{"id":1318,"date":"2019-04-19T04:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T09:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/blog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2020-07-07T12:12:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T17:12:16","slug":"special-habits-for-your-puppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Special Habits for Your Puppet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Something New<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedummyshoppe.com\/category.php?act=puppet_detail&amp;pup_id=403&amp;cat_id=19&amp;c_sp_id=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1300 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Little-Yellow-Bird-2-K-04-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though you want to keep your puppet constantly in motion to keep it looking alive, you also want to go one step further in order to help capture his\/her personality and give him\/her some unique traits that will endear the puppet with the audience.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in the old days, movie actors would have habits that they would use on a regular basis. John Wayne had a particular walk that he used on a regular basis. It became known as \u201chis\u201d walk.<\/p>\n<p>Some movie stars would also use cigarettes\/cigars as their trademark habit. Telly Sevalas had his round sucker that he was always sucking on. Today if you see an actor with a lollipop type sucker, you almost automatically think of \u201cKojak\u201d. (If you are old enough to be of that generation).<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of things that you can pick from for your puppet to have a \u201chabit\u201d. He\/she can pull on an ear. They can rub their tummy. They can scratch their head. They can sniff their nose.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that puts a limit on what the puppet can do is your imagination. A habit, unlike something you do just to keep the puppet looking alive, is something that the puppet becomes known for doing.<\/p>\n<p>The puppet does a \u201chabit\u201d on such a regular basis that the audience almost gets so used to it that they will perform the habit along with the puppet.<\/p>\n<p>Pick a couple of things that you want your puppet to do as habits, and practice them on a regular basis so that the puppet can do the \u201chabit\u201d without you even thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>Thats all for this week. See you next week.<\/p>\n<p>Steve and JET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something New &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Even though you want to keep your puppet constantly in motion&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,60,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hints-and-tips","category-puppets","category-ventriloquism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3165,"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/3165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}