Pinscreen

Pinscreen

| 38 min
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This documentary shares a behind-the-scenes look as husband and wife Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker demonstrate the pinboard technique of film animation they invented together. With a group of NFB artists and animators, they share and explore the techniques and astounding visual effects achieved by filming patterns and shadows created using 240,000 pins.

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Pinscreen, Norman McLaren, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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    Norman McLaren

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    Thank you very much for sharing this gem! I wonder where this pinscreen is now, and who is using it...

    None, 29 Sep 2018

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