Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)

Directed by

Oskar Fischinger

Genre

abstract animation film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short animated film sets moving abstract shapes and colors to a Bach concerto. The images shift and flow in time with the music.

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What happens

Motion Painting No. 1 (1947) is an independent short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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