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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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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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Film and Video Arts

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Credits

• director
  Norman McLaren
  
  Grant Munro
  
• producer
  Norman McLaren
  
  Grant Munro
  
• camera
  Raymond Dumas
  
• re-recording
  Michel Descombes
  

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Education

Ages 10 to 18

Arts Education - Visual Arts
Media Education - Film Animation

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