Canon (film) explained

Canon
Director:	Norman McLaren Grant Munro
Producer:	Norman McLaren
Studio:	National Film Board of Canada
Distributor:	National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:	9 minutes
Music:	Eldon Rathburn
Cinematography:	Robert Humble
Country:	Canada

Canon is a 1964 National Film Board of Canada animated short co-directed by Norman McLaren and Grant Munro that offers a visual representation of the canon musical form through three animated segments. The soundtrack combines both a recorded classical score by Eldon Rathburn and electronic sounds produced via synthesizer.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Awards

• Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal: First Prize, Best Animated Film, 1965
• 3rd International Film Festival of India, New Delhi: Bronze Peacock, Second Prize, 1965
• 17th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award for Best Film, Arts and Experimental, 1965^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Valliere, T. Richard . Norman McLaren, Manipulator of Movement: The National Film Board Years, 1947-1967. 1982. University of Delaware Press