Clip: Season 15 | 1m 47s | Video has closed captioning.
Kinetic designer and puppeteer Chris Green works with Skirball Cultural Center Noah's Ark supervisors and educators, Kelsey Kato and Jacqueline Rivera, as they puppeteer a snow leopard. Bonus video from PLAY, now streaming on PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
Aired: 12/01/23
I love how conscientious you're being.
Snow leopards are incredibly shy.
We decided early on that we had to establish a culture for how we're going to bring these animals to life.
The aspect of the approach It's been a long conversation about how to do that exactly and of course this is the question when do you make a decision to approach?
We air on the side of not approaching I think that's it's part of the puppetry, the realism.
With some caveats, like here we are in an Ark environment and but at the same time, it's not a pet.
It's not a domestic animal.
So much of puppetry work revolves around unlocking sort of a childlike sense of play.
Chris's observations and his work do a lot to help with that.
This particular control right here is your eyes.
If you can extend that visually you're giving me eye contact which is the thing that gives you the chills right?
Chris was giving us ideas of being shy but graceful and at the same time you want to honor the natural movement of the snow leopard.
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