What types of puppets were used in The Telegoons?
The medium and wide-shot Telegoons string puppets: The Telegoon puppets used in medium and wide shots were built one third life-size. Unlike the close-up rod puppets, these puppets were built with a full body and legs, but had no moving facial features. They were smaller, and presumably in order to save costs, had less detailing than the close-up puppets. All were string puppets, i.e., controlled entirely as string marionettes. The close-up and dialogue-shot Telegoons rod puppets: The Telegoon puppets used for close-up dialogue shots were actually half-puppets (head, arms and upper half of torso only), built half life-size, with moveable head, arms, mouth, eyelids and eyes. Compared to the medium and wide-shot string puppets, the close-up rod puppets had a much greater level of facial and clothing detail. Being of the rod variety, they also lacked strings, which helped keep the realism level high in close-up shots. They were also completely controlled from below by a system of rods, le
