Synchromy (Synchromie/Synchromy) (1971)

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The film's soundtrack is an original musical composition produced with synthetic sound - through photographing unusual geometric shapes and running them through an optical sound head. The images are an artistic rendering of this soundtrack.

Tags: Canada (1), Animation (1), Experimental (1), 1971 (1), Short (1), Flash (1), Color (1), Sound (1), Synchronization (1), Abstract Film (1), 7 Min. (1)

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"DIR: Norman McLaren SUMMARY: An abstract film in which the soundtrack and images were intrinsically linked - what we see is what we hear! WHY IT'S HERE: Norman McLaren's 'Synchromy', though it is a somewhat unpleasant watch, is nevertheless an amazing innovation in abstract animation. Many abstract films had synched up animated shapes with a soundtrack but here the images actually created the soundtrack and vice versa. McLaren photographed a series of shapes and then ran them through an opti"