Animated Motion

1976 – 1977 5 cartoons

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Cartoons

  1. Animated Motion: Part 1

    1976 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

    The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc traveling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A to B, and progressively demonstrates slo…

  2. Animated Motion: Part 2

    1976 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

    In this second film, Norman McLaren presents the first three of the five categories of motion: constant, accelerated, and decelerated. Various types of acceleration and deceleration are dem…

  3. Animated Motion: Part 3

    1977 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

    Zero motion and irregular motion (the other two of the five categories of motion) are examined by Norman McLaren in this part of the series. Immobility (or "zero motion") and its duration,…

  4. Animated Motion: Part 4

    1977 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

    In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one action, such as the motions of jointed or pi…

  5. Animated Motion: Part 5

    1977 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

    In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with change-change in the amount and color of…