Arts, Culture and Recreation
Many NFB documentaries celebrate the vision and innovation of Canadian artists. Others demonstrate how our pastimes reflect our cultural values.
Excerpts
Boy Meets Band
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Canadian Landscape
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Earthware
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Kubota
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Pen Point Percussion
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Snow Dream
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Questions
1. Norman McLaren was an internationally renowned animator and the founder of the NFB's famous animation department. This documentary shows him at work on one of his many innovations. How does McLaren combine art and technology?
2. A strength of documentary is that it shows things that are otherwise difficult—or impossible—to see. How does this apply here?
2. A strength of documentary is that it shows things that are otherwise difficult—or impossible—to see. How does this apply here?
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Short Description
Norman McLaren demonstrates how sounds work on a film's soundtrack and what synthetic sounds sound like when drawn directly on film.