Synchromy (French: Synchromie) is a 1971 National Film Board of Canadavisual music film by Norman McLaren utilizing graphical sound. To produce the film's musical soundtrack, McLaren photographed rectangular cards with lines on them. He arranged these shapes in sequences on the analog optical sound track to produce notes and chords. He then reproduced the sequence of shapes, colorized, in the image portion of the film, so that audiences see the shapes that they are also hearing, as sound.[1][2]
McLaren had experimented with this technique for creating notes through patterns of stripes on the soundtrack area of the film in the 1950s, working with Evelyn Lambart.[3] Their technique was based on earlier work in graphical sound by German pioneer Rudolf Pfenninger and Russian Nikolai Voinov.[4]
The creation of Synchromy was documented by Gavin Millar in a 1970 film called The Eye Hears, The Ear Sees.[5] In McLaren's production notes, he stated that "Apart from planning and executing the music, the only creative aspect of the film was the “choreographing” of the striations in the columns and deciding on the sequence and combinations of colours."[3]
^Wendy Hui Kyong Chun & Thomas Keenan, ed. (15 November 2005). New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN978-0-415-94224-9. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
^Michael Maziere & Nina Danino, ed. (July 2003). The Undercut Reader: Critical Writing on Artists' Film and Video. Wallflower Press. p. 180. ISBN978-1-903364-47-5. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
^ abHobbs, Graeme. "'Every Film is a kind of Dance': The Art of Norman McLaren". MovieMail. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
^Clark, Ken (Summer 1987). "Tribute to Norman McLaren". Animator (19): 2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^"The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
synchromy, french, synchromie, 1971, national, film, board, canada, visual, music, film, norman, mclaren, utilizing, graphical, sound, produce, film, musical, soundtrack, mclaren, photographed, rectangular, cards, with, lines, them, arranged, these, shapes, se. Synchromy French Synchromie is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada visual music film by Norman McLaren utilizing graphical sound To produce the film s musical soundtrack McLaren photographed rectangular cards with lines on them He arranged these shapes in sequences on the analog optical sound track to produce notes and chords He then reproduced the sequence of shapes colorized in the image portion of the film so that audiences see the shapes that they are also hearing as sound 1 2 SynchromyDirected byNorman McLarenProduced byNorman McLarenCinematographyRon Moore optical effects ProductioncompanyNational Film Board of CanadaDistributed byNational Film Board of CanadaRelease date1971 1971 Running time7 27CountryCanadaMcLaren had experimented with this technique for creating notes through patterns of stripes on the soundtrack area of the film in the 1950s working with Evelyn Lambart 3 Their technique was based on earlier work in graphical sound by German pioneer Rudolf Pfenninger and Russian Nikolai Voinov 4 The creation of Synchromy was documented by Gavin Millar in a 1970 film called The Eye Hears The Ear Sees 5 In McLaren s production notes he stated that Apart from planning and executing the music the only creative aspect of the film was the choreographing of the striations in the columns and deciding on the sequence and combinations of colours 3 The film received eight awards including a Special Jury Mention at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 6 References edit Wendy Hui Kyong Chun amp Thomas Keenan ed 15 November 2005 New Media Old Media A History and Theory Reader Routledge p 74 ISBN 978 0 415 94224 9 Retrieved 15 March 2011 Michael Maziere amp Nina Danino ed July 2003 The Undercut Reader Critical Writing on Artists Film and Video Wallflower Press p 180 ISBN 978 1 903364 47 5 Retrieved 16 March 2011 a b Hobbs Graeme Every Film is a kind of Dance The Art of Norman McLaren MovieMail Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Retrieved 16 March 2011 Clark Ken Summer 1987 Tribute to Norman McLaren Animator 19 2 Retrieved 20 March 2011 The Eye Hears the Ear Sees onf nfb gc ca National Film Board of Canada Retrieved 27 February 2023 Synchromy Collections page National Film Board of Canada Retrieved 16 March 2011 Terence Dobson The Film Work of Norman McLaren Eastleigh John Libbey Publishing 2006 ISBN 0 86196 656 2External links editWatch Synchromy on the NFB website nbsp Synchromy at IMDb nbsp nbsp nbsp This Quebec related film article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a short animated film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Synchromy amp oldid 1189439120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
