The genius puppetry behind War Horse | Handspring Puppet Company
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- www.ted.com "Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonishment: the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse, who trots (and gallops) convincingly onto the TED stage.
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also lmao at everyone going "thats not how you ride a horse!!!" no. thats how you ride a puppet horse polited by 2 humans, trying to keep her balanced while not breaking anything
Exactly, those comments are super annoying!
Agreed.
Corrected, however, it's piloted by 3 hoomans
It's amazing how quickly you cease to "see" the puppeteers and focus only on the puppet.
But i am seeing normal, healthy Sleipnir
Fgtth😂
I saw Warhorse on stage... Truly life changing.
+Daft Love Me too. Guys, if you ever have a chance to see it, don't miss it!!
I agree!
It’s so good, I’ve been lucky enough to see it twice over both hours it’s tour in Australia
Saw that a decade and more ago and it paved ways for my interest in equine sports and horse racing afterwards
The coolest thing I got from this clip is how 3 people synchronized their brains to make it look real.
When Joey came out, I began to cry, and I am not even sure why. Truly moving.
You know how hard that is? I do technical theater at my school and just with the sets and props it is already hard enough. It would be very difficult to have a real live horse in the show and what about on stage? The horse may be scripted to be alone on stage and the way the horse acts on stage is critical for the storyline. Creating a puppet to use on stage gives control over what the horse behaves, subtle motions (such as ear flicks and the tail) are very vital to the horse's mood.
Hello 7 years later
Are you really telling us why a puppet horse is used on stage instead of a real one?
God damn I hate people.
@@michaelc3977 i think it was meant to be a reply to a different comment that was probably asking why they wouldn't just use a real horse... lol
@@Phantasmaphobic Okay, but I still hold my disdain for people.
CGI artist here... that puppet is badass and the knowledge those actors have that 'drive' it is immense and beautifully executed. Bravo!
That hyena was terrifying.
I liked the hyena, myself.
IKR, it’s creepy XD No hate TED!
That hyena has got to be the creepest looking thing I've ever seen
Emotional engineering. Thank you for walking on this planet.
Yes, I thought that was a very evocative phrase too :)
This is one of the best comments I've ever read on RUclips
I saw the stage play in London. I am an equestrian who has ridden since before I could walk and have later in life studied equine behaviour and language, which my body has always understood.
I was amazed because I didn't see actors and puppets on stage... I saw, felt and heard horses on stage.
Although real horses don't make that much vocal noise, I suppose it was necessary to engage with the non-horsey audience.
Bravo everybody... 3 of you at a time disappearing and one horse appearing in your place... a mighty achievement, congratulations
The vocalisations were probably needed to cue the puppeteers
This is so cool, it's like you know it's a puppet, but it just moves and behaves so realistically. Truly outstanding.
I'd never heard of this production; that was such a fantastic job of puppet construction and puppeteering! I'm completely blown away!
War horse was the best play I've ever been to, from the start you forget the horses are just puppets,-it's amazing to see how they do it here. Great talk!
That horse neigh XD
That's cool XD
this is truly a beatifully piece of artwork i actually at one point was so convinced this was a real horse props to everyone that had something to do with this amazing production it is hands down one of the most complex and creative things done by the human mind
Wow. Joey is simply amazing. Those who actually know what art truly is will know this. Ignore the ignorant among us.
i just saw the show a couple of days ago it was amassing when the horse is revealed it is so breath taking how big and life like it is
Saw War Horse at Lincoln Center in NYC. It was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The puppeteers brought the horses to life!
Fascinating :)
To all the Neigh-sayers (pun intended) TED is about expansion of knowledge and ideas. The diversity of TED's ideas is amazing. Not every subject will inspire, but every talk is an expansion of the mind :)
:P
Blows my mind how in synch they become after so many months of practising. Just the smallest movement and they know what the 'horse' is planning to do. So bloody natural looking. I would love to see this show (even though I know for a fact it would break my heart. There's bound to be something awful which happens to the horses..). Amazed.
