A Fine Mess! Swazzle Workshop #2

Since I showed ya a photo of Tim with the Dragon puppet for our "Hazel and the Dragon" Swazzle Workshop segment, I thought it would be fun to continue with more photos from that particular segment. This one is a shot of all the mess we made on the floor to open the segment. The Momma Dragon flies into the screen and creates such a strong gust that she knocks everything off the table (including Tiger and Mousedeer). The Chiodo Brothers had a large industrial fan that we borrowed to make this happen. We tied a thin rope to a thread bundle (we tried it first with thread--to make it harder to see the pull string but, that snapped--too thin!), I stood off camera and when the fan kicked on, I pulled the pile of stuff off in a smooth controlled motion. Sean and Victoria did some great stuff before they too, fell offscreen. Tim and Patrick stood near the fan and tossed handfulls of paper onto the table in front of the fan, so you'd see even MORE mayhem. Doesn't that sound like fun?! I told you this was one of my favorite segments to shoot! I can't WAIT to see it finished.