Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:06:21 -0600
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] another note on TV and lip sync


On Jan 18, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Steve Axtell wrote:
> I don't think it's an "obsession' to
> strive for good lip synch any more than wanting a
> marionette to walk correctly.  Isn't one that
> walks convincingly better executed than one that slides across the 
> floor....?
>

Again, respectfully, IMHO, I think you argue to confuse your highly 
subjective "good" & "convincingly" with "naturalistic" or "literal".

Part of the magic and vitality of puppetry and animation (and art) is 
that it defies, simplifies, amplifies, elaborates upon, ignores, turns 
inside out, etc. the mundane realms of literal, naturalistic realism.

The artists intention rules. If your talent, skill and imagination can 
combine to present the visualization you intend, that is good.

Convincing? That depends upon who is convinced or not...

Art has room for the most anal retentive "realist" as well as the well 
as the most "let it happen, captain" experimentalist. The diversity 
enriches.

You are allowed to your "good" & "convincingly".
As are all others.
(unless you are a member of the Republican party or the Taliban or... 
pick your favorite Despotism).

mjm


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