Underplayed Gems

cNote (2005)

cNote poster
Directed by
Christopher Hinton
Genre
visual music
Country
Canada
Runtime
7 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This is a short animated film set to a modern classical music piece. Shapes and lines move in time with the composition, creating a visual experience that feels like a painting come to life.

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What happens

cNote is a 2005 National Film Board of Canada animated short by Christopher Hinton, which received the Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 26th Genie Awards. In this visual music short, Hinton animates to an original modern classical composition by Montreal-based composer Michael Oesterle. Influenced by Futurism and Abstract expressionism, the film was computer-animated and represented a departure for Hinton, who generally used traditional animation techniques. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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