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Puppet Filmmaking Workshop with Tim Lagasse
Fri, Oct 18
|New York
Join Tim Lagasse for a 2-day puppet filmmaking intensive. **Applications have now closed**
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2024, 7:00 PM – Oct 20, 2024, 11:00 PM
New York, 225 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, USA
About the event
Join Tim Lagasse for a 2-day puppet filmmaking intensive. Participants will work together to create a short film using a variety of puppet forms, gaining practical experience in front of and behind the camera, editing, and post-production. Participants will also be introduced to the pre-production needed to create a short puppet film and a lot of weird in-camera film tricks. And also it will be fun!
Friday October 18 - Sunday October 20, 2024
Carriage House, NYC, NY
Schedule:
Optional Friday - Make puppets & meet each other
Saturday, 9am-6pm - Introductions, Set-up & Filming
Sunday, 9am-6pm - Pick-ups & Editing
About Tim: Puppet Artist Tim Lagasse, who most recently performed Scatter on Sesame Workshop’s new AppleTV+ show Helpsters, has been entertaining audiences with his unusual skill set for over 30 years. A Sesame Street alumnus, Lagasse designs, builds, and performs all forms of puppets. A series of short puppet films he created for the PBS children’s series Between the Lions garnered him three Daytime Emmy nominations. Additionally, Tim has designed and fabricated puppets for Blue’s Room, and Chappelle’s Show, among many others. He may be best known for playing the title role on Nick Jr’s Oobi.
A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a BFA in Puppet Arts, Lagasse was the first student to receive the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry. Lagasse was part of the creative team for the first Handmade Puppet Dreams commissioned film, Sammy & Sofa. He also received a Broadcast Design Silver Award and the coveted Union International de la Marionette Citation of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry. Tim also designs and builds puppets for The Jim Henson Company, regularly performs his Cabaret Hand Shadow Act, and is a Magician Member of the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle. More at www.timlagasse.com.
The workshop fee is $250, with limited scholarships available.
Link to apply below!
Applications Due August 31. Notifications will be sent out by September 23rd.