History Creator / NormanMcLaren

-->"A work of art has to have cohesiveness and consistency, but not so much cohesiveness and consistency as to become boring, and not so much non-cohesiveness as to fall apart. It has to be organically linked, and yet it must have surprises in it that you don't expect, but surprises that are relevant to the whole work."
-->--Norman [=McLaren=]

For instance, he won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for the 1952 pixiliation short, ''Film/{{Neighbours}}'', and a 1968 UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} Award for the surreal ballet short, ''Film/PasDeDeux''.

For instance, he won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for the 1952 pixiliation short, ''Film/{{Neighbours}}'', and a 1968 Creator/{{BAFTA}} Award for the surreal ballet short, ''Film/PasDeDeux''.

Norman [=McLaren=] (1914-1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator famous for being a pioneer in a variety of experimental techniques from the late 1930s, and then his series of films from TheForties up to his retirement in 1983 for the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.

For instance, he won an Oscar for the 1952 pixiliation short, ''Neighbours'', and a 1968 BAFTA award for the surreal ballet short, ''Pas Ex Deux''.

Norman [=McLaren=] (1914-1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator famous being a pioneer in a variety of experimental techniques from the late 1930s, and then his series of films from the 1940s up to his retirement in 1983 for the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.

Norman [=McLaren=] (1914-1987) was a Scottish-Canadian animator famous being a pioneer in a variety of experimental techniques from the late 1930s, and then his series of films from the 1940s up to his retirement in 1983 for the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.

Specifically, he created new techniques like Drawn on Film animation (Animation drawn directly on film stock), pixiliation (StopMotion with actors) and optical printing techniques to create surreal visual experiences.

* BigNameFan:
** Creator/DonHertzfeldt drew heavy inspiration from Norman's minimalist style when creating his own cartoons. Much of this influence can particularly be seen in Don's later works.
** Creator/MelBrooks was known to attend screenings of Norman's work at underground theaters; with one of these showings serving as inspiration for his animated parody, ''The Critic''.

Norman's BAFT winning work 'Neighbors' can be seen for free here: https://www.thesmalls.com/article/norman-mclaren-s-neighbours-is-on-the-heels-of-modern-politics

Tropes:

** Change.

* TheTwelvePrinciplesOfAnimation: In his five part "Animated Motion" documentary, McLaren discusses his own variations of the principles, which include:

** Change.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His pre-1940 films tended to be hodgepodges of techniques with little direction or variation of each individual one. By the mid 1930's, he was hired by a film studio and was forced to learn how to structure his films better by making nuts and bolts documentaries.

Norman [=McLaren=] was a Scottish-Canadian animator famous being a pioneer in a variety of experimental techniques from the late 1940s to the 1980s for the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.

* MickeyMousing: Many of films, such as "Le Merle" and "Boogie Doodle", are planned around music. Some of his drawn on film experiments even went as far as having the soundtrack itself be the visuals!

* {{Minimalism}}: Most of his films are centered around one central technique, with many variations built around it. For instance, "Synchrony" is a film built around the visual representation of a soundtrack, with only
very basic geometric shapes and colors representing the animation.

#Motion.
#Tempo: He claims this is how animation is modulated. From this, he splits down animation principles into five different things; Constant (or "Even") Motion, Accelerating Motion, Decelerating Motion, Zero Motion (which an animator would usually call a still "Hold" of a drawing) and Irregular Motion
#Change.

* {{Minimalism)): Most of his films are centered around one central technique, with many variations built around it. For instance, "Synchrony" is a film built around the visual representation of a soundtrack, with only

* NoPlotNoProblem: Most of his films have absolutely no story, narrative or characters at all. They often aimed for abstract, emotional experiences.

* DerangedAnimation: He was an animator famous for his innovative animation techniques that looked like ''nothing'' else in their time.

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