After careful analysis of the brief, I was made aware of the fact that it was a BBC 3 documentary so I had to modify my original ideas for the website to be more loyal to BBC brand identity (Pink, and black colours). However, I didn't want it to look exactly like the format of the BBC Iplayer website due to it being a co-production with the company Teen Interest. Therefore, I plan to adopt the BBC brand colours when creating my website but using an original format to signify the Teen Interest Influence
Quickfire question round (a regular segment of the documentary series)
These are the possible questions to be used in the quickfire question segment of the documentary series. I will pick the best 5 to ask myself in the interviews closing moments
1) What would you say to aspiring puppet makers who want to do the same thing as you
2) Is there anything you would change about your puppetry experience in the past
3) What would you like to achieve in the future with your interest in puppetry
4) What genius of your field would you like to notice you
5) Is this a forever endeavor (this is a question asked to every subject of each episode of the documentary)
6) What has been the most challenging part of taking up your interest in puppets
7) What is the highlight of being a puppeteer
8) Have you ever regret dedicating so much time to your hobby
9) Have you bettered yourself during your journey as a puppeteer and puppet maker
10) Do you recommend your hobby to those who are at a loose end
2) Is there anything you would change about your puppetry experience in the past
3) What would you like to achieve in the future with your interest in puppetry
4) What genius of your field would you like to notice you
5) Is this a forever endeavor (this is a question asked to every subject of each episode of the documentary)
Documentary Script
*Muppet snippet intro*
*Panning of puppet rack* - picks up the puppet at the end of the rack while the title credit comes up on the screen
Sipped of interview
“the thing I just about puppets is how, if you reach the right person, you can transform their life and inspire them to do anything. Words speak so much louder when they come out of a puppet and children trust them more too Puppets I grew up with watching like Kermit and the great gonzo taught me that I can be whoever I want to be and even though I feel like I’m different and might not fit in sometimes that that’s fine and I can be whoever I want to be. Who else do you know that says when I’m older I want to be a puppeteer (haha)”
“I suppose I’ve never really grown up (laughs) I just want to be a child for… *pause for comedic purposes* forever”
Silent clip of myself Sitting down at my puppet making table as the voice-over/interview begins.
“I first became interested in puppets when I was 4??? I saw a puppet/Punch and Judy show in a park a few minutes from my house and I was completely locked in on what I was watching and I turned to my parents and said… (Points to camera) I want to do that when I grow up”
“When I became interested in puppets, I would watch anything to do with puppets on YouTube, tv, and we had an old VHS video player.”
(cutaway to pushing in a muppet video in an old video player)
“And that was when I discovered the muppets”
(Cutaway to the muppet segment. Maybe my Kermit replica I made on my puppet rack)
“It was magical. I’d seen punch and Judy, string puppet type marionette shows rod puppets”
But this was different. The way the puppets were manipulated and the way they were created. It absolutely blew me away and I have worn out that video. (haha laughs)
Jim Henson… he was the one who created the muppets and after this, I was watching everything that he had created. Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, the dark crystal, etc. I was obsessed
I'd been making puppets since I was first interested but I really started when I was around 14 when I really was desperate for a nice puppet but they are expensive to buy if you want something half decent so I bought some cheap fleece material and downloaded a pattern of the internet and built my first ever full puppet. (LOL back then I thought this was so good)
And that was my puppet making obsession started.
*PARENTS INTERVIEW*
Mildly scripted but just on the topics to cover. Mainly improv
Pan across a table of old newspaper clippings and photos of my journey as a puppeteer
Puppet making Tutorial
A beginner's tutorial to making a basic puppet in the style of a buzz feed DIY tutorial. With just the hands of the teacher in the shot on a clean white surface with time-lapses and steps on the screen in writing.
Idead For Cut Away Shots
1) Pannings shot of the puppets I have built in my time being a puppeteer
2) Close up shots looking through my portfolio of puppets which I have made and news paper clippings
3) Shots of me looking through my puppetry portfolio which contains "memories" reminiscent artefacts to give context for the audience.
4) Wide of me working on a puppet and appearing "Hard ar work"
5) A range of shots that capture me setting up my punch and judy booth.
