It is completely unfair to put McLaren in the title and to completely ignore Mary Ellen Bute which is actually the author of this film don in collaboration with Norman.
yes, mary ellen bute is the artist here. it would be cool if you added that to the info area or changed the title to reflect that. thanks for posting it!!
ahhhh the dance of the macabre (the dance of death) my absolute favourite piece of classical music. Always wanted to do an animation myself to this....maybe soon eh?
I saw it included in a program of Mary Ellen Bute's work, with the original film reels on loan from the artist's sole distributor...seems that she is the filmmaker and Mcclaren is the animator but I'm not sure what that distinction really means for her.
I remember on Halloween, in 1st grade, they had us come down to the music room and watch a presentation by the 4th graders. It was them using shadow puppets of pumpkins, ghosts, hobgoblins, etc. behind a screen with this song playing. This film reminded me of that. I wonder if the music teacher got the idea from watching this?
anyone knows / remember the "duet dance" or whatever its name was, by McLaren? it's the one filmed of two ballet dancers and the music is gypsy Romanian music.
There are consistently 12 spooks in this film, and if they're grouped, it is almost always in 6's or 3's. He put more thought into the symbolism in this than we realize
So you think, this is shit? Norman McLaren was an awesome artist in his age, master in experimental methods of animation and I am not ashamed to tell, he is a father of abstract animation. Can you see, this film was made in 1940? And he didn't use camera for making it, all u see is drawing inside the format of 35mm film material. So next time read some articles and learn something before you start to criticize others work.
homer simpson, bart simpson, grandpa simpson are want to ballet! but michaelangelo, kaycy jones, & tsujimoto natsumi are didnt wont going to bed before midnight (24.00 hrs)
i think, bute made the main line of story etc but animation is by mclaren...i am not sure if mclaren is director of this one. but he did a lot of better things than spook sport is.
Rutheeyesofachild, you and your wacky "stupid ppl list :)" are at it again... I do agree that the Surrealfilmgeek's question is a bit suspicious, this film was not made "WELL before fantasia". Fantasia was released in 1940 and it had been in production years before "Spook Sport" was released in 1939. These two films probably had no influence over each other. The conncept of abstract animation set to music was not a new one, Oskar Fischinger had been working for over ten years by this time.
absolutely not...Disney's fantasia is some kind of "pseudo-art" - this is experimental animation...McLaren did similar things from his students times...it is made in same year like fantasia, but it is the only thing, what is same on these two films.
Agreed! I don't even like Fantasia. In terms of animation being an art form of expression through motion, Fantasia is a snooze-fest of pretty but boring paintings that happen to move on the screen. I'll take Len Lye, Norman McLaren or Paul Driessen over Disney any day!
It is completely unfair to put McLaren in the title and to completely ignore Mary Ellen Bute which is actually the author of this film don in collaboration with Norman.
yes, mary ellen bute is the artist here. it would be cool if you added that to the info area or changed the title to reflect that. thanks for posting it!!
Wonderful! One day, this style of hand-made animation will make a comeback!
ahhhh the dance of the macabre (the dance of death) my absolute favourite piece of classical music. Always wanted to do an animation myself to this....maybe soon eh?
I saw it included in a program of Mary Ellen Bute's work, with the original film reels on loan from the artist's sole distributor...seems that she is the filmmaker and Mcclaren is the animator but I'm not sure what that distinction really means for her.
thank you for this. its wonderful..and will be so for days to come.
I remember on Halloween, in 1st grade, they had us come down to the music room and watch a presentation by the 4th graders. It was them using shadow puppets of pumpkins, ghosts, hobgoblins, etc. behind a screen with this song playing. This film reminded me of that. I wonder if the music teacher got the idea from watching this?
Fantastic!
aaah, this is nice. I always imagined a video for this music but is wasn't something like this.
You're right, this is digital age but I repeat - this film was made in 1940.
thx pal, found it on YT too!
anyone knows / remember the "duet dance" or whatever its name was, by McLaren? it's the one filmed of two ballet dancers and the music is gypsy Romanian music.
@rugby2186 sim, it's "dance macabre" ...I don't know the name of the composior
...that would be the email I got notifying me of a response to my comment :)
No. It's a similar concept to Fantasia, but done in a VERY different style.
Great minds think alike! ;-)
i heard this song in princess tut :O
i hope too :)
Wow not Bad
There are consistently 12 spooks in this film, and if they're grouped, it is almost always in 6's or 3's. He put more thought into the symbolism in this than we realize
So you think, this is shit? Norman McLaren was an awesome artist in his age, master in experimental methods of animation and I am not ashamed to tell, he is a father of abstract animation. Can you see, this film was made in 1940? And he didn't use camera for making it, all u see is drawing inside the format of 35mm film material. So next time read some articles and learn something before you start to criticize others work.
homer simpson, bart simpson, grandpa simpson are want to ballet! but michaelangelo, kaycy jones, & tsujimoto natsumi are didnt wont going to bed before midnight (24.00 hrs)
Pas de Deux!
Doido né
@mzeque
Camille Saint-Saens
if you were the not "dumb" one - you would have taken your eyes a bit lower and read: "Animation by Norman McLaren"
i think, bute made the main line of story etc but animation is by mclaren...i am not sure if mclaren is director of this one. but he did a lot of better things than spook sport is.
Puper
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Directed by
Norman McLaren
Produced by
Mary-Ellen Bute
Norman McLaren
ahahah!
You was joking, wasn't you?
Rutheeyesofachild, you and your wacky "stupid ppl list :)" are at it again...
I do agree that the Surrealfilmgeek's question is a bit suspicious, this film was not made "WELL before fantasia". Fantasia was released in 1940 and it had been in production years before "Spook Sport" was released in 1939. These two films probably had no influence over each other. The conncept of abstract animation set to music was not a new one, Oskar Fischinger had been working for over ten years by this time.
absolutely not...Disney's fantasia is some kind of "pseudo-art" - this is experimental animation...McLaren did similar things from his students times...it is made in same year like fantasia, but it is the only thing, what is same on these two films.
how can it be a ripoff if he made it before in a different country??
Agreed! I don't even like Fantasia. In terms of animation being an art form of expression through motion, Fantasia is a snooze-fest of pretty but boring paintings that happen to move on the screen. I'll take Len Lye, Norman McLaren or Paul Driessen over Disney any day!
Weak.