Making the Intro: Neil's Puppet Dreams - Behind the Scenes with Digital Twigs

Created by Digital Twigs:
"For the opening of Neil's Puppet Dreams we wanted to capture the quintessential moment of the show; Neil entering the puppet world that exists in his dreaming mind. The strangeness of the puppet-verse intrigued us and we imagined a transition essentially between the waking world and the dreaming world. Visually we wanted to show Neil's insides as the inner workings of a puppet. We knew right away we wanted to do it all practical, and include the Henson Alternative puppet parts. So we proceeded by building the inside of Neil's head/brain out of meat and felt. It got a little smelly but it was worth it."
Music: "The Ballad of Speck and Pebble" by Delicate Steve (courtesy of Louka Bop)
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[@amurderofcrowz]

so much work for such a tiny clip. mad respect

[@lxt101]

That's awesome! I didn't realise it was all just layered piratical effects!

[@LycoRogue]

Yeah! I thought it was mostly CG. Mad props (excuse pun) for actually building all of that stuff!

[@anorhakeem3]

The people at digital twigs are absolutely talented with great imagination on what they are planning to do. My favourite would be their work on rhett and link's mythical show.

[@livl5168]

anorhakeem3 you mean good mythical morning

[@carnut015]

Practical beats digital effects just about every time in terms of quality and watchability where it can be used. Bravo, guys! The work was worth it.

[@AliciaDeMarcoAnimations]

I thought it was computer animation... I'm gonna go in the corner and rethink my life...

[@drewparrott]

this gives me a much better appreciation for what you guys have to go through just for the intro.

[@moustachemoe]

I know right!? I saw the title and was like "Behind the scenes of what? A metric F ton of computer animation?" But it was so much more. I feel like I will have a new appreciation for the intro.

[@seldrinar4739]

Wow! Just fantastic!

[@ArthurAnymoredonuts1]

Amazing how much work goes into an intro!

[@improbablewhale]

Thanks for sharing this, makes me respect it so much more.

[@Yasenine]

woah, so much work. Congrats! :D it was really fun to watch

[@__RD14533]

I love this intro. I didn't realize how much work when into making it. Great job guys!

[@techiefIve]

Holy cow! So many layers!

[@HelloDoctorPuppet]

I love this so much!

[@Antony_Oscar]

This is amazing.

[@tryfinally]

The intro immediately caught my eye when I first saw one of the videos. I thought it was some remarkably good CGI, but this goes to show that nothing can beat practical effects combined with clever compositing.

[@meceve]

Oh my goodness! I never thought about the amount of work required just to make the intro. Very cool!

[@ferzybear]

Wow, had no idea it was that complex! Well done!

[@Zearonith]

That was a clever use of bacon.

[@kamberlin22]

This is awesome

[@SmileTat]

Wow, Congratz guys !

[@transce]

very awesome sequence

[@82Circa]

That's amazing guys. :D

[@crystalzip2002]

Wow that is amazing

[@CaraCompass]

So much more work than I thought it was! Wow :O Had no idea there were so many genuine props. And love that even the behind the scenes is largely stop motion :))

[@gabrielleallison2596]

INSANE amount of work...but it creeped me the fuck out so good job :)

[@yo252yo]

very cute way to display the making off, i usually hate making off but I loved this video

[@paperstarjar]

This is great.

[@mcgrimus69]

Haha he got a bacon eye.

[@daniella10177]

Woww this is soo awesome! such an incredible amount of handmade props i thought it was mostly computer animated..very cool!! :)

[@PinkChucky15]

Awesome

[@yakumomo9128]

That's amazing, I didn't know you went through so much trouble to make that intro. Props to you. :)

[@mattowns77]

I hope more of these come out

[@JasonBSchmidt]

Cool!

[@CherDavisActress]

So awesome, it has a "Pee Wee's Playhouse" feel to it!

[@cambeasley75]

We want more puppet dreams!

[@kitiong]

amazing beans!

[@bizarrart79]

sweet!!

[@lucaebohdaghe486]

More videos ;):D

[@holycloudable]

Impressive

[@carlaramirez9452]

I want to see more 😭😭

[@Eco8hk]

the guy at 1:12-1:13 is really cute...this is an awesome video that makes me apprciate the finished product more!

[@HaylieKrause-wo2ex]

1:12-1:13

[@missyv1756]

this shit is amazing.

[@bullesweet]

wow thought it was computer animated, really cool. :D

[@Izzywhipit]

Ah, I see! :)

[@RossLlewallyn]

What was the time frame for this? Days? Weeks?
I had no idea the work that went into this. Appreciation++

[@RosaryRattler0118]

I had no idea how much chicken dancing was involved in stop motion !

[@AGothNamedWednessday]

So much technology lol

[@MarshalGrover]

I legit though it was CGI, wow

[@frederick6096]

B A C O N E Y E

[@DaniaZucchini]

i thought it was all through computer!

[@DungeonMistressC]

I want to be a puppeteer

[@ThePinkPangolin]

Who's the adorable guy at 1:53?

[@slapstickcomedy2.061]

It's 2019 WHERE'S SEASON 2!?

[@TheOnlyBayleef]

;)

[@BEGOR_RU]

а я не понял

[@AGrayPhantom]

So Neil's insides smell of bacon...

[@TheOnlyBayleef]

He's hot. You all know which one I'm talking about.

[@Wolfeye099]

NOOOO! Your ruined the magic!!