Canon (film)

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Canon
Directed by Norman McLaren
Grant Munro
Produced byNorman McLaren
CinematographyRobert Humble
Music by Eldon Rathburn
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryCanada

Canon is a 1964 National Film Board of Canada animated short co-directed by Norman McLaren and Grant Munro that offers a visual representation of the canon musical form through three animated segments. The soundtrack combines both a recorded classical score by Eldon Rathburn and electronic sounds produced via synthesizer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The film uses object animation as cubes moves in checkboards and it also use non-camera animation as only four peoples doing gestures.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Valliere, T. Richard (1982). Norman McLaren, Manipulator of Movement: The National Film Board Years, 1947-1967. University of Delaware Press. p. 97. ISBN   9780874131925.
  2. ↑ Ciancarini, Paolo; Nakatsu, Ryohei; Rauterberg, Matthias; Roccetti, Marco (July 17, 2008). New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing: IFIP 20th World Computer Congress, First IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS 2008), September 7-10, 2008, Milano, Italy. Springer. p. 12. ISBN   978-0387097008.
  3. ↑ "Canon". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Chris Pallant, ed. (August 27, 2015). Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781628923513.
  5. ↑ "Canon". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

Canon in the NFB collection catalog


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