This guy was fantastic! Making animation by painting it directly on the film. No paper. No cells. No computers or CGIs. Why can't we find any of his short films here in America on DVD? If they can put Stan Brakhage's stuff on the Criterion Collection, there's got to be a place for Norman McLaren.
As much as I love the work of McLaren, we should know that he didn't invented this technique. Composers like *Arseny Mikhailovich Avraamov* (probably best known for his “Simfoniya Gudkov” or “Symphony of Sirens” November 7, 1922) and mostly *Daphne Oram* , one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound, was the creator of the Oramics technique for creating electronic sounds using drawn sound in the late 50s. Take a look to the Oramics, it's an exceptional multiple 35mm multictracks optic / audio synthesizer. Absolutely mind blowing.
...love McLaren’s work so much. Always gives me a bit of hope and optimism even now, in 2019, when the world is on the very brink of total war of extinction....🤭🙀
@poughkeepsiejohn1 Actually there's a very good dvd with all (or most) of his work, bought it less than 15$ (equiv) in France. Culture is unfortunatly driven by biggest ego, humble hard working genius tends to be forgotten... just dig ;)
There's an old bit of software called "Image to Sound" that should be axactly what you're looking for, replicating an optical film soundtrack. It was made by Andrew Jaremko
Norman was a serious artist..today kids go out and buy a digital program for concerts and festivals, there's no artistry anymore, its all formulaic....this guy was an original.
You assume that nobody in the entire world is doing something "original" yet you fail to see that originality is just a form of innovation. Everything comes from somewhere. This guy didn't invent film, cameras, pens or ink, he's using other people's work to develop his own. Originality comes out of inspiration, inspiration comes from influences, those influences were influenced by something 'original' that came prior, etc etc. The cycle of influence and innovation oroboros, the snake eating it's own tail.
Those noises Norman McLaren created sound a bit rude to say the least. the sound-line at 1:40 I can remember from the opening narration in the move 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
