Stop Motion: Passion, Process and Performance

Introduction    

 

 

 

The animated puppets.

Tell a tale of cock and bull,

Of convincing detail full,

Tale tremendous

Heaven defend us,

What a tale of cock and bull!

I have two dreams. They recur with alarming regularity, and are very predictable, reassuring, exciting and utterly credible, and say a lot about stop motion. The first dream is about circumstances forcing me to take over in some sort of performance, at the last minute, sometimes as the orchestra are tuning up. I'm always familiar with the plot, the set, the costumes, the choreography, ...