Apr 25, 1955
5 min
Full-HD

Blinkity Blank (1955)

A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.

Category

Animation Music

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

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