Norman McLaren : : between the frames / / Nichola Dobson.

"Animator Norman McLaren is best known for his experimental films using pioneering techniques and his work as founder of the animation department of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), but little mention is made of his Scottish heritage or his personal life. Nichola Dobson examines some of...

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Place / Publishing House:London : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Animation: key films/filmmakers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 172 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Note
  • Introduction
  • Norman McLaren in Animation History
  • Cameraless Animation
  • Notes
  • Chapter 1 Personal Life
  • 21 Albert Place, Stirling
  • Natural World
  • Glasgow School of Art
  • Helen Biggar (1909-1953)
  • Camera Makes Whoopee (1934)
  • Hell Unltd (1936)
  • Health
  • Significant Other
  • Guy Glover (1909-1988)
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2 Stirling's Sons
  • John Grierson (1898-1972)
  • Grierson - Mentor and Friend
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 World Traveller
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • London and the General Post Office Film Unit (GPO)
  • Love on the Wing (1938)
  • New York
  • Mary Ellen Bute (1906-83)
  • Spook Sport (1940)
  • UNESCO (China and India)
  • Neighbours (1952)
  • Around the World
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4 Influential Arts
  • Painting
  • Film and Animation
  • Georges Méliès and Emile Cohl
  • Len Lye (1901-1980)
  • Music
  • Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967)
  • Boogie Doodle (1941)
  • Dance
  • A Chairy Tale (1957)
  • Pas de Deux (1968)
  • Narcissus (1983)
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5 Collaborations
  • Evelyn Lambart (1914-1999)
  • Begone Dull Care (1949)
  • Lines and Rythmetic
  • Grant Munro (1923-)
  • Other Collaborations
  • Maurice Blackburn (1914-1988)
  • Blinkity Blank (1955)
  • Alexandre Alexieff (1901-1982)
  • George Dunning (1920-1979)
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6 A Complicated Man
  • Notes
  • A Guide to Further Research
  • Bibliography
  • Selected Filmography
  • About the Author
  • Index.