Gnome Maker (1961)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Croydon, Surrey.
M/S of an orchestra of jolly gnome puppets playing in front of a woodland glade set. C/U of the conductor gnome swaying in time to the music. M/S of two gnomes playing a fiddle and a banjo. C/U of a gnome playing the drums. C/U of the maze of wooden cogs operating the puppets.
M/S of gnome model maker, 78 year old John Insull, modelling a clay head - he is the "uncrowned king of probably only 4 super-craftsmen of this type in the world". M/S of John taking the body of a puppet out of its mould, behind him on the wall hang several completed puppets. John then joins the body to a pair of legs and a painted head - "that clay head we saw was merely the first stage. From that a mould was created and the gnome's head made again from paper mache". C/U of John putting a long white beard and pointy yellow hat on the head. John's workshop is "tucked away in a leading Croydon store" (Kennards of Croydon) but his reputations is international. While his is fiddling with the puppet, John presses a button on his work bench which operates a mechanical 'golliwog' jack-in-the-box, tilt down to the cogs turning beneath. John made his name as Hinsle the comedy conjuror but the advent of the talkies set him in a different career direction at the age of 45. He made his own props as a conjuror and so was well prepared for his new vocation. C/U of the jack-in-the-box wiggling his arms and knocking the puppet hand out of John's hands.
M/S of gnome puppets in a workshop set operating saw mill. C/U of a happy gnome and a sad gnome working on the saw mill. C/U of a gnome turning a wheel on the mill. M/S of lots of gnomes mucking about in their workshop. M/S of two gnomes, one keeps falling asleep and the other nudges him - the puppets have very realistic facial expressions. M/S of some gnomes - one gnome is waving a stick with a butterfly on the end. C/U of a gnome drilling. C/U of a miserable gnome stirring a pot. C/U of a gnome sweeping the floor, tilt down to show a mouse popping up. C/U of the cheeky mouse waving at the gnome. John has also produced some "individual masterpieces" - he made the original Archie Andrews ventriloquist's dummy.
FILM ID:159.07
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What a shame he isnt more famous today. I love his work. But i suppose this is where we'll all end up, huh? Even if we master our craft, sooner than later we will be gone. And unless our work is absolutely incredible, it too will be forgotten :( he was 78 in 1961... that means just his works of art he created in this little short film are over 63 years old. I doubt his grand children kept any of them... nobody respects their familes or the past anymore it seems... but here we are. The very few of us watching this, looking into a portal of a master artist from the past, making what i believe are priceless works of art. If only i had something my mom or dad made to keep with me. And i too, will be gone before you know it, and all my precious items cast to the wind, or resold "if im lucky"
What incredible talent! 😲 Theres something about puppet art that gives off impressions that marionettes have alot of personality in them. Much to a tee.
And I thought I saw this on KidPix once with the little movie snippets.
1:48 this one makes me think about mr. Roger's Lady Elaine puppet... I wonder if it's related.
0:07-0:11 Who remembers this from KidPix?
A great talent but some of the faces look a bit creepy!