different Brechtian techniques. Our chosen form of "Tragedy" was “War Stories", and

The use of ethos, logos, and pathos are included throughout the documentary. The use of ethos was shown when the they interviewed grown adults and taped LEGO seminars to show that people of all ages

The purpose of each text is based on the historical movements that occurred in the early todays. The interaction of the speaker , audience, and subject is effective in the text by using ethos, pathos, and logos.

Instead of talking in depth on computer sciences or some other academic topic, Professor Randy Pausch spoke from the experience of an average guy, telling stories of his own personal life and experiences in order to focus his lecture “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” on a potential life lesson for his students. Pausch uses the common ground of having childhood dreams in order to relate to his audience. With this use of pathos, more of a personal and emotional connection between him and his audience was

Alone, the use of only ethos, pathos, or logos would make for a semi-interesting story, but together, they tell a believable account of real events. Beatty makes use of all three techniques to connect with her audience and share her own story as well as hard facts that verify the events. The powerful combination of ethos, pathos, and logos conveys Beatty’s story convincingly.

1. Describe in your own words the events, actions and characters depicted in the animated sequence, the use of both on-screen and camera movement, and the general colour scheme. What might these elements be suggesting to us about the content, mood and themes for the rest of the film?

The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773. The event took place in Boston. The Boston Tea Party happened because the colonist felt like they should not have to pay taxes on British tea. It was also a response to the Tea Act. The tea act was an act placed on the colonist that only the British India Company could sell tea to them.

Essay Question: Compare and Contrast the movement styles of both Graeme Murphy and Rafael Bonachela as seen in Synergy-by-Synergy and 2 One Another. In your answer include how both choreographers have manipulated the elements of dance and used relationships to abstract movement to convey their intent.

cave are forced to stare at a wall where shadows are cast and puppeteers are able to show the

During the 1980s, Henson also produced two big-screen productions starring a cast of puppets other than the familiar cast of Muppets. The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986) expanded the art and craft of puppeteering to new levels of technical achievement. Henson also continued to produce some memorable television programs and specials. Jim Henson's The Storyteller and Jim Henson's Greek Myths were original series conceived by Henson to convey the metaphoric richness of ancient stories. Based on authentic myths and folk tales and produced with a strong literary research team, the two series represented a rare combination of ancient tradition and modern technological artistry.

The author of Animating Revolt and Revolting Animation, Judith Halberstam, uses rhetorical strategies to speak to her point that animated movies can be used to reach a wide ranging audience to convey deep underlying messages in a way that is entertaining for all. The author points out how Pixar movies brings non-traditional characters to life and faces them against real life struggles but does so in a happy ending manor that captivates audiences. This is accomplished by the author introducing a plot line from a Pixar movie that illustrates a struggle or classic battle and then describes the characters that are in the struggle and how they live through it. The author then describes an actual real life struggle and relates it back to the animated movie.

In the Renaissance time, there were ways to express yourself such as music, dance, and painting. I chose to write about how people would express themselves using dance. There were many different types of dances as well as a lot of interesting history and interesting meanings behind the way they would dance.

In the RSA Animate video, Re-imagining Work in the Digital Revolution, Dave Coplin envisions the possible ways the world would differ if we took advantage of technology, positive encouragement, and flexibility in the work place. Coplin and the animator, Andrew Park, brings this vision to life using various means of persuasion (Ethos, pathos, logos) in their respective speech and animation to convince the viewers of the video to change the current approach they have for practicing work.

What does this piece reveal about you as a learner? What did you learn about yourself as you worked on this piece?