AQUATIC LIFE puppets can be filmed with two different approaches: filming underwater or filming "dry for wet" (out of water, with water effects and backgrounds added later).

Working dry for wet can be much less restrictive, while filming underwater has the advantage of requiring less post-production work. Many of our Aquatic Puppets here work underwater. Their construction process resembles that of our dry land animals with similar mechanics as well.

We've animated our underwater critters with a variety of strategies: carefully sealed electric motor swim mechanisms hung on fine monofilament from topside puppeteered floatation tubes, pneumatics, bungee assists, cable pulls, rod and cable control, hand puppets.

Safety of course is an issue here, and our underwater puppeteers are PADI certified.