What are we up to? - Jack Fields Edition

Behind the scenes of guild member Jack Field's 10-minute film, "Happy Memories", during last year's filming.  Jack has a degree in Digital Art from Stetson and blends his love of creating by hand with his skills in post production to create psychedelic spectacles of puppetry. He works locally for IBEX Puppetry.

Photo by John Regan III

Jack used the money he secured from a United Arts of Central Florida Professional Development Grant to hire a group of friends and puppeteers in order to realize his story of the surreal journey of a young cupcake into its adulthood.

Photo by John Regan III

The film's only human protagonist is portrayed by local personality and conceptual artist, Brian Feldman, who has performed as the reoccurring human character "Erstbile" opposite Jack's body puppet "Godrick" on stage.

Jack makes heavy use of holiday decorations in this film; transforming tinsel and glitter ball ornaments into mysterious coral-dwelling snakes, making monsters called "Mathuloxes" from small decorative Christmas trees, and creating cupcake guts from Mardi Gras beads. 

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Sketch-blogger and Central Florida arts advocate Thomas Thorspecken visited the shoot and composed a vibrant sketch featuring Brian Feldman, cameraman John Regan III, guild member Megan Boye, and Jack hard at work.