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Puppet Performance Rules compiled by 9 year olds | A Year’s Practice
2013-05-22
Puppet Performance Rules compiled by 9 year olds
After some workshop exercises, and improvised performances for each other and watching these back on film the boys compiled some Puppet Performance "Rules" for their hand / rod puppets:
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Remember to let your puppet breathe
Keep your puppet up in view
Move your puppet’s head
Use human details, eg: sneeze or cough, clear throat before speaking etc
Speak clearly
The speaking puppet moves in the rhythm of what it says. Listening puppets look at who is speaking (or not if they want to make a point of it) and keep still
Use puppet arms sometimes
Take turns to speak
Consider how your puppet might enter or leave the space in interesting ways
Using a narrator is a possibility
How might a setting and props help your story
Work as a team
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