Underplayed Gems

Notes on a Triangle (1966)

Notes on a Triangle poster
Directed by
René Jodoin
Genre
animated film
Country
Canada
Runtime
5 min
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Triangles shift, split, and multiply in about 300 transformations set to a waltz. This wordless animated short from 1966 creates visual patterns with a single geometric shape and a musical score.

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What happens

Notes sur un triangle est un court-métrage d'animation québécois réalisé et produit par René Jodoin en 1966. Dans ce film sans mots, il y a environ 300 transformations, divisions et subdivisions de triangles, orchestré à une valse par Maurice Blackburn. Le film a gagné le British Academy Film Award du meilleur film d'animation à la 21e cérémonie des British Academy Film Awards. De tous les films de Jodoin, Notes sur un triangle est le plus connu, au point d'être considéré comme l'un des classiques de l'histoire de l'animation à l'ONF. Pierre Hébert fait remarquer que ce film forme, avec Ronde carrée, Rectangle et rectangles ainsi que Question de forme, un ensemble cohérent de quatre courts-métrages explorant diverses possibilités en prenant pour base un matériau strictement géométrique. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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