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= Puppet Film = Puppet film develops on the basis of traditional puppetry. It is in the form of a film that the main characters are puppets. Puppets' limbs are controlled by people and their mouths usually do not move frequently. The height of a puppet is approximately 20 centimeters and the background is a model which fits the size of the puppet. The film is shooted by grid-by-frame photography. Puppet film starts from the 1910s. Between the 1930s and 1980s, most genres of puppet films are comedy and animation. There is some famous magnum opus such as Thunderbird series and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. After the 1980s, many horror puppet films appears such as Puppet Master: The Littlest reich. Compared to other films, puppet film focuses more on characters' movements and the main audiences are children and teenagers. More and more realistic elements are added into puppet film in recent years.

History
The author of this book visited most of the famous puppet film industries around the world and interviewed many directors and experts in this area before writing the book. Over 200 puppet films from the earliest to the latest are shown in this book. The book will be cited in the content of ‘History' as the information about puppet film from the book is all academic and authoritative.

Film Production Process
The author also finds different methods of making a puppet since the needed character for every puppet film is different. In the meantime, different countries use different techniques to make puppet films as they are from multicultural backgrounds. The work of the whole process is revealed in this book. So it should be used in the content of ‘Film Production Process'.

This book gives a professional and technical animation process. The author first explained the history of animation, and then a detailed analysis of the animation film shooting techniques. In describing the production process, the author highlighted the use of a large number of still images in an animated film. These still pictures together form a unique movie. The effect of the character is much more interesting than the real person. This method of shooting is the essence of puppet animation film production. So this resource can be used in the category of Film Production Process.

This book mainly focuses on the techniques used in the puppet film the ideas of storytelling in the puppet film. It gives a detailed explanation of the stop-motion technique. The use of stop-motion distinguishes puppet film from traditional puppetry. It makes the puppets in the film behave more like live actors instead of acting as toys in the stage. This information can be regarded as the content of ‘Film Production Process'.

This book can be quoted in the content of ‘History' page as the first chapter offers a long introduction to the history of puppets, puppetry and puppet films. It explains the relationship between puppetry and puppet animation films. In the middle part of the book, the models of the puppets which are used in the film are explained with sample images. Some new digital techniques such as 3D puppet films are presented at the end of the book. The contents of the production of puppets and new digital technology will be cited in the ‘Film Production Process' page as they are the production of puppet films.

Representative Work
there are special chapters on puppet film in this book. In this chapter, the author gives an introduction to the development of puppet film and then analyzes some well-known puppet movies. So this can also be used in both the category of History and the representative work.

the' puppet master series' which is also mentioned in the book is representative horror puppet film. The genre of horror genre of puppet film is famous and frequently-used in recent years. That means this source can also be used in The content of 'Representative Work'.

The book also lists many excellent puppet films which use computer technology. More and more new film elements are invented by puppet film. It then mentions that puppet film actually promotes the progress of the film industry. So this source is useful in both ‘Representative work' and ‘influence'.

Influence
From pages 163 to 165 in this book, the authors appreciate the contents of the puppet and the type of puppet master series. In analyzing the puppet film, the author used a series of different types of movies to show the changes in the puppet film for decades. These changes fully reflect the improvement of puppetry by puppet film. In the form of the film makes puppets' story more creative and meaningful. It is more attractive to audiences compared to the audience. This can be concluded as the impact which the puppet film creates. So the book is useful in the content of 'Influence' part.

Compared to Halas's book which mentions before, this book gives further exploration to the effects which create by the stop-motion technique. Due to the stop-motion, the time is short for one film. The character gets more interesting with strong personality and the storytelling gets more fresh and creative. It changes people's thoughts that puppets are settled and boring. So this book also provides sources for the content of ‘Influence'.

The book also lists many excellent puppet films which use computer technology. More and more new film elements are invented by puppet film. It then mentions that puppet film actually promotes the progress of the film industry. So this source is useful in both ‘Representative work' and ‘influence'.

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