Shadow Play
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To stage a shadow play, a puppeteer needs to control the movements of three or four puppets. At the same time, the puppeteer is supposed to ensure the coordination between the movements and the music, singing voices and narration. With the advancement of modern technologies, things are made easier in digitalized shadow puppet cartoons, which retain the way traditional shadow plays are performed and can be easily made and edited according to the audience's demand. Modern shadow plays can feature almost anything, such as various vehicles, queer ghosts and beasts, etc. And stunts like soaring into the sky and going into the earth, changing forms, smoke spraying and fire spitting, toppling mountains and overturning seas can be presented. Meanwhile, all types of special effects and light and sound effects can be added. So, such shadow plays are well suited to stage large scale mythological plays peppered with dazzling scenes. |














