Wit's End Puppets

Winnipeg Photos

Posted on May 19, 2015 by ccbooks

Some photos of our trip to Winnipeg this month for the Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival:

The entire show of Saudade. Everyone was very impressed by our packing abilities!

The poster for the festival.

Genna sorts control rods before a show.

The puppets (60 in total) laid out ready for a show.

We performed in the gym at the NEEDS center, a community space for newcomers. Our fantastic sound guy, Hassaan is at the computer.

Talking with the kids at the NEEDS Center after the show.

The rivers of Winnipeg are beautiful in the sun.

Cecilia and Genna at the opening dinner of the festival.

Building SAUDADE #2

Posted on January 26, 2015 by ccbooks

In shadow puppetry, the light is as important as the puppet. In reality, you are manipulating not the object but the space between the object and the light. Not surprising, then, that we spend a lot of time playing with different lights, lightbulbs and light placements to see what works best for any given show. Since this is the first time we’ve used our new screen setup created by Genna, experimenting is the name of the game. A few photos from the week:

Should we use a combination of warm and cool light?

Or all screens lit with the cooler tone?

Genna and Emily work on placing a clip light.