Lisa Sturz with Red Herring Puppets offers a series of professional workshops in puppet fabrication and manipulation.
Master Puppeteer Lisa Sturz been building and performing puppets for over 50 years. She has worked in the Jim Henson Creature Shop, the Ice Capades, NBC, Lucasfilm, Disney Imagineering and many more. She has created large puppet figures for he Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Atlanta Opera. Film credits include Muppets in Space, Elmo in Grouchland, The Flintstones, Ninja Turtles III, RoboCopII, Howard the Duck, andBatman Returns.
PATTERNING PUPPETS IN FOAM
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PART TWO: BUILD YOUR OWN Sunday, March 15, 1:00-5:00. Part One or similar experience is a pre-requisite
GOAL: Participants will come prepared with an original character design they would like to make. Lisa will help each participant to sketch their design to scale and draft paper patterns to create their specific character. This will include facial features like ears, horns, snouts, etc. We will build and attach arms with swiveling rods. By the end of the session they will have completed their puppet or have a plan on how to proceed.
PART TWO: BUILD YOUR OWN Sunday, March 15, 1:00-5:00. Part One or similar experience is a pre-requisite
GOAL: Participants will come prepared with an original character design they would like to make. Lisa will help each participant to sketch their design to scale and draft paper patterns to create their specific character. This will include facial features like ears, horns, snouts, etc. We will build and attach arms with swiveling rods. By the end of the session they will have completed their puppet or have a plan on how to proceed.
MANIPULATION PUPPETS ON CAMERA
Performing puppets for recorded media requires a unique set of skills. Lisa Sturz, Emmy award-winning Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, has decades of experience performing puppets on camera and training others to succeed.
PART ONE Sunday, April 12 1:00 - 4:00: Participants will use a video monitor to practice finding the center of frame, proper lip synch, eye focus, and keeping a consistent height. We will work with breath, posture, hand movements and vocal characterization to convey emotion.
PART TWO. Sunday, April 19 1:00 - 4:00: We will refine the skills introduced in Part One, add scene work, group improvisations, and choreograph a musical number.
LOCATION: Classes will be held at the Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, 738 N 5th Ave. #131
PART ONE or similar experience is a Pre-Requisite for PART TWO
Bring your own hand and rod (Muppet style) puppet or borrow one of several that will be provided.
COST: $150 for each 3-hour session or $250 for both. Part Two requires PART ONE or previous experience performing puppets on camera.
For more information, contact Lisa
Limit of 15 persons per session, but lots of puppets are welcome.
For Adults and Older Teens.
FUTURE TOPICS INCLUDE:
Patterning Puppets in Foam
Simple Marionettes: Scarf Puppets
Puppet Manipulation on Camera
Animation with overhead projectors
Plaster Molds and Casting with Neoprene