Norman McLaren Movies
- 1959
Short and Suite
Short and Suite61959HD
A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz...
- 1973
Pinscreen
Pinscreen6.71973HD
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 is...
- 1965
Mosaic
Mosaic5.21965HD
A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.
- 1935
Polychrome Fantasy
Polychrome Fantasy5.11935HD
In this early film Norman McLaren shot crystal formations through a low-power microscope, using polarized light with the lower part of the picture...
- 1959
Mail Early for Christmas
Mail Early for Christmas3.61959HD
In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included...
- 1941
Mail Early
Mail Early5.1251941HD
This publicity clip for Canada Post is Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB. For this animated short, McLaren drew symbols by pen onto clear 35 mm...
- 1939
The Obedient Flame
The Obedient Flame4.71939HD
Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.
- 1978
Animated Motion: Part 5
Animated Motion: Part 55.251978HD
In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...
- 1972
Ballet Adagio
Ballet Adagio6.91972HD
A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...
- 1983
McLaren on McLaren
McLaren on McLaren31983HD
An opening address, a tribute and highlights of a long and productive career--McLaren on McLaren is Norman McLaren on camera. The occasion is the...
- 1938
Mony a Pickle
Mony a Pickle3.51938HD
Documentary on savings
- 1943
Dollar Dance
Dollar Dance4.71943HD
This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...
- 1943
Chants populaires nº 5
Chants populaires nº 55.51943HD
Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren...
- 1977
Animated Motion: Part 3
Animated Motion: Part 351977HD
The third in a series of five colour films that offer an introduction to the basic techniques of film animation. McLaren explains and demonstrates...
- 1933
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings4.3331933HD
Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.
- 1953
Two Bagatelles
Two Bagatelles5.51953HD
Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is...
- 1946
Up There in the Mountains
Up There in the Mountains61946HD
In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...
- 1940
NBC Valentine Greeting
NBC Valentine Greeting51940HD
A play on the theme of hearts. Two hearts cavort, change shape, shoot arrows at one another, give birth, and finally become one heart bearing the...
- 1959
Serenal
Serenal5.21959HD
A gay fantasia of patterned sound in which Norman McLaren salutes the West Indies, painting the spirit of fiesta on film to the lively beat of an...
- 1935
Camera Makes Whoopee
Camera Makes Whoopee5.251935HD
Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.