Phenomenal work. It is truely amazing how simple yet complex it is to animate a puppet. Master at their craft
it's the LEG ACTING from the dudes in the horse for me
At first I was skeptical with the puppeteer's ability to control the horse, but wow! After the demonstration I am thoroughly impressed.
Bumped into this by accident, but WOW!! How incredible is this!
Thank you so much for this absolutely beautiful posting I've been breaking and training Grand Prix horses my entire life.. watching Joey come to life has been absolutely amazing for me.. In tears❣ impeccably love the war horse! America should definitely have a statue of him!! For all of the horses that fought the War for us without any choice and we're 100% committed regardless of life or death!! God bless everyone of them and also for every soldier that was with them every step of the way!!!!
Honestly puppetry like this should be in Disney to bring animal characters to life. Think about how many more people would come to see puppets of famous Disney animal characters like Aladar or Simba
Why does the audience keep laughing at random??
OMG HEELS DOWN WOMAN!!!! AND LEG UNDERNEATH YOU. NOT BEHIND. Equestrian pet peeves much?
Not to mention mounting from the wrong side !!! 🙄😮😣😬🤪😵🤬
If you planned on using God's name in vain, please don't. Please repent and ask for forgiveness.
@@GrowingWarrior god damnit, noone even said anything my guy!
Funny, the horses movements were not fully normal, the horse is lifted by 2 people, and you are trying to blame the rider? She was trying not to put any tension on the back, so that the puppeteers could do their work. You are just cringe.
Those are so cool.. Reminds me of the Lion King performance, especially the hyena
I traveled to London to watch the premier of Warhorse at the theatre, needless to say it was worth every penny.
0:25 Know it's a puppet but I saw him grab and hold hyena like a wet cloth and went “Naww... don't hold him like that.. big meanie” Then he hid under his paw and made me go “I know fella... what they doing at you eh?”
Then his head flopped off the table and I wanted them to stop talking and lift him up cos it looked like he just died on the vet table and they weren't bothered.
Says more about the genius of these puppeteers I think. They can make a primitive wooden hyena make me immediately see him as a real animal.
I love that they treat him as a real horse!
The face looks like a dog
+Jessica Topenio Actually standardbreads and some draft varieties have that slightly bowed face, it didn't look too dogish. It would have been great if they could have gotten some jaw movement on it but that may have made the head too heavy
+Marion Storms oh
I saw the play last week in NYC. The horses were so mesmerizing that for long gaps I would miss every word the human actors were saying.
The guy talking is just adorable!
There's something beautiful about this that special effects today can't capture.
awesome but no idea why the guys inside are not dressed in black as they really mess with the look of the horse. strange choice to put them in a color similar to the horse thereby making it look like it has 8 legs
The mark of a great puppeteer is one who does not hide the strings, but makes you forget they are there.
Jason Leo thay are same collerd bicous a real horse is one coller
In an actual performance, the lighting would conceal the puppeteers' involvement.
Handspring puppet company has been part of life in Cape Town for over 30 years. They have always inspired with their creativity , passion, social commitments. I am excited to see the show next week - it's finally got to Cape Town. Well done, Basil and Adrian and all involved in this creation.
They hit all the letters of "TED" with this one!
beautiful. saw the play & 5 minutes in, you dont see the handlers, it becomes a real horse.
Maravilhosossssss!! Genais! Estou fascinada, como amante de cavalos e da arte genuína!! Parabéns aos criadores e executores do Joey!
Cannot understand all the hate on this. It is amazing. Would like to see you create, or even work one of these
I don't givwe a fuck if this talk isn't "fundamental TED". So long as they still upload talks of every nature, I think it's a GOOD thing to branch out.
This is still one of my absolute favorite Ted Talks. It's remarkable how lifelike the puppets are.
