'NIGHTCALL' (ft. The 'Gos')
Happy (nearly) Springtime Patrons!
So a little behind the scenes info...
I'm using my 'creepy face puppet' that I built about 4 months ago. The key concept of this puppet is that my mouth is projected in real-time on the puppets face using a tiny camera and screen. A UV light is also used so that the puppet glows, although here I decided to colour shift the result and may well do the same for future videos using this puppet, just to add some interesting variation.
The track was arranged and played back on the 'OP-Z' by Teenage Engineering, however the vocals and vocoder elements are performed live. You may notice that the puppet is in a similar part of the screen whenever the vocoder is heard, shifting his weight slightly between phrases.
This is because I'm using my thumb to play the chords :D
I like the concept of doing 'live' unedited performances like this, as it could lend itself nicely to some real (in person) live performances, or even live streaming online. But of course there's plenty of room for improvement, so I'll keep at it ;)
Comments (11)
That was fantastic ... lots of potential with the new design and color shift. Did notice that Creepy didn’t use his hands much ... is it more difficult with this design?
I think I might need to make the cables a little longer, he could do with a bit more reach :)
Closed captions needs some work: <a href="http://puu.sh/CV5kf/3261207ebe.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://puu.sh/CV5kf/3261207ebe.jpg</a>
I lost it when Creepstar did the tightly-focused pelvis dance death ray and a terrified Gos made a hasty exit stage right.
Wooo yay Oogie (does it have an actual name now?) is back and sounding rather Daft Punk/Muse-esque :D Another fun demonstration of versatility in song/style choice, dexterity in coordination... and flexibility with the Gos lol
Really cool design :D I love your stuff!
Arguably the best puppeteer of my generation!
Wow doing all of this in live is so cool! Well done for the music and the dance it was very nice! Let's all praise the Gos (I laughed so hard when I realized it was on your foot haha)!
I love that you are so talented in so many areas. Great stuff!
i can see the puppeteer! :D I really like the "creepy face puppet" you should call it "AkuBoo" (AH-KUU-BOO) Combination of "Oogie Boogie" and "Aku Aku" (From crash bandicoot)
nice!