How to be a Professional Puppeteer with Olly Taylor

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Today I’m talking to professional puppeteer Olly Taylor-Wyatt. Olly’s been working on big budget movies and tv shows, including Star Wars The Force Awakens, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Muppets Most Wanted and as one of the lead puppeteers on the Netflix Dark Crystal Series: Age of Resistance.
This one’s a real insight in how to get into being professional puppeteer, what its like working on massive productions and some of the practicalities of working as a puppeteer on set. Enjoy.
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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Is puppeteering a competitive industry? (00:00:55)

3. Is there a certain type of person that becomes a puppeteer? (00:03:19)

4. Different types of puppetry (00:07:04)

5. How does the hierarchy work on set? (00:08:54)

6. Should you do your own stuff? Did Olly start with a showreel? (00:12:40)

7. The power of being professional (00:16:58)

8. Helping on set - when to speak up (00:21:22)

9. The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance (00:23:19)

10. Is a showreel important? (00:26:09)

11. Doing things backwards and working with a monitor (00:28:28)

12. Practice at home (00:31:46)