These are some examples of modern as well as more traditional uses of shadow puppet imagery.
Negativehate
Shadowlight Productions: Ambrosia of Immortality
Shadowlight Productions: Making of The Wild Party
Shadowlight Productions
Wayang Kulit
I had mentioned an influence of mine being shadow puppetry. While I have a strong attraction to the general look of shadow puppets I believe the attraction is metaphorical as well as visual. The idea that our perceptions of reality may not be as solid as we would like to believe.
I do not think my animations will be completely based off of this look. However, I do find myself strongly attracted to this imagery and the people who use this imagery to tell stories.
I also find myself intrigued by the description I found of the Bali dalang or puppeteers. Their multidisciplinary approach to their work seems very similar to the activities of a modern multimedia artist.
This description touches as well on the fact that the dalang would travel from village to village and were not only performers but a sort of third party that would tell stories that would help a community with their local issues.
the following description came from
http://www.worldartswest.org/plm/guide/locator/shadowpuppet.shtml
The dalang, puppeteer or shadow master, asks the village about the local issues that they are facing and then chooses a story that illustrates solutions. The dalang tells the story, manipulates all the figures, interprets characters and voices for each, and produces sound effects punctuating speech and movement. The dalang also sings, cues the musical accompaniment, speaks several languages, and blesses the performance and surrounding area with mantras.
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Thanks for posting these links; I was totally sucked into the performances. They do look like both traditional and computer animations. There's an interesting parallel between the scaling effect in Flash and the effect of the angle of the light source "tweening" the actors from small to larger size and back. I was also reminded of Philip Worthington's Shadow Monsters Project:
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