Puppets, or dolls, soft sculpture, call them what you like, posed and photographed in the dark at night in a slightly eerie and possibly somewhat dangerous part of town. I haven't settled on how to make the puppets yet. Long exposure and the simulation in digital form of 1600 speed film lend a raw, grainy, mysterious texture. I'm not afraid to use photoshop for effects.
In person the figures are somewhat barbie and ken doll like, which has prompted me to continue to explore the possibilities of how to make them. Questions that haven't been answered yet are: Keep to 12" or go up to twice that, or even make them tiny? Realistic or not? Wire armatures or marionette style with strings and a scaffolding? Face or faceless? Should I worry about how they are in person? Should I make sets or props or only use what's in the world? What would happen if they were life sized? (That sounds like a huge job, but it's not as hard as you think. Sometimes smaller things are harder to make because the details get too small to work with.) And since when was I ever afraid of things taking a long time?
Oh, and I'm a few months into my graduate school experience. It's a pretty awesome and unique program. http://acd.pnca.edu
