{"id":24618,"date":"2023-02-08T12:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-henson-way\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T16:22:32","slug":"halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Halle Stanford on the Henson Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halle Stanford, the president of television at The Jim Henson Company, talked about how the outfit places \u201chumor, heart and hope\u201d at the center of every show it produces at the TV Kids Festival today.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford oversees a slate that targets multiple age demographics across numerous genres and storytelling techniques. She took part in a keynote conversation with <em>TV Kids<\/em>\u2019 Kristin Brzoznowski, <strong>which you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/worldscreenevents.com\/festivals\/keynote-the-jim-henson-companys-halle-stanford-2023\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Henson way is from Jim Henson\u2019s legacy, but also how we at Henson right now are trying to build on what that means,\u201d Stanford said. \u201cIt comes down to three words: humor, heart and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanford continued: \u201cWe\u2019re a performer-driven company. We create characters, from the inside out. We\u2019re always creating the essence and heart of characters. That makes us unique in the types of characters we create at Henson, and I think it\u2019s why they resonate strongly and emotionally with audiences in prime time and kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanford then talked about the new show <em>All-of-a-Kind Family<\/em>, a live-action drama series. \u201cWe ask ourselves, what kinds of families are we representing right now on television? What kinds aren\u2019t being represented? We\u2019ve been putting a huge emphasis at Henson on diverse and underrepresented families. I realized my heritage was being underrepresented as families. I\u2019m very proud of my Jewish identity and committed to telling positive Jewish stories on television, particularly with the 400 percent rise in anti-Semitism across the world. It felt more than ever that it would be wonderful to see this type of family.\u201d Set in Manhattan at the turn of the 20th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>century, the series is based on the book of the same name by Sydney Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the works at Henson is <em>Gizmo Girls<\/em>, an animated preschool show created by Anne-Marie Asner. \u201cRight now in the preschool space, we\u2019re trying to focus on climate action projects. <em>Gizmo Girls\u00a0<\/em>is a STEAM series that features hands-on heroes and helpers who, in superhero fashion, are helping to solve community challenges. And they\u2019re doing it by imagining and building sustainable worlds. The underlying philosophy of it is DIT: do it together. There will be lots of green skills in the show and much hands-on learning. We\u2019re working with GoldieBlox\u2014their slogan is \u2018Empower Girls. Change the World.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanford also highlighted <em>Wowsabout<\/em>, which she created with writer and puppeteer Dorien Davies as a vehicle for Davies and puppeteer John Tartaglia. \u201cThe show is about inspiring awe of the natural world in kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Innovation continues to guide the ethos of the studio, Stanford said. \u201cIf you can imagine it, we can build it. If you can dream it, we can make it. It\u2019s always been the philosophy, whether it\u2019s in storytelling, technology or creature making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanford then talked about the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio and how it\u2019s been a leader in performance capture animation. \u201cThe puppeteers themselves are puppeteering the facial expressions. They are controlling the emotions of the characters, and they\u2019re also doing the voices. They are controlling the performance versus animators controlling the performance of the characters. They\u2019re performed in real-time. So you\u2019re going to get that intimacy that you get with puppetry, the comedy that you get, and the ability to take two. It\u2019s a beautiful way to create incredible characters that resonate with audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanford\u2019s keynote wrapped with a screening of Henson\u2019s acclaimed Netflix show <em>Word Party<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halle Stanford, the president of television at The Jim Henson Company, talked about how the outfit places \u201chumor, heart and hope\u201d at the center of every show it produces at the TV Kids Festival today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":24619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3229,429,5723],"class_list":["post-24618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-halle-stanford","tag-the-jim-henson-company","tag-tv-kids-festival","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Halle Stanford on the Henson Way - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Halle Stanford on the Henson Way - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Halle Stanford, the president of television at The Jim Henson Company, talked about how the outfit places \u201chumor, heart and hope\u201d at the center of every show it produces at the TV Kids Festival today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-08T17:19:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-13T16:22:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/HalleStanford-Feb8-223.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/\",\"name\":\"Halle Stanford on the Henson Way - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-08T17:19:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-13T16:22:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/halle-stanford-on-the-henson-way\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Halle Stanford on the Henson Way\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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