Category Archives: On Location

Sauhund: Ludwig’s office

Shooting day for BR’s new puppet show.

I dressed a corner in our premises as the show’s central control room. This is from where line-producer Ludwig Wolpertinger (puppet builder: Robert Rebele) desperately tries to manage the on-stage mayhem.

Just moments before shooting. Behind the camera: director David Gromer and DOP Stefan Spoo.

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Under the table, quite uncomfy: Norman Cöster (head and voice) and me (both hands) working Ludwig.

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Sauhund: sock puppets

Another project for BR.

Sauhund, a puppet show. My DingStars will also appear in this show. A new regular feature will be the Socken-Fans, characters clearly to identify as sock puppets . A bunch of fans waylaying the guest star at the back door of the sound stage. I’m doing my best to make the most of those normally rather primitive sock puppets and make them fully-fledged characters.

An example from sketch to final puppet:
Rudi, a Bavarian Prototype.

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And here the whole cast so far.

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CNS: summiteering

The summit episode on the show.

The riddle is camouflaged as a metal memorial plate. I’m fastening my dummy to the front side of the original one so that no one notices anything at a first glance.

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By the way, great shooting! A real outdoor experience in the Bavarian Alps. No art-department trucks, no cars. Only packing cases and brim-full back packs, that need to be dragged through the woods and up the mountains. Tough, but big fun.