I got a phone call last night that went something like this. “You were recommended to us and I’m calling to see if you had time to build a giant moth this week for our show.”
“Maybe. What’s the actual due date?”
“Tomorrow.”
I laughed, knowing what the last minute pressure of a show is like. “No, really.”
“Tomorrow. I know. We thought our prop builder could do it, but it turns out that we need a puppet builder.”
Yay! While it’s frustrating that the build is now at the last minute, I’m delighted that they now understand the difference between a puppet and a prop. The two have many overlapping qualities but are not the same.
I went down and met with them last night and agreed to do the build but explained that I wouldn’t be able to deliver until Thursday. So now I’m off to shop and then to build a giant moth.
By the way, when I say “giant” I mean the size of a kitten with wings, not Mothra.
Tags: Journal, Puppetry, recommended, Yay!
Yeah but you were hoping Mothra, right?
I guess it would be nice when work comes looking for you, right, though that deadline is a little extreme.
I too was picturing a Mothra size construction before you cleared it up in the last sentence
Oh, but don’t you know that is how big Mothra really was. You should know from showbiz: the camera always adds 10 stories…
Ah, Mothra…
*gone to happy place*
It appears I am not alone in my disappointment that it was not Mothra. Sigh.
I was so thinking Mothra–would have been fun, wouldn’t it?
A one-day deadline for a puppet is definitely extreme–I’m glad you could renegociate.
I’ll suggest to the director that we should go for Mothra, since that seems to be the most popular choice by far.
Do you have pictures?