Now Is the Time

Directed by Norman McLaren · 1951

Paper cutouts and images drawn directly on film dance in stereoscopic 3-D to hand-drawn sound, made for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

A pioneering 3-D experiment by animation legend Norman McLaren, with sound drawn by hand.

Along with Around Is Around, one of two 3-D films commissioned by the British Film Institute for the Festival of Britain. Photographed paper cutouts and images drawn directly on film stock were given single-frame animati

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