Film Alchemy: Interviews with Direct-On-Film Animators

Authors

Leah Bosworth, Rochester Institute of TechnologyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Abstract

Direct-on-film animation refers to any imagery created on film without a camera. An interchangeable term is "cameraless animation." Since the days of the direct-on-film pioneers Norman McLaren and Len Lye, the medium has evolved from a method of special effects to a broad range of artistic expression. The work of the four artists I interviewed illustrate the wide range of processes that can be considered direct-on-film animation from straightforward drawing and painting on film frame by frame, to altering the film's surface with chemicals.

Comments

Article originally published in the ASIFA Central Quarterly Newsletter, "Frame by Frame."

Archive of article: https://web.archive.org/web/20160630030818/http://asifa.org/archive/alchemy.php

Recommended Citation

Bosworth, Leah, "Film Alchemy: Interviews with Direct-On-Film Animators" (1994). Milne Library. 2.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/library-research/2