My question follows:
I have just recently added ventriloquism, (a dragon puppet that sits on my shoulder and I make his mouth move with my left hand) to the beginning of my magic shows. (He is on a stick that is behind my back)
My last three shows to be exact. I have also videoed my shows but the camera is set up at a distance, and set up to see my entire magic show, not a closeup of my face. So I can not really tell how good I am doing at not moving my lips.
Anyway, it seems that I'm getting a good response out of my vent act, but it is at the very beginning of my show, and I do about 22 magic tricks in a typical 45+min. show, plus I end my show with the production of a live rabbit, which is a big hit.
So because I have so much that happened, know one really says anything good or bad about my ventriloquism routine.
I have just bought a remote control vent toucan and WILL also add him to my magic show. I've written a script and there is interaction, mostly negative between the dragon and the toucan. I plan on practicing quite a bit this entire routine. I wrote the script as my puppets will talk so that I can practice saying it as they will. Example: (You haaa Dragon reath)-(So-you
are a erd-rain)
Now for my question: If my dialog is funny, and the interaction between the 3 of us is funny, how concerned or worried should I be about slightly moving my lips? The reason I ask this is because I think I am better at not moving my lips in practice then I was in my 3 live shows to date. I can not tell from my videos but I just think it.
I just think that if I do not really worry about it and keep practicing and performing I will naturally get better.
Did you ventriloquists that have been performing for a long time feel like I do now in the beginning.