Horse movement (visiting the national army museum)

Horse movement

Horse, a kind of creature which be a transportation and companion with people in hundreds of year, are showed in the national military museum in these time. Of course, the   display called 'war horse' is not just about horse, it's mainly surround the novel called 'war horse' which is very popular in these time.


The theme (horse movement ) I have chosen is out of passion of horse.I'm fond of them, especially the clear and melodious footstep. every time I hear the 'tik tok 'on the road, it like I back to that long, old historical story.

1.handspring puppet
      The object which are displayed in the inside of room is the one of stage property on 'war horse' show.the puppet seen to be made of wires and nets. this is the most unique handspring puppet I ever seen,(' Tom morris who keen to bring the skill of hand spring  puppet company to the national theatre's stage' wrote on the board )they are controlled by actors though 'rein' which is acturelly hidden string for the puppet. Actors controll them though these make the ' horse' more lively and attractive, which means, they pull and push to express the emotion of the horse.

2. Shadow puppet of the horse
      Another theatre production of war horse(consist of iron), which are projected above the action on the screen in a different way which looks like a piece torn paper.'this particular shadow puppet' said on the board, 'help to emphasise the impact of mechanisation during first world war and the power and weight of the tank in comparison to the horse.' as we can see we can watch the story though these little Piece of 'paper' , when the time the horse start moving, we can think it like carton with black and white.

3. Shoes for hoof
   Some hoof are display in museum, which can protect horses to make sure they can walk on the street, are nessera for the war horses (and the others). The sound of ' tik tok' is from their work. From some angle, we can hear the frequency of the sound to jugde a horse's movement so that we can know the character of the hose. It's obvious to seen that the hoof are made of mental (which is heavy), but it doesn't cause any hurt after adapting these.