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Canadian animation

Canadian animation. National Film Board of Canada Norman McLaren Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein Peter Foldes Ryan Larkin. Norman McLaren 1914-1987. 1914 born in Stirling, Scotland 1932 entered Glasgow School of Art – Interior design major. Norman McLaren 1914-1987.

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Canadian animation

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  1. Canadian animation National Film Board of CanadaNorman McLarenNestor Burtnyk and Marceli WeinPeter FoldesRyan Larkin

  2. Norman McLaren 1914-1987 • 1914 born in Stirling, Scotland • 1932 entered Glasgow School of Art – Interior design major

  3. Norman McLaren 1914-1987 • 1934 joined Glasgow Film Society and majored in Film saw the Russian films of Eisenstein and Pudovkin“I thought what a great medium! It was exciting and I said if you can do that, why bother with drawing and painting. They’ve been around for two thousand years at least, but here is a new art, just begun, which is the art of today – and painting is the art of the past.” • 1937 John Grierson invited McLaren to join the British General Post Office Film Unit GPO where he gained film training from Alberto Cavalcanti and Evelyn Cherry. At GPO he began his experiments with synthesized sound. Later he went to a London company called Film Centre and made documentaries.

  4. Norman McLaren 1914-1987 1936 McLaren was in Spain filming the Civil War and this later caused him to immigrate to the United States. • 1939 moved to New York and made films for the Guggenheim Museum of Non Objective Art. His experiments with synthetic sound continued and he developed a technique which produced a chromatic scale over a five octave range. Dots Loops Scherzo Stars and stripes Boogie Doodle Spook Sport (hired by Mary Ellen Bute)

  5. Norman McLaren 1914-1987 1941 Grierson, then the head of the National Film Board of Canada, invited McLaren to join him there. • 1949 Begone Dull Care • 1952 Phantasy and Neighbours • UNESCO commission in China to teach audiovisual methods to Chinese artists • 1953 UNESCO commission in India • 1955 Blinkity blank

  6. Norman McLaren 1914-1987 • 1957 chairy tale (with Ravi Shankar music) • 1958 Le Merle (Blackbird) • 1960-62 Lines ?vertical and horizontal • 1961 New York lightboard record • 1965 mosaic • 1967 Pas de deux • 1971 Synchronmy • 1978 Animated Motion #5 • 1983 Narcissus

  7. Norman McLaren 1914-1987 His work continued to win over 200 international prizes, most notable an Academy Award and a Candian Film Award. Before he died McLaren donated his work to the Museum of Modern Art and the Academy of Arts and Sciences as well.

  8. National Film Board of Canada NFB The National Film Board is the government-funded organization that has enjoyed success in part because it has had the freedom to pursue artistic endeavours with minimal government intervention. NFB produces works in various styles. It is most notable for documentaries, short films and animation, several of which have won an Academy Award.It has French and English production branches. • create programming reflecting Canada's linguistic duality and cultural diversity • create programming of film and audiovisual works on subjects relevant to the general public or niche audiences • support innovative and experimental projects in new and interactive media • exploit the audiovisual heritage of the NFB

  9. National Film Board of Canada NFB • 1918 Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau became a major Canadian film producer • 1938 Government of Canada invited John Grierson, a british documentary film-maker, to study the state of the government's film production • 1939 establishment of the NFB. In part, it was founded to create propaganda in support of the Second World War • 1941 Norman McLaren joined NFB to start animation department • 1950 a revision of the National Film Act removed any direct government intervention into the operation and administration of the NFB • 1967 Canadian Film Development Corporation (Telefilm Canada) responsible for promoting the development of the film industry

  10. National Film Board of Canada NFB The following animators are the "Key Filmmakers" of the National Film Board of Canada • Michèle Cournoyer • Jacques Drouin • Chris Hinton • Co Hoedeman • René Jodoin • Evelyn Lambart • Caroline Leaf • Norman McLaren • Ishu Patel

  11. Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  12. Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein Fathers of Computer Animation Technology in Canada Computer Animation Festival in Toronto • National Research Council of Canada • 1950 Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba • 1950 National Research Council of Canada • Division of Radio and Electrical Engineering's Data Systems Group • 1969 Disney conference in California • 1974 head of the Data Systems Section • 1977 head of the council's Computing Technology Section • led research in the area of computer-generated architectural design. AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  13. Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  14. Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  15. Peter Foldes 1924 -1977 1924 born in Budapest studied at the Courtauld Institute and the Slade School of Art, London 1956 moved to Paris return to painting mid-1960s return to film 1977 died in Paris AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  16. Peter Foldes 1924 -1977 1977 Envisage 1977 Rêve 1974 Hunger ... aka Faim Canada 1971 Metadata Canada 1969 Je. Tu. Elles... aka I. You. They (USA) 1965 "Dim Dam Dom" TV Series AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  17. Peter Foldes 1924 -1977 AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  18. Ryan Larkin 1943 born in Montreal, Canada 1956 Art School of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of Fine Art) 1962-1978 worked at the National Film Board of Canada 1962 Cityscape 1965 Syrinx AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  19. Ryan Larkin made a variety of educational films for St. John's Ambulance, an elaborate colour pastel clip on preventing forest fires 1969 Oscar-nominated short Walking 1972 Street Musique which did the festival circuit and won a Grand Prize at an Australian film festival AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  20. Ryan Larkin made a variety of educational films for St. John's Ambulance, an elaborate colour pastel clip on preventing forest fires 1969 Oscar-nominated short Walking 1972 Street Musique which did the festival circuit and won a Grand Prize at an Australian film festival 1974 art work and animation effects to the feature film Running Time directed by Mort Ranse 1975 Larkin was invited to create a mural for the NFB ( 20 x 15 feet) AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

  21. Ryan Larkin AD 508 - Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique | Spring 2006

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