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Le merle
19584 min 39 secFilm: Animation, Fiction
Direction: Norman McLaren
Production: Norman McLaren
It’s the story of a bird that loses first its neck, then its eye, back, wings and feet in turn before they return again, but this time doubled or tripled in number. The filmmaker used simple cardboard cut-outs in geometric shapes to illustrate this traditional folk song.
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Subject categories
- Music > Animation of folk songsFolk MusicQuébécois Music
- Animals > Stories
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Science > Life Systems/Ecology
- Arts Education > MusicVisual Arts
Credits
- director
- Norman McLaren
- producer
- Norman McLaren
- camera
- Douglas Poulter
- animation
- Norman McLaren
- Evelyn Lambart
- music
- Maurice Blackburn
Awards
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Films as ArtItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Blue Ribbon AwardItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Diploma of HonourInternational Review of Specialized Cinematography
- Special MentionIbero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest
- Diploma of HonourInternational Film Festival
- MentionSODRE International Festival of Documentary and experimental Films
- First Prize for Best Use of ColourWorld Film Festival