To give group members the chance to learn how to make different types of puppets, the PUSH4Culture puppet programme finished off with a 2 day puppet workshop with Puppeteer Izy from 'Twisted Myth Productions' and Filmmaker Alys Hawkins. This was on Tuesday 14th and Wed 15th April over Easter.
Using templates, Izy showed people how to make a range of puppets that moved . These included hand puppets and rod puppets.
The workshop was also intended to broaden the type of skills the group were learning, and to introduce them to new media. As part of day 1, the children were shown how to use the internet to get ideas. Then on day 2, Alys the Filmmaker came along to show group members how to film with a camera. She also took the opportunity to film the group doing their handiwork and to interview them for a DVD.
In the final afternoon, the group did their own puppet shows to each other filmed using the camera equipment.
The Mini Millbrook Project now eagerly awaits the results as Alys is editing the film of the day. Each of them will be getting a DVD as a celebration of all of the group's hard work.
I reckon it will throw up a lot of laughs and who knows, it might even go down well at their upcoming AGM!
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