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Shadow play

Created by Chelsey O'Brien

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Shadow Play [interactive]

Flying Down to Rio

The Sting

The Empire Strikes Back

Romeo + Juliet

Broad City

Shadow play uses light and projection to tell stories – fundamentals that would evolve into cinematography. In the Wayang tradition, gunungan open and close performances and indicate scene changes and the puppets pass across the projection screen in a similar way to a wipe transition.

Shadow Play [interactive] → Flying Down to Rio