Welcome to “DaArm!” An exploration into what makes us react physically to the things we see. That may sound sort or philosophical, but what our team is trying to accomplish is a grotesque, horrific effect to make an audience squirm.…
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We are, DaArm!
Tagged with: collaboration, creativity, DaArm, fabrication, Horror, inspiration, process, special effects
Something Scary, Something New, Something Cackles, Something blue!
Scooby Doo is one of the most widely recognizable, and long running cartoons of all time clocking in at almost 50 years of thrilling mystery solving and hijinks. I remember being at Thanksgiving gatherings and finding that one of the…
Tagged with: ABS Rod, collaboration, craft, creativity, design, design brief, EL wire, fabrication, Horror, Kook, learning, prototype, Puppetry, Scooby Doo, Space, Space Kook, Spooky
Getting Things Started
This project originated from the thought: if we are going to have access to these facilities, to these materials and these professionals for guidance, why not go big? When I was originally formulating the pitch my thought process was to take…
Tagged with: collaboration, costumes, craft, eva foam, fabrication, fail better, film, Helmet, higher ed, learning, process, prototype, Short Film, special effects, WIP
How’s it Going?
It’s been practically 2 months, dozens of prototypes, and so much stress. We’ve fallen into the routine of creation; that is we have figured out how both create and solve problems. We’ve learned what materials we want, and what materials we…
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The Power of Collaboration: Bridging the digital divide
Building our future, together. Last spring, I reached out to Radio Television and Film Faculty wunderkind Ben Bays and invited him to join us as a guest artist for our Enron Raptor class. Our Department of Theatre & Dance students…
Tagged with: animation, artists, collaboration, creativity, design, fabrication, higher ed, Raptor Puppet, risk, teaching
Skin: The Fabric Of Our Lives
All three partners on the skin artistry team are tailors/dressmakers by trade. So, when tasked with the assignment of putting flesh on a velociraptor, our team decided to stick to what we know and approach this project as a sort…
Tagged with: Clay Sculpting, Dinosaur Skin, fabrication, Hydrostone, Mask Latex, raptor, Raptor Puppet, special effects, Templates, The Creative Process
Testing Grounds
This week, the raptor was given its first run on the testing grounds. The Director of Enron Raptors, Hannah Wolf, came in to provide feedback about the progression of the prototypes. The electronics corner of which I reside was particularly…
Raptors: The Experience of Creation
Ever since most of us were kids, we wanted to have our own pet dinosaur. We dreamed that one day we would ride on our very on T-Rex. Little did I know, this year I would be working on…
What can’t you use masking tape for?
Christina here and what a week! If anyone had any doubts that we could get this done, all they had to do was come see our prototypes after just one week. Let’s start with the structure team. We have a…
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“It is all about telling stories” – Guest Artist Joe Rial
The Enron Raptor Class is delighted to welcome guest artist Joe Rial via Skype. When sharing the concept of this class with my colleagues at the USITT BOD meeting last August, my friend and colleague Tammy Honesty reached out and…
