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Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, director Donald McWilliams demystifies the process of artistic creation. Drawing on McLaren's private film vaults, a gold mine of experimental footage and uncompleted films, McWilliams explores McLaren's methods, including his celebrated "pixillation" technique, and his daring forays into animated surrealism. He reveals sources of McLaren's creativity and shows how they were transformed into cinema. This film is a unique examination of creativity - and a journey through McLaren's own extraordinary creative process.

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Creative Process : Norman McLaren

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Creative Process: Norman McLaren

Authors

McWilliams, Donald
Verrall, David
MacDonald, Douglas
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Subjects

McLaren, Norman.
Artists--Canada--Biography.
Animators--Canada--Biography.
McLaren, NormanExperimental filmsFilmmakingFilm animationCanadaBiographiesPixillationCreative processAnimation techniques

Language

English

Published

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2012.

Publication Desc

1 streaming video (116 min., 32 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide.

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Awards Note

Honorable Mention for Best Documentary film, 1992 Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Arts: Profiles of Fine Artists, History, 1991 Grand Prize for Best Images and Documents Film, 1991

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General Note

Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with the CBC and Channel Four Television.
Study guide available.

Credit Note

Director, Donald McWilliams ; editing, Donald McWilliams ; producer, David Verrall ; executive producer, Douglas MacDonald ; script, Donald McWilliams, Susan Huycke ; cinematography, Pierre Letarte, Jacques Leduc ; animation camera, Pierre Landry, Jacques Avoine, Barry Wood, Robin L.P. Bain ; sound, Yves Gendron, Hans Oomes, Esther Auger, Richard Besse ; sound editing, Raymond Vermette, Tony Reed ; re-recording, Adrian Croll ; music, Eldon Rathburn.

Performer Note

Narrator, Susan Huycke.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 1990.

Summary

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, director Donald McWilliams demystifies the process of artistic creation. Drawing on McLaren's private film vaults, a gold mine of experimental footage and uncompleted films, McWilliams explores McLaren's methods, including his celebrated "pixillation" technique, and his daring forays into animated surrealism. He reveals sources of McLaren's creativity and shows how they were transformed into cinema. This film is a unique examination of creativity - and a journey through McLaren's own extraordinary creative process.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Honorable Mention for Best Documentary film, 1992
Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Arts: Profiles of Fine Artists, History, 1991
Grand Prize for Best Images and Documents Film, 1991

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).