Cutout: using bristol and/or watercolor paper, we made jointed puppets (some using string and tape, some using sticky tack, some not attached, some with replacement parts) and backgrounds. Animating by hand, some students recorded directly into the camera with backgrounds included, while others chose to green screen composite their animation into digitized backgrounds in After Effects or Final Cut Pro/Premiere. Emphasis was placed on creating believable movement, making the viewer forget they are looking at paper, coherent structure, narrative or otherwise, and viewer engagement.
Links to artists working in cutout or its modern equivalent, digital 2D puppets:
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Yuri Norstein
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Lotte Reiniger
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Norman McLaren
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Kiyoshi Nishimoto
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Isabelle Favez
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| Alexa's digital backgrounds, composited in After Effects. |
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| ...and her puppets. |
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| Layton's amorous peacock tragedy. |
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| Background sketch for Maine's garbage dump. |
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| the actors in Philip's bell(e) drama. |
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| Allison's tale of middle-aged diving anxiety. |
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| Chyna's anti-climatic concerto. |
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| Marianne's wandering penguin. |
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| ...and the landscape he wanders. |
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