This is a brief excerpt from NoFilmSchool
Short films featuring puppeteering tend to be rather thin on the ground — in fact only Natalie van den Dungen’s Paddling Ghost music video for Dan Deacon jumps to mind as a puppet centric film we’ve featured here on NFS. Which is all the more reason for me to not let the fine example of the craft that is Dirty Night Clowns go by unshared, even if I have been a little less than quick off the mark in its discovery.
Despite never having previously worked in puppetry, with the concept of the hunt for a nefarious clown come entertainer arriving more or less fully formed in response to Chris Garneau’s track, director Ryan Gibeau felt compelled to build his music video around a cast of marionettes, learning what he needed along the way. That isn’t to say that the production didn’t have to overcome one or two challenges before getting the green light:
The initial major challenge was funding. The budget was out of reach for Chris’ label, management and Chris combined, so it was up to me to find the investment if I wanted to make this video — which I found. The next major …
By: Mar Belle
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