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Animated Motion: Part 1

Norman McLaren & Grant Munro

1976 | 9 min

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The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc travelling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A to B, and progressively demonstrates slower and slower tempos.

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Credits

director

Norman McLaren
producer

Norman McLaren
director

Grant Munro
producer

Grant Munro
camera

Raymond Dumas
re-recording

Michel Descombes

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