7. PUPPETS
- can present ideas with extreme simplicity –
without elaborate scenery or costume.
8. TYPES OF PUPPETS
Shadow puppets
Rod puppets
Hand puppets
Glove and finger puppets
Marionettes
9. SHADOW PUPPETS
- flat black silhouette made from
lightweight cardboard and shown behind a
screen.
10. ROD PUPPETS
- flat cut out figures tacked to a stick, with
one or more movable parts, and operated from
below the stage level by wire rods or slender
sticks.
11. HAND PUPPETS
- the puppets head is operated by the
forefinger of the puppeteer, the little finger and
thumb being used to animate the puppet hands.
12. GLOVE AND FINGER PUPPETS
- make use of old gloves to which small
costumed figure are attached.
13. MARIONETTES
- flexible, jointed puppets operated by
string’s or wires attached to a cross bar and
maneuvered from directly above the stage.
14. ROLE PLAYING
- is an unrehearsed, unprepared and
spontaneous dramatization of a “let’s pretend”
situation where assigned participants are
absorbed by their own roles in the situation
described by the teachers.
15. Review Questions:
1. What is formal plays?
2. Define pageants?
3. How about tableau?
4. Pantomime means what?
5. What are the different types of puppets?
6. What is role playing?