2015-273-E Arts - McDougle Elementary School PTA Arts Grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 38C3356F-77B1-42A1-8871-9CD090A9AB79 Arts in Education Grant Application—Spring 2015-16 McDougle Elementary School PTA T WE' I There are twellwa large,talb6top rod puppem in our Fxmduction-This ctie is rerriniweft of the .laparrese Bun mVu tr dKm in which the puppeteers appear in full view The lead puppeteer has one hand h=ide the 16a&of the$fie holding up the body and Corrtroll' the head. The puppet7r.arum we contalled by mds atta4md at their elbovx-We chore this styrle so the piWetz could be full-bockd2nd large enough to FIayr W an 2 1 U&IMM of three to Rwe handh5d studentiL The puppet head are sadFited in clay and then mvered with a pilaster mold- Men the plaster hardens,t day;remOvEd,2nd the MJOId is Mkd nth a WTdietir_ latex called r4eaprierim "After a few hourr:the neoprene iii poumd out Nmwkg a thin holtow cast cF the faae. We cimaered the face wAth a fleece fins and a hair and"I featuies. The bodies am built with 6n2rck at the lden;and vAmirt con cmwed with foam. The legs,and 2rrra are hollow PVC loom inserted into me2ozed piece aFzvAnwT&g noodim wid threaded wltlh rope. The hands are shaped oaaer Wire- design andSMW all our ovm astr,rnaes after=mfid terw2ch of tve perm and st4e of eQ6 ckwacw- Tke th erwional pigeons appemng in the pok scene wdth hlikda Ted2 are marionettes vunh strump mrinected to a%wooden cowl held fnxn a6we.The. 'orations Frciected on 4te scieen were created umig tvvo-dirnenzional ' cast-Gum The Jdntedp2 per inaverneiMr.vuere filmed fnarru ab ne as.tl puppetmem rued the fig ha' a stiff gram board. We attached green tabs fow oraniptAation and were able to ura digitaf te6nalogy do nee+,m gfeM 2nd,repbm it with digi`- 62ckgrounds Ilus&;Wing the kmation in which the snene takes�2clff . � � Y Lwa Aiuw5e Shea;,, fled Herrff4s Artistic Dainctor axiceived of the dmm, wroft the si:ript, and Ike2ded up the puppert cc=tucticffL Scieritkt and edim2wr Laum Bd dvmw, owed as mir primamy consultant and helped write several z.�,Brea a p rofe=ioml el'ectricd engineer and ius9'rith Bri&from UNCA reviewed the miptt#ar accuracy wid dl2rity- Riirml9f li ipm built clerical eft sur-h as sFwkr,Farad'aV&c motoc.and Franklin k Leyden jar_Gnpjsm MwTiiii limped create the puppet bodies and !Cmmuwn Ffiero&VW&m helped Lin srwra the aostureres_Camhn Rdeagh created rnany of tim twal dimeredond pier puppy used in the arimation. Siam Tu+im:lam filmed the ets Y&16 Carolyn and Lisa manipulated fgt,ne<The= A--m edited together by Fhan Linn Slizz. Our techniica,E consikant is Mwk Elr n, n, DICIR g, BleMilinkM and Thee Sbmrz voiced c6racterro on the aniriiiatiarL The show has thr=far been perfnrrrmed by p+uppefters Lim ShmA Kmilfr"nn Vie;GenMM Rj VWIMM and Jet Page 16 of 21