Canon is a 1964 National Film Board of Canada animated short co-directed by Norman McLaren and Grant Munro that offers a visual representation of the canon musical form through three animated segments. The soundtrack combines both a recorded classical score by Eldon Rathburn and electronic sounds produced via synthesizer.[1][2][3][4]

Canon
Directed byNorman McLaren
Grant Munro
Produced byNorman McLaren
CinematographyRobert Humble
Music byEldon Rathburn
Production
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Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryCanada

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References

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  1. ^ Valliere, T. Richard (1982). Norman McLaren, Manipulator of Movement: The National Film Board Years, 1947-1967. University of Delaware Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780874131925.
  2. ^ Ciancarini, Paolo; Nakatsu, Ryohei; Rauterberg, Matthias; Roccetti, Marco (July 17, 2008). New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing: IFIP 20th World Computer Congress, First IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS 2008), September 7-10, 2008, Milano, Italy. p. 12. ISBN 978-0387097008.
  3. ^ "Canon". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ Chris Pallant, ed. (August 27, 2015). Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781628923513.
  5. ^ "Canon". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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Canon in the NFB collection catalog