Mastery of Puppets

Santa Visits From the North Pole 1-1!

John M. Powell, M.F.A, B.S.

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(41)

Become the master in the art of puppetry!

Class Experience

Students will practice the subtle tricks of the trade and explore puppetry performance through live meetings, performances, and watching specific videos. We will cover the importance of voice acting, puppet manipulation and techniques as well as some simple and affordable ways to craft a puppet.
In week one we dive into the importance of creating a believable character, the specifics of voice characterization, and the manipulation of cadence. Students begin simple performance.

In week two we...

Students will learn to create a convincing character voice, how to perform unique characters, and how to capture an audience utilizing their puppet performance.

I have performed puppetry for the last decade, worked to entertain for the city of Villa Rica, Ga. and taught puppetry for children's ministries as well as performing puppetry within the haunted attraction industry.

Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered

  1 file available upon enrollment
Puppet crafting materials are suggested but not required. Puppet building will be covered with an emphasis on thinking outside of the box to create a unique character. A puppet could be a paper bag or gym sock with googely eyes glued on.

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:youtube

Content is P.G.

Meet the teacher

John M. Powell, M.F.A, B.S.

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(41)

Hi. I'm John and I'm a creative. 
I teach classes in sequential art (comic book style), brand development, and haunt performance! I have a bachelors of science in computer animation, a Master of fine arts in multimedia, and I've worked in the...