The Puppet Show

THE PROJECT

The Puppet Show is a dark comedy short film about coming to grips with the nature of existing. Barry, a primary school teacher, is putting on a puppet show for his school. This show is going to be his magnum opus. His masterpiece. All is going well until his star puppet, Larry, becomes self-aware and questions everything. From hilarity to insanity, the tension between man and puppet builds to a breaking point. This film grew from a desire to express the common internal struggle that everyone deals with at some point in their lives. Existence. Everlasting fears, anxieties and worries can haunt us, and this film faces those head-on, through the eyes of a puppet. Inspired by deathly black comedies such as The Lighthouse and Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared we aim to create something unique. Something unlike anything seen before.

THE CREW

We have a diverse team of young filmmakers with unique and creative voices itching to be heard. All emerging creatives in the NZ film industry, we are burning with passion and originality to imbue into this project.

Producer: Bayden McTaylor-Biggs
Director/Writer: Sam Pay
Director of Photography: Minty Fletcher-Dobson
1st Assistant Director: Finn Hyndman
Editor: Kaylib McCartney
Sound Recordist: Bahman Khalili
Art Department: Matilda Macandrew
Gaffer: Levi McLaren-Haub
1st Assistant Camera: Leonardo Gaeta

OUR GOAL

We want this project to be the best it can be! The Puppet Show needs to raise $3000 for this to happen. Your contributions will largely go towards our art department, the puppets and the set design. On top of this, all of your generous donations will enable us to afford locations, actors, catering, transportation costs and distribution costs to have this film seen in festivals both in NZ and internationally.

We are deeply grateful for any support you can provide, no matter how big or small. We’d love to offer you this opportunity to be part of something so unique and exciting and we cannot wait to share it with you!

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