Silhouette Puppet Show: Cut Out Shapes

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to show you how to cut out our image. What we do is we only need to go around the outer lines of the image. Anything that's, any details that are on the image are not going to be seen. So very carefully cut around the outside of the image. Now the image depending on the size of your screen it should all be relative. But it should definitely be big enough that it can be seen from a distance. Depending on how many people are in your audience. How many kids you'll be showing this to. So keep in mind, keep it all relative to the size of the screen. Our image is about four to five inches long from top to bottom. And our screen is going to be a little bigger than a regular piece of notebook paper or copy paper. Not only is it important to keep in mind the size of the image that you're creating but also when you're creating more than one image which you really should have to make an entertaining show. You just make them all, keep them all somewhat of an equal size. So that they're all in proportion. So it's very important when you're making your images. Just keep in mind which images you're going to be using and the sizes of each image which you've created. When you do the project you should definitely be creating several images because it just makes the whole thing more fun. And you're able to change, able to go back and forth because of the nature of the silhouette effect. They're not going to see your hands they only see the image when it comes close to the screen. So it's definitely recommended to make several images to really make a nice show out of it. Don't think that you since you're only going to be using your two hands that you have to limit it to two images. Just be careful going around on the edges of the image. It's always good to have very sharp points make the outer area as sharp as you can. Because that's going to help the shadow show through any indentations, to highlight a nose or a mouth. You should really try to make a separate cut for each of those. And that'll help the image show much more clear. So this is how we cut out the image that we've drawn. And now we're going to attach to a stick and finish the puppet."