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Frogs as Counterclaim in The Death of Gandji (La Mort du Gandji) (1965)

by T. R. Merchant-Knudsen • April 9, 2026 • 1 Comment

The Death of Gandji (La Mort du Gandji) (1965) is an animated short film directed and drawn by Moustapha Alassane. Widely regarded as one of the earliest animators in Niger, he produced his first animation during an internship at the…

by Lilly Husbands • April 7, 2014 • 0 Comments

Direct animation possesses certain inherent qualities, such as immediacy, accelerated kinesis, and improvisational flow that I would like to suggest can correspond isomorphically to the extemporised uptempo meters of particular forms of jazz music. Gestalt theorist Rudolf Arnheim describes the…

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Tag Archive for direct animation

Frogs as Counterclaim in The Death of Gandji (La Mort du Gandji) (1965)

by T. R. Merchant-Knudsen • April 9, 2026 • 1 Comment

Seeing Music Move: Norman McLaren’s Direct Animation and Jazz

by Lilly Husbands • April 7, 2014 • 0 Comments