The Secret Keeper – Show Logo

Tim Austin and I have got a lot of initial groundwork done for our new shadow puppet series.

We have come up with a name: “The Secret Keeper”.  This is a reference to the main character who has a library of books relating to “crime”.

We have worked out who the different groups of people will be in the world and what they are like.

We have come up with images for what most of the main characters will look like and ideas about a general look for some of the groups.

I have also come up with a design for a front facing shadow puppet face with moving facial features.

We will make close up head puppets of the main characters with different expressions and accessories etc, facing in different directions. We can then cut between these different puppets for dialogue scenes to create a filmed “multi-camera” look – a unique approach for shadow puppetry.

I have also set up a new Instagram account just for the show.  This will post pictures of the images I am using for inspiration amongst other things.  CLICK HERE for the Instagram account @5ecret_keeper. We will be launching a Facebook page and a twitter account too in the run up to production.

Our current aim is to prepare and shoot a “Pilot” episode as an example piece. This will demonstrate the potential of the series as we look for funding for the show.

Tim is in the process of story-boarding the plot of the series, setting out events and story-lines that will stretch out episode by episode. This is an extremely complicated process!