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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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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Synopsis/Credits
Norman McLaren explains how he makes synthetic sound on film. With an oscilloscope he first demonstrates what familiar sounds look like on the screen; next, how sound shapes up on a film's sound track; and then what synthetic sounds sound like when drawn directly on film. This technique is also demonstrated in Dots and Loops.
Running Time: 5 min 58 s
Director Norman McLaren
Producer Norman McLaren, Tom Daly
Script and Text Donald Peters
Images Lorne C. Batchelor
Music Louis Applebaum
Producers National Film Board of Canada