Brian Froud on “a character that Jim Henson wanted in the first film” now on Netflix… Lore!

Gary Kurtz, Jim Henson, and Brian Froud working on the original film

“We finally made a character that Jim Henson wanted in the first film.”

Brian Froud

What caused him to say that? Well, when describing all the work that goes into creating and making puppets come alive in New York Magazine’s Vulture, it says:

“By allowing for the erasure of puppeteers, green screen also proved useful in creating puppet characters that couldn’t be realized in the original film, like Lore, a pile of animated rocks that has a special place in Brian Froud’s heart.

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Brian and Toby Froud break down the design of the 7 Gelfling Clans

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Like for the 1982 Dark Crystal film, Brian Froud is the creature designer on Netflix’s prequel series “Age of Resistance” and now with his son Toby Froud , senior costume & creature supervisor .

In this excerpt from IndieWire they give us some insight into their Gelfling designs:

Brian Froud only had to conceive of two Gelfling for the movie — the dark-haired Jen and the platinum-blonde Kira — but in the prequel series, he has a whole race of Gelfling to tackle and define within their respective clans.

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BBC World Service interviews the Frouds on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

BBC World Service - Frouds

BBC World Service released an audio programme called ‘In The Studio’ with the recent show highlighting the Frouds work on The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance.

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Episode 4 (Dark Crystal Fan Event Discussion)

Trial By Stone returns…. early this time for November edition of the show.

Join Philip as well as guests J.M. Lee, Peter Ehm and Melissa Kelt as we discuss about the recent The Dark Crystal Fan Fest that occured on 24th October 2014 with audio recordings of the event featuring Cheryl Henson, Brian Froud, Wendy Froud, Toby Froud, J.M.… Read the rest