Drake the Proud and Lonely Prince - Puppet show

This puppet show, is my 2nd tried, the 1st time I asked my daughter to record the video from her handphone, it is not good because of the angle. But later on, she had suggested using her laptop webcam and it does work this time, the angle is good and the video is not shaky. But must warned you all, it is not that good, I am not very satisfied with my puppet's emotion. Well, I am learning, so cannot give myself too much pressure. Heheheh...

I made a theatre screen (with the help from my daughter) for my Twinkleforrest, the castle, the river, the forrest, the Forbidden Mountain, the rainbow stone shinning on top of the mountain and not to forget all my characters. Hope you enjoy it.

http://docs.google.com/File?id=dqpnvtv_86grsfk4hg_b


PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Obl685DWmQ


PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id0hVzRXDuU


Thank you for viewing, please help to post comments for my further improvements.

Drake the proud and lonely prince audion 2nd edition

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This audio is my second attempt and more refine version. Please give me some comments. I will be using this for my puppet show.

At last, I have able to embed my audio into my blog, but I was unabled to use the Internet Archive and instead I am using Divshare.com, it is another shared website for audio, video, and etc. It was so frustrating 3 days, for I tried and tried to do it with Internet Archive and even X10 helped me but unsuccessful.

The audio Stories Telling, is just 1st attempt, I will be re-doing it to another refine version, your comments are very much appreciated.


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1st Task - Drake the proud and lonely prince

I was sort of on leave from Stories Telling for 1 week, and after hearing the discussion among the members at our Bold play therapy training, I myself felt more panicked, and during that time I still haven't listened to Alex's sent audio of the online group tutorial - very stressed.

Yesterday, I listened to the audio until 12.45am and today I looked at the 3 Skeleton stories and can't decides to chose The Magic Stone or The Lonely Prince. In the end I chosen The Lonely Prince, but turn it into a setting in a fairyland. I have chosen the names of my character from the and Faries World website, and little do I know they have girl and boy fairies names, my prince name Drake in the faries world it mean Dragon, Alvin is an elf, noble friend, Elvy is an elf warrior, Kalen is an elf warrior and last Foster the wiseman is a forrest guardian.

I have not yet tape into audio, but would like very much if you can help me to edit it.

Here my story begins:-

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Drake the proud and lonely prince

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful fairyland named Twinkleforrest and it is ruled by royal fairies, and the other fairies lived peacefully and happily there.
Drake was the prince of Twinkleforrest, he was bright, handsome, confident and also like cleanliness. He loved singing, reading and flying freely in the forest. But, Drake only wants to play with the children who have the same quality as him. This leaves Drake very lonely, because there is hardly anyone who is as perfect as him.

The King and Queen realised this problem, they have tried many ways but it is no help at all, Prince Drake still does not wants to be friends with the imperfect.

The King sent his men to find Foster the Forest Guardian. When he arrived the king said to him “Foster, how can Drake rule my kingdom in future, when he has no friends? Please help me to solve this problem.”

After many sleepiness nights, Foster came up with an idea and presented it to the king. The next day, the king sends for Prince Drake and gives him a task. “Drake, you are going to be the King one day, so in order to test your ability you are to bring back the ‘Rainbow’ stone which is in the Forbidden Island with the help of these 3 fairies which I have chosen to help you”.

When Drake saw the fairies, he exclaimed “But father (pointed to the 1st fairy) this one is so dirty and with so many dirt on him, this one has feet like fins and wet and it is so ugly and the last one had such an enormous pair of wings, how can they help me to get the stone, I am sure to fail. “ But the king, brushes it off, and sends the prince on his journey.

Little do the prince knows, that the three fairies are Alvin the earth fairy (he lived on the ground and sometimes underground that is why his body is always cover with dirt), Elvy the water fairy (he lived under the Slivermist the enchanted river) and the last one Kalen who can carry the heaviest and fly the highest.

Half way through the journey across the forest of the Forbidden Island, Drake was lost and got separated himself from the other fairies. The prince said to himself, “Well, I will be better off without them, they do not have special power and will not be any help to me anyway, I am bright and strong and I will get to Rainbow stone myself.” As he went deeper into the forest, it was very dark, cold and he can hears a lot of strange sound, seems like the trees are wailing, the birds are screaming and many more. At that moment he felt very tried, cold and very lost; he slumped at the bottom of a tree and wept. Suddenly he saw a giant earthworm coming towards him, and this make him panicked and afraid, then he heard a voice said, “Thank you very much Earthly, you found Prince Drake” and the voice belongs to Alvin the earth fairy and he turned to the prince and said, “Your highest, do you know it is very dangerous to walk alone in the forest? There are many unfriendly creatures that may harm you.” Then the prince was so happy to see him and said, “I am sorry for worrying you all, and thank you for finding me and it would not happen again, let us continue our journey together”.

The continued journey across the Forbidden Island is much easier with the strength of Alvin who had the power to control the land. Elvy, the water fairy helped them to cross over the dark river of the Forbidden Island and Kalen who are able to carry them all when they were tried to fly.

Finally, they reached their destination and found the Rainbow stone which was placed by Foster at the mountain top to test the prince. When the prince returns to Twinkleforrest, he realised that it was wrong to have discrimination towards the imperfect fairies. He felt ashamed on his previous behaviours and he now knows that everyone has their own strength and capabilities. He apologised to his three fairies friend and from that day onwards, he sang, played and explored the forest with them.

The King and Queen were very happy with the prince and thank Foster for turning the prince into a new leaf. The End.

Is it too heavy and long, please give comment.

Story Telling is meant not only the children but also the Adults

While surfing the net trying to find a answer to Ding's question posted in Elgg, i found a site :- Marine Wildlife Foundation, managed by Mark S. Konecky, Ph.D, a licensed Psychologist. Mr Mark, used "Therapeutics Story Telling Intervention, as an enrichment program for children and adult.

The JoJo Dolphin Enrichment Project:
Therapeutic Story Telling Intervention Proposal

Goals:

To provide an enrichment-oriented educational experience that enables children and adults to gain a sense of self-agency or empowerment by identifying with the portrayal of reciprocal helping behavior and attachment in a loving relationship between a dolphin and a human being.

To help children and adults understand that injuries (physical, spiritual, and emotional) can heal with proper care, instilling a sense of hopefulness for the future.

To present children and adults with
1) a basic outline of important environmental concepts such as the basic biology and physiology of dolphins and humans;
2) the idea of a “web” of life in which all animals and people are interdependent and connected;
3) the concepts of conservation and preservation while maintaining focus on humans and their culture; and
4) the notion of consciousness and emotion in animals and humans.

Facilitators will use lecture and a therapeutic story telling intervention to accomplish these goals. Participants will be presented with an oral story depicting the relationship between Dean Bernal and his dolphin friend JoJo as well as view the story of Dean and JoJo’s relationship as portrayed in a DVD produced by The JoJo Dolphin Project.

Their mission:
Their mission is to preserve, protect, and understand Marine Mammals and their habitats by enhancing our knowledge through exploration, research & education, and documentary filmmaking. And this desire to preserve and protect such wildlife, and indeed all marine wildlife, has fueled our mission to forge a connection between these creatures and the human species who hold the future in their hands.

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I found the site to be very informative and rather glad to know that somewhere out there, they are actually people go out of the way, to help to preserve and heal the environment and the vulnerable creatures.

The Link: http://www.marinewildlife.org/jojoProject.php