Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren, CC, CQwas a Scottish/Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada. He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth11 April 1914
previous whether
I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new.
consciousness human social
But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature.
Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing.
infinitely watch
If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.
black-and-white color film
I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.
people age return
So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age.
philosophy simple delight
And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.
two drawing patterns
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.
giving sound smooth
Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.
art process evolve
The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.
numbers quality elements
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.
color elements done
Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.
art canvas film
I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.
unique film take-me
Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it.