Release date 1942 Country Canada | Produced by Norman McLaren Running time 4 minutes Initial release 1942 (Canada) Producer Norman McLaren | |
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Distributor National Film Board of Canada Similar A Chairy Tale, Neighbours, Begone Dull Care, How Wings Are Attached t, Getting Started | ||
Hen hop norman mclaren
Hen Hop is a 1942 drawn-on-film animation short by Norman McLaren, in which a hen gradually breaks apart into an abstract movement of lines as it dances to a barn dance. One of a number of drawn-on-film animated works created by McLaren, Hen Hop was animated by inking and scraping film stock, with colour added optically afterwards.
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To make Hen Hop, McLaren spent days in a chicken coop to capture what he called "the spirit of henliness." The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Hen hop animation and cartoon videos
Reception
Pablo Picasso was reported to have exclaimed “at last something new” upon viewing this film. Dutch animator Gerrit van Dijk, reproduces part of the film as well as quotes from McLaren about making Hen Hop his 1997 work, I Move, So I Am.
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Hen Hop Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA