Neighbours
In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors...
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An unconventional version of The Christmas Carol.
See moreCreative Process: Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
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Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...
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Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...
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Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen...
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A chain-smoking woman has an encounter with a vampire.
See moreThe Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.
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Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is...
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Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.
See moreOn the Farm
Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.
See moreThe Ballot-o-Maniac
An enthusiastic but naive campaign worker causes trouble for his candidate due to his unorthodox campaign tactics, which turn out to violate the...
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