Jim Henson’s Creature Shop has been behind most of cinema’s biggest creature and puppetry endeavors. Their work has been part of Star Wars, Sesame Street, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and they’re responsible for The Muppets. Jim Henson was the creator of The Muppets and directed every Muppet movie until his death in 1990 from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome after battling a severe case of pneumonia. His son, Brian Henson, then took over the company and directed his first film, The Muppet Christmas Carol.The Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the most popular and beloved Christmas movies of all time. It’s known for being wholesome and a little creepy, thanks to the original puppet creations used for the ghosts who visit Scrooge. Not everyone thinks about all the work it takes to create a performance using puppetry. Still, it’s a lot of experimentation and talent, and it’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes process.In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley “clanked its chain so hideously in the dead silence,” and “his body was transparent.” The same Statler and Waldorf puppets were used, but to make them into the Marley brother’s ghosts, they were covered in white powder. Then they filmed them in front of black velvet, and the puppeteers moving them wore black, too, which was nice because the puppeteers could be right in the shot and easily taken out when editing because they blended with the background. The Muppets were superimposed back onto the film footage to give them a transparent look.
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop has been behind most of cinema’s biggest creature and puppetry endeavors. Their work has been part of Star Wars, Sesame Street, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and they’re responsible for The Muppets. Jim Henson was the creator of The Muppets and directed every Muppet movie until his death in 1990 from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome after battling a severe case of pneumonia. His son, Brian Henson, then took over the company and directed his first film, The Muppet Christmas Carol.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the most popular and beloved Christmas movies of all time. It’s known for being wholesome and a little creepy, thanks to the original puppet creations used for the ghosts who visit Scrooge. Not everyone thinks about all the work it takes to create a performance using puppetry. Still, it’s a lot of experimentation and talent, and it’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes process.
In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley “clanked its chain so hideously in the dead silence,” and “his body was transparent.” The same Statler and Waldorf puppets were used, but to make them into the Marley brother’s ghosts, they were covered in white powder. Then they filmed them in front of black velvet, and the puppeteers moving them wore black, too, which was nice because the puppeteers could be right in the shot and easily taken out when editing because they blended with the background. The Muppets were superimposed back onto the film footage to give them a transparent look.
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