I'm amazed, I watched this video twice, and I can't wait to show it to someone else
When I looked in my subscription box I read "the genius puppetry behind war"
Now that is a TED talk I would have been interested to to watch something about the psychological manipulation of the masses when the world turns to war...
Lol I imagine a troop of Muppets with assault rifles
"An actor struggles to die on stage while a puppet struggles to be alive. That, in way, is a metaphor for life." yeah, a puppeteer's life, sure; the rest of us, not so much.
I love this!!!!!!!!!!
I drew horse puppet designs when I was younger. I would have loved to have been involved in war horse! :( . Oh well, they did a fantastic job! Awesome!
I saw this is person years ago. One of my biggest wishes is for it to return to the stage in the US. So moving.
Are you sure it was not Lady Gaga herself? Hard to differentiate in good lighting, never mind a tour...
I have not seen such beauty in a long time. Brought me to tears the moment that I saw the prototype. Brilliant performance as well by the puppeteers. Remarquable!
amazing how life-like that horse is, me knowing horses :)
the woman stept up on the wrong side of the horse.... what to do with those city folk, Eh?
eltanin awry haha!! those were my first words regarding her too.
Well, it's just a puppet.
+eltanin awry I am so curious, why should you always step up on the same side? (I know this is a super late comment :) )
eltanin awry you can get up on the side wich feels comfortable.. some are right/left handed you know. dont think it harms anyone really..
what to do? Take a chill pill!
I think this was so wonderful, complete with humor.
the only difference between a cgi character and a puppet is the physical reality of a puppet. Cgi characters are digital puppets, and the puppeteers are the animators. Neither are better than the other, it all depends on the performer (puppeteer or animator).
i really wish the CC matched their words..
That's all you have to point out? Really? They weren't even "shoving it in the faces", he quickly mentioned it and moved on because that's how they started working together. and I'm sorry to say this, but if something like that makes you so uncomfortable that you have to bitch and complain about it instead of just moving on, you're going to have a really sad life.
Hate to be a snob, but, why are these puppeteers leaving out the femur, fibula, tibia articulation in the hind legs of all of their puppets? I find it very disturbing.
That girl does NOT know anything about riding probably. She looked absolutely aweful although its a puppet still she looked absolutely horrible
What do u expect, its a puppet with real people under it
The hyena is scary!!! :0
like you :0
Idk if this is a hyena
Yess it’s so creppy!
Scary-
She rode the horse weirdly. i think if she let the movements be more natural, she would have looked more convincing.
I love their passion for this art and I hope that they take it to a new level. I was quite disappointed when I saw the two men in the final product. If they could engineer some light electric or mechanical mechanisms to bring the horse to life instead of the two men then I think it would have been amazing. The concept is wonderful without but for it to be perfect, it CAN'T have people.
I saw this performance in my city on Tuesday and it was spectacular. The horse's movements were so fluid and appropriate. Even though you knew there were puppeteers in there, you hardly noticed them. It was like each horse was it's own entity.
All I can say is that, while this was extremely unusual for TED, it sure brought some variety and a DIFFERENT kind of interest to creative solutions to life. As he said, "an actor struggles to die on stage, but a puppet has to struggle to live". It's in the least interesting.
that horse was amazing! wow, wow...
I saw War Horse live, the puppet was a better actor than the main human character.
Take a shot every time one of them says ehm.
Yeah, because that is just so ... ehm ... important! 😱
If they want to extend the illusion they should have had her mount on the correct side of the horse (and choosing an actress that knows what a rider looks like when galloping). Every equestrian watching this just lost the illusion. A blue ribbon for the horse. A noose for the rider.
The girl acted like she hadn't ridden one day of her life! No offence! =)
+Breyer Bud She probably hadn't :P
She was too busy fluffing her hair and such.
War horse
I don't think she was acting. Poor horse.
It's a puppet calm down
It must feel amazing to play that puppet...
quite the genius design! next is the puppet thestral!
