Norman McLaren - Boogie Doodle

[adjm1234]

I am doing a sound and vision unit for my degree in Visual Communication. I started looking into the history of animation and came across McLaren! I am absolutely fascinated with his work. I think it's amazing and so ahead of its time. I would call these pieces of art rather than animation. Absolutely inspirational!

[Ivanatis]

this is what animation should be like

[Trund27]

I love how playful this is. Little kids would love this, too I bet!

[marcorock93]

Genius. This says everything

[01foolishworld]

awesome...some of the first ever anime...& to think we're two clicks away from interactive 3-D T.V. now'a days....

[01foolishworld]

awsome...some of the first ever anime...& to think we're two clicks away from interactive 3-D T.V. now'a days....

[00cm]

This was the first McLaren film I ever saw. Still think it's disturbingly pornographic. ;)

[ideiaartes]

very good, this artist is a big creator, because in your time, makes a real miracle!

[terredee]

Pretty hot stuff in the early 50s!

[DJShakaBrasil]

@terredee This is from the 40's!!!

[Tengocuentadeyoutub]

Que mierda unas de las peores animaciones pasadas en locomotion

[kamui411]

Tambien lo vi en Locomotion

[OphielPan]

True

[xis10ce]

that was deep

[thejobloshow]

Wow. 1948! Amazing.

[coffius]

I play it with minimal music and they become much better visuals than what you can see today in discos

[xSiMPLYxTee]

I felt like I went color blind while watching it 8D

[MNSLSims]

hjhadgflkbhgjhg;kg ajk

[pattiaokhiao]

Aarex tiaokhiao

[typeitasoneword]

My cats LOVE this stuff. No joke.

[Teddysk89]

Haha! Really?

And how they react to this?

[Joeyorangecupcake]

It's brilliant when you think that every frame is hand-drawn and synchcronises perfectly with the music. Plus it's entertaining. I like it but not my favourite, I like Vertical Lines a lot. :-)

[rokyrhode]

yr animation teacher bores me to tears.

[mcgmark]

Did he invent pong with this animation?

[MarksFlicks]

Hand-crafted brilliance I reckon.......but hard to explain the wow-factor to kids reared on the iTunes visualiser

[Thrash0Jazz0Assassin]

@MarksFlicks well, the itunes visualiser kicks ass!!! then, u just have to get a lil bit used to another type of aesthetics to enjoy stuff like this McLaren film...

[MasterofTights]

@MarksFlicks just tell them it wouldn't exist if it wasn't for this guy....

[elbalajazz]

incredible

[bigimprint]

i saw norman mcclaren at ica the mall. also i got cd of boogie woogoe music lately..so thats where i head that tune before.he used to draw straight onto the film. he also 'composed' music by drawing the sound srip onto film

[misssidneyvondoom]

absolutely insane!!it blows my mind!!

xxx

S.Doom

[RonzilWeazleBack]

Presentation time

[rashomon66]

Playful, lively, brilliant.

[Craelon]

So many people complaining about this animation, and not in very good ways either. The most I hear is "DIS IZ DER BORENG!" which is a terrible way of expressing your dislike for something. Personally, I think this is pretty amazing and entertained me the whole way through. But if you have a reason why you think this isn't good then by all means, express it in a way that sounds more intelligent than a third grader. Otherwise you'll just look like an idiot.

[perchequi]

It would entartain and amaze ppl if they knew about this director importance in cinema history. I would suggest anyone to check him out through specific reading. he explored the medium as seldom other did.

[echelon911]

eggmanrobotmik, so sad for you!

but is fine if your are 13 years old,

mclaren is an pioner and you are an weird!

AMAZING!

[EPracer99]

Mclaren was a pioneer and this is a groundbreaking work of art. Those who find it boring should watch it again as a love story, comparable to 'When Harry Met Sally'. This is one of many ways to watch it.

[maziato]

The film is 3 minutes and 18 seconds long.

That's 198 seconds.

Film projections play back at 24 frames per second.

That means he animated about 4,752 individual frames, each one in synch with the music.

[raygun238]

so does ur shitty splling (sic)

[ourabouras]

the only thing that makes this "special" is that it was done on 35mm film, but that's not enough to make it interesting. the repetative movements and jarring flashes get real boring rel quick.

[EggmanRobotnik]

I had to watch it at college... painfully boring >>

MCLAREN HAD REALLY NOTHING TO DO TO SPEND YEARS TO DRAW ON THESE 35MM FILMS! AND HE WAS PAID!!!

Though, the Atari like sounds make me nostalgic

[crondall252]

You are lucky the man did devote himself to his work, without this video, none of your favourite films like toy story or micky mouse would exist. Let alone video games. This is the birth of animation. Respect it. Even if you don't understand.

[useyourwords]

Actually it is not even decades close to "the birth of animation" but you are correct along with other commentors who note that essentially eggmanRobtonik is ignorant of the pioneering artistry of a truly great Canadian.

[equisxxxxxxx]

scottish

[useyourwords]

Brilliant equisxxxxxxx

McLaren was born in Scotland, emigrated to Canada where he made animation history. So, he is a Scottish-born Canadian via a brief stint in the USA.

[equisxxxxxxx]

hehehe why brilliant??? was that sarcasm??? :S

[hausenharry]

anyone who tickles me

i live immediately

norman mclaren knows how to tickle

[hausenharry]

nice to meet you

keep on keepin' on

thanks

[tdicola]

Amazing film, thanks for sharing!