Norman McLaren

Stars & Stripes
A galaxy of stars swirling around the screen.


Hen Hop
Painted on film stock in ink, a little hen hops to a tune.


Begone Dull Care
An abstract animation moving to a jazz tune.


Neighbours
Considered McLaren’s best film, Neighbours follows two people’s feud over the ownership of a flower.

Blinkity Blank
The conflict and reunion between a bird and its cage.


A Chairy Tale
A man insists on sitting on a chair, but the chair begs to differ?


Le Merle
A bird loses its body parts one by one, only to see them coming back threefold.


Lines Horizontal
Horizontal lines dancing around, multiplying and merging to an upbeat tune.


Pas de Deux
A ballet dance enhanced with specatcular optical effects.


Synchromy
A pictorial representation of synthetic sound through geometrical shapes.