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Norman McLaren

Dots and Loops

  • Animation
RELEASE

1948-01-01

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N/A

LENGTH

5 min

Description

An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

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    @Geronimo1967

    Norman McLaren mixes two short films here. The first "Dots" consists entirely of images on a red background caused by placing an ordinary pen directly onto the 35mm film - most of the images are just dots, or blobs. The second "Loops" does a similar thing, but with the objects this time having a complete, hollow shape - like an heart or a mushroom type of image. It's curious to see what can be achieved - in a random manner - when the pen is applied directly to the film. Apparently, the film-maker performed the sound effects, vocally, too. Worth five minutes as a curiosity, if you get a chance.