Given that the Center for Visual Music’s Video on Demand Vimeo channel has recently started streaming a newly restored version of Jordan Belson’s 1972 film Chakra it seems like an opportune time to highlight the spiritual dimension of his work.…
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A Reflection On Norman McLaren, George Balanchine And Absolute Ballet
by Aimee Mollaghan • April 28, 2014 • 1 Comment
Norman McLaren infamously posits that he probably became a filmmaker because he had been unable to be a dancer or choreographer. While one can argue that the underlying concern of his work is movement, one can also posit that McLaren’s…
Animated Sound: Two Approaches (part 2)
by Aimee Mollaghan • June 17, 2013 • 3 Comments
Part two Part one of this two-part post on animated sound focused on the development of animated sound as a compositional tool. The second part of this blog post will outline a second type of animated sound, as developed by…
Animated Sound: Two approaches (part 1)
by Aimee Mollaghan • June 10, 2013 • 3 Comments
Part One After observing the terrified expression on the face of yet another film student as I attempted to teach to them how to use a location sound mixer, it struck me that for animation and film students accustomed to…