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JIM HENSON

Two Netflix series for the Jim Henson Company: one shot entirely in real time, one traditional puppetry.

Client
Netflix
Year
2021
Role
Key Set Production Assistant · 1st Assistant Director
Studio
The Jim Henson Company
Disciplines
Real-time · Motion Capture · Puppetry · Set
Brief

Worked the floor on two Jim Henson Company series for Netflix, on two entirely different production pipelines.

What the studio did

Key Set Production Assistant across the shoot, assisting the A.D. department in creating and editing call sheets for every shooting day. Stepped up as 1st Assistant Director on episodes 411, 412 and 419, running the floor and the day.

Word Party ran in an entirely real-time pipeline with motion capture performers: performance, engine and camera resolving live rather than in post, which changes how a shooting day has to be planned and called.

Duff Happy Fun Bake Time was traditional puppet television, with none of that: practical puppeteers, practical sets, practical cameras.

Word PartyReal-time pipeline, motion capture performers
DuffTraditional puppet television, practical sets and performers
Credits1st Assistant Director on episodes 411, 412 and 419
FloorCall sheets for all shooting days, A.D. department support
Plates08 items
Duff trailerReel
Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time key art
Duff key artStill
Duff on the Bake Time set
On setStill
A puppet robot on the Bake Time set
RobotStill
The Bake Time kitchen set
Bake setStill
Word Party characters
Word PartyStill
Word Party Presents: Math
Math titleStill
Word Party Presents: Math key art
Series artStill
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