Three Moods (1980)
The last film made by Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker. Trois thèmes was made on the pinscreen, and first shown in Milan, Italy, in March 1980. It was based on three works by Mussorgsky. ...
Watch NowThe last film made by Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker. Trois thèmes was made on the pinscreen, and first shown in Milan, Italy, in March 1980. It was based on three works by Mussorgsky. ...
Watch NowBased on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. This film used two pinscreens. In front of the main pinscreen, they installed a second, smaller one. ...
Watch NowA study in pins of a man who loses his nose which becomes a personality in its own right. ...
Watch NowArrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed. ...
Watch NowAlexandre Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker demonstrate and comment on animation techniques used to create illustrations for books like Zhivago and films such as The Nose and Night on Bald Mountain. ...
Watch NowA drop of water bounces off a weave of Blizzand cloth. Figures come to life on the drop's surface, which the cloth never absorbs. An advertisement for Blizzand's raincoat. ...
Watch NowA lyrical composition of sculptural fragments of the body is celebrated for its precise framing, editing and animation techniques that explores the connections between abstract shapes, sensuality, and erotic attraction. ...
Watch NowExperiments with composite pendulums; study of variations in pendulum measurements resulting from changes in physical parameters such as frequency or the size and shape of the solid objects. ...
Watch NowPinscreen animation short made for the NFB's "Chants populaires" series of French-Canadian folk songs. En Passant illustrates the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais. ...
Watch NowAlexandre Alexeïeff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren illustrated "C'est l'aviron" using drawings on a fixed background, with the characters pasted in as they were drawn. ...
Watch NowAdvertising of the peanut oil of Rufisque conditioned in the big oil factory of Bordeaux for the brand Huilor. ...
Watch NowThis retelling of Sleeping Beauty, recreated through stop motion animation, is centered on lithe Prince Charming, who leaps and bounds through our storybook set. Film commissioned by a wine company. ...
Watch NowA hat advertisement for Sools by animators Claire Parker and Alexandre Alexeieff. ...
Watch NowMussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run a ...
Watch NowThe Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of animation directors still use it. This film explores why it is so important to create something handmade wi ...
Watch NowThis documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Drouin became in some ...
Watch NowAlexander Alekseev, Alyosha, Alfeoni ... artist, animator, inventor. The author of "Night on Bald Mountain" — one of the most mysterious films in the history of animation and the inventor of a unique device — a needle screen . He did the first color co ...
Watch NowPinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows. ...
Watch NowAlexandre Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker demonstrate and comment on animation techniques used to create illustrations for books like Zhivago and films such as The Nose and Night on Bald Mountain. ...
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