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Flocons

2014 2 min
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This short animation was created using tests created in the production of A Chairy Tale (1957) by master of animation Norman McLaren. Flocons is set to the music of Tchaikovsky and features none other than Canadian filmmaker Claude Jutra, who plays a character imprisoned in the celluloid on which McLaren paints directly. Flocons aims to celebrate the 100th anniversary, in 2014, of Norman McLaren’s birth.

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This short animation was created using tests created in the production of A Chairy Tale (1957) by master of animation Norman McLaren. Flocons is set to the music of Tchaikovsky and features none other than Canadian filmmaker Claude Jutra, who plays a character imprisoned in the celluloid on which McLaren paints directly. Flocons aims to celebrate the 100th anniversary, in 2014, of Norman McLaren’s birth.

Film and Video Arts All subjects
  • director
    Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • producer
    Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • script
    Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • special effects
    Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • animation
    Brigitte Archambault
  • animation assistant
    Keyu Chen
  • sound
    Olivier Calvert
  • foley
    Lise Wedlock
  • editing
    Oana Suteu
  • cast
    Claude Jutra
    Norman McLaren

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