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Short and Suite

Name: Short and Suite
Duration: 4 min

Norman McLaren

1959 | 4 min

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This short animation is a delightful colour cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. The various moods in music written for a jazz ensemble by Eldon Rathburn are translated into moving patterns of colour and light. This lively short is composed of images hand-scratched and hand-painted directly onto the film strip.

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director

Norman McLaren
producer

Norman McLaren
animation

Norman McLaren

Evelyn Lambart
music

Eldon Rathburn

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