Norman McLaren Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
Hoppity Pop
Hoppity Pop3.71946HD
An animated film in which colored shapes dance to calliope music. The visuals were drawn by Norman McLaren directly upon the film with pen and ink....
- 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.
- 1941
V for Victory
V for Victory51941HD
This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm...
- 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...
- 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.
- 1937
Book Bargain
Book Bargain51937HD
Shows the production of the London telephone directory.
- 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...
- 1961
New York Lightboard Record
New York Lightboard Record4.81961HD
New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The...
- 1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Creative Process: Norman McLaren61990HD
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1937
News for the Navy
News for the Navy5.31937HD
Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.
- 1939
The Obedient Flame
The Obedient Flame4.71939HD
Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.
- 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...
- 1977
Animated Motion: Part 4
Animated Motion: Part 451977HD
In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one...
- 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...
- 1977
Animated Motion: Part 2
Animated Motion: Part 251977HD
In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types...