To all the people complaining about the woman ridding the puppet, she is not a horse rider in any way shape or form, her name is Zem Joaquin and she is an eco designer, no doubt seeing that she shares a passion for eco friendly building and crafting materials is most likely why she was given the chance to ride joey.
Never hurts to do a little reading before flying off the handle about her not keeping her heels down, sitting too far back or mounting from the right. also she most likely mounted form the right so the audience wouldn't see her being given a leg up, it doesnt look good as part of a demonstration
Must be the same hacks who came up with the puppets/costumes for The Lion King on Broadway...
"and our next door neighbor, catherine" absolutely choked laughing
I'm impressed, excellent presentation.
I love how they bow at the end because they are actors
That thing was fucking creepy. You people should be ashamed.
its the combination of the craftsmanship & the brilliant acting the truely breathes life into this, Fascinating to watch!
@kjelle90 I think this is interesting. The thing is, TED isn't only about learning about recent discoveries in fields of numerous sciences. Though, you might get away with calling puppet-making a science. I had no idea people could do this. I think it was in place.
-Poltergeist
Well that, and if you've ever tried to coax a convincing emotional performance from a live horse, you know that they're terrible actors. ;) The genius of this puppet is that the true emotional essence of the horse is captured through perfectly coordinated movements. I think the puppet is much better than a real horse, actually. The handlers really are true artists. The body language is absolutely spot on. :)
@1989Gez1989 I didn't get as confused. The 8 legs kept throwing me off.
at 2:14 it looks like the hyena dies.
@AmusingYeti LOL!!! I don't understand where this TED = science thing came from. I found TED while watching musical performances.
interesting..it reminds me of the show "walking with dinosaurs" which is similar in mechanic but with more technology. Of course this one is more "handcrafted".
I live in South Africa, Cape Town!!! I need to know where that factory is so that I can have a dressage horse or a horse that I can use against my friends if I want.
Beautifully well done. I'm usual all for bashing an art piece on TED, but considering the achievement of making the horse it seems worthwhile this time.
wow u guys are really good at making puppets
Listen I come to TED primarily for science and technology, but I love the occasional artistic thing, they're not bad so I don't see what all the complaints are about, there are about 700 videos dedicated to science and education, isn't that enough?
This is cool!
Those guys inside the horse must be very fit. Holding that much weight while working to manipulate the horse would make you fatigued very quickly. And to make it seem so horse-like, they are very talented.
@Spydurz The title says neither robot or robotic puppet. Your disappointment was your own fault.
that's amazing artwork. i wonder if that thing can actually fool a real horse. (but i guess the scent would give it away..)
lol we watched this for drama cos puppets
This company is awesome! I've seen their work in "War Horse" at Lincoln Center, and it is AMAZING. You absolutely forget you are watching puppets.
No, Sleipnir, the eight legged horse.
Here is what I see. Two solders in a field in this thing doing recon. You would never even think to look at a horse in a field off in the distance and from air craft you could have a herd of camels that are really solders. Now that is a Trojan Horse. :D
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I would defnintely prefer the wood version of Lady Gaga on stage... at least somebody could try to inject a bit of life and talent into her sound/noise... I don't think I could tolerate any version of Bieber, though...
As for this horse - they have just turned a two man in a horse to two men in a horse and one outside... wow.
the intro is pointless!!!! please make some changes... at least change the jet noise or whatever it is with a nice clear sound of a piano or a string instrument. anything!!!! i hate it!!!!!
@Ramubay Depending on which historian you ask, he very well may have been. But on the other hand, it seems pretentious to apply modern labels to people so far removed from modern times. Regardless, when I said he would love them, I didn't really mean it in that way! Haha.
@andyrooney12 That would make it a robot/automaton not a puppet (which would be cool!). Puppets are intended to be dead/inanimate objects brought to life by human acting. Taking away the two men would make it not a puppet, which would defeat it's entire purpose of existence in this video.