Julian Antonisza was a Polish animator who scratched images directly onto film stock

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That reminds me of Norman McLaren, who made a lot of abstract animations by the same techniques in the 1930s. He later worked for many years for the National Film Board of Canada.

Dots (1940) was made by painting the film, with the sound made by painting an audio track on the film stock.

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It’s Julian Antonisz, not Antonisza :slight_smile:

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Also reminds me of Harry Smith’s work:

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