The wonderful work of Norman McLaren. A lovely DVD boxset was released in the UK by Soda Pictures a couple of years ago – and looks like they still have some available from their site (but may well be knocking about cheaper elsewhere by now!).
Archive for the ‘Moving Image’ Category
Norman McLaren
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Mechanical Ballet – Fernand Leger (1924)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Mechanical Ballet by Fernand Leger (1924). Amazing to think all these edits are done by hand with the print and a splicer – no Premiere or After Effects here…
Jan Lenica
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
The amazing work of Polish artist Jan Lenica (1928-2001)
Len Lye
Sunday, February 21st, 2010The beautiful work of Len Lye.
UPDATE: As you will see from the comments – Roger Horrocks has written what looks to be a great book on Len Lye (which also includes a DVD of some of the films). Available to buy in the UK from Amazon, and there are some further links for international orders in the comments.
Smith & Mighty
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010A bit of Smith & Mighty to get the week going. All videos by Steve Haley at The Vision Factory.
The Music Animation Machine
Friday, January 22nd, 2010I really love these scores by The Music Animation Machine, and they’re all available on DVD from their shop here. Would be interested to see if this type of score is possible with stuff like Dabrye or Kelpe (another thing for the to-do-list!).
Helicopter Crashes
Sunday, December 6th, 2009I keep having this recurring dream…
Great Space Coaster – Intro (1981)
Friday, November 6th, 2009Classic intro to 80s kids TV series Great Space Coaster.
Heinz Edelmann – Der Phantastische Film (1970)
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Short but sweet TV ident by illustrator, Heinz Edelmann (Yellow Submarine) for Der Phantastische Film, a TV film show broadcast on German TV station ZDF in the 70’s/80s. I completely missed the news that Edelmann passed away in July earlier this year, so this is a rather belated note of respect from us.
Charles & Ray Eames – Powers of Ten (1968)
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Powers of Ten, written & directed by Charles & Ray Eames.