Animated Motion #1 (1976)

Original title

Animated Motion: Part 1

Directed by

Grant Munro, Norman McLaren

Genre

animation, documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

9 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated short from Norman McLaren demonstrates tempo by showing a disc moving across the screen at progressively slower speeds. It starts with the disc traveling a single frame and then slows down step by step.

minimalisteducationalrhythmicslow-pacedmethodicalvisualexperimental

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