“If you go too small, you can't get the performance you need out of the small little parts. And if you go too big, the puppet gets difficult to move, because it's too heavy, and there's too much material, and it becomes this exercise in just moving these massive parts around. So there is a natural scale that makes sense for stop-motion.”

American former professional basketball player

Travis Knight is an American former professional basketball player. A 7-foot center, he played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association after coming out of the University of Connecticut, where he played for Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun. Knight is best known for his NBA career and for his time as a big man at Connecticut. His background places him in the late 20th and early 21st century game, with the college-to-pro path that shaped much of his career.