Puppet
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| * [[Animation]] or [[digital puppet]]. Animation is a related but essentially different process from puppetry. Animating puppets in time-based media such as [[film]] or [[video]] is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames, whereas puppetry is the live manipulation of figures. Puppet animation, or "[[puppetoon]]", can refer either to [[Stop motion]] filming, where the movements of the puppets are created frame-by-frame; or "[[Supermarionation]] (see above). | * [[Animation]] or [[digital puppet]]. Animation is a related but essentially different process from puppetry. Animating puppets in time-based media such as [[film]] or [[video]] is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames, whereas puppetry is the live manipulation of figures. Puppet animation, or "[[puppetoon]]", can refer either to [[Stop motion]] filming, where the movements of the puppets are created frame-by-frame; or "[[Supermarionation]] (see above). | ||
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| * [[Karakuri ningyō]] - Mechanized puppets or [[automata]] from [[Japan]]. | * [[Karakuri ningyō]] - Mechanized puppets or [[automata]] from [[Japan]]. | ||
| * [[Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets]] | * [[Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets]] | ||
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A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. It is usually - but by no means always - a depiction of a human character, and is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre. The puppet undergoes a process of transformation through being animated, and is normally manipulated by at least one puppeteer.
There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction. They may even be found objects. As Oscar Wilde wrote, "There are many advantages in puppets. They never argue. They have no crude views about art. They have no private lives".
See also
- Animation or digital puppet. Animation is a related but essentially different process from puppetry. Animating puppets in time-based media such as film or video is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames, whereas puppetry is the live manipulation of figures. Puppet animation, or "puppetoon", can refer either to Stop motion filming, where the movements of the puppets are created frame-by-frame; or "Supermarionation (see above).
- Karakuri ningyō - Mechanized puppets or automata from Japan.
- Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets
- Pelham puppets - A type of factory-made puppet created by Bob Pelham famous for making mainly string puppets (Marionettes) In the UK from 1947 to 1993. In 2008 the Pelham Puppet company was revived by a former employee of the original factory and now produces a new line of Pelham Puppets some echoing former styles.
- Persian theatre
- Puppetry - for the cultural and theatrical history of puppet theatre
- Punch and Judy
- Rajasthani Puppet - String marionettes originating from the state of Rajasthan in India.
- Thai hand puppets - A variety of hand puppets from Thailand.
