Books on Film: In the Studio with a Pop-Up Master
Matthew Reinhart is the guy who pretty much makes every pop-up book not made by Robert Sabuda. The guy is a paper engineering wizard.
Science Friday recently interviewed Reinhart in his studio with fascinating results. In this video you will learn:
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- The basic pop-up folds and how they are used.
- How Reinhart approaches each pop-up scene.
- The toy that Reinhart collects (it makes perfect sense).
Highly recommended viewing.
(Thanks to Matt Phelan and Carin Berger on Facebook for the link)
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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