Carla prepares to act out the Queen's escape...

The Making of

PRODUCTION

As always, we used live action puppetry techniques as opposed to stop motion animation. We feel that this looks best and gives the audience the feeling of playing with toys, instead of the choppy look of stop motion, (though stop motion can be done well using dolls with more articulation points).
As cameraman and head puppeteer i was often filming with one hand and performing puppetry with the other. Puppetry was also performed by Sebastian and Carla.

Often we would build a set on an adjustable table with a fold-out extension. This way we could have a floor when we wanted one but remove it when we needed to without disrupting the set.

We used both Hasbro and McFarlane Alien/Predator toys and expanded the toy universe with action figures and playsets of many kinds, including Fisher Price (action figures, vehicles and playsets), Kenner's Glamour Gals (dolls and playsets), and of course, Star Wars (action figures, vehicles and playsets).