Two Forms of Puppetry: From Project Hail Mary to Wildwood

Puppetry takes wildly different forms on screen: from small stop-motion puppets animated frame by frame to massive creatures operated by multiple puppeteers and Brad Schiff and James Ortiz perfectly encapsulate this spectrum. LAIKA's Head of Animation Brad Schiff has spent his career bringing puppets to life one frame at a time, while James Ortiz built and performed Project Hail Mary's beloved Rocky. Two experts on the medium trade notes on where creativity actually happens, why rigorous preparation fuels real improvisation, and how craft becomes something unmistakably human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices