programme includes
Mail Early
McLaren's first film for the NFB was this publicity clip for Canada
Post. Non-abstract symbols drawn with pen on clear 35 mm stock were
superimposed on a photographed painted background. Benny Goodman's rendition
of “Jingle Bells” provided the sound.
Fiddle-de-dee
A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. To "Listen
to the Mocking Bird" played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns
ripple, flow, flicker and blend. McLaren, painting on film, translates
sound into sight.
La poulette grise
A lullaby on film about the little grey hen who nests in the church,
the little brown hen who nests in the moon, and others. Photographed
from pastel drawings, the transient images express the dreamy mood of
this old French song.
Rythmetic
This film by McLaren and Evelyn Lambart that endows arithmetic
with lively humor. The screen becomes a numerical free-for-all as digits
meet in playful encounter, add and subtract, jostle, attack, and elude
one another.
Lines Vertical
An experiment in pure design by McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled
directly on film, move with precision and grace against a background
of changing colors, in response to music specially composed for the
film by composer Maurice Blackburn.
Mosaic
A picture of unusual movement, color and sound, created in
an unusual way. It is an example of "op" art in film, a play
on the retina of the eye. The basis of the film is a single tiny square
that divides, eventually forming a colorful mosaic to the animators'
musical orchestration.
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