Pen Point Percussion: Loops

Duration: 10 min.

Year Published: 1952

Creator: NFBC

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Noted animator Norman McLaren demonstrates how he makes synthetic sound by drawing directly on film. Experimental technique of handmade filmmaking., Two experimental films by Norman McLaren. In Pen point percussion, an oscilloscope records what various sounds look like, and McLaren explains how sound vibrations are translated into an area of varying width on a film's sound track. In Loops, McLaren uses these principles to make a film in which the sound and visuals are created directly on the film with pen and ink.

Complete Record: , Two experimental films by Norman McLaren. In Pen point percussion, an oscilloscope records what various sounds look like, and McLaren explains how sound vibrations are translated into an area of varying width on a film's sound track. In Loops, McLaren uses these principles to make a film in which the sound and visuals are created directly on the film with pen and ink. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.