Norman McLaren Filmes

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

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...

An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted...

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...

Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the...

An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a...

Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.

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...

An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The...

The film's soundtrack is an original musical composition produced with synthetic sound - through photographing unusual geometric shapes and running...

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An hand drawn animation of Frogs.

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.

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...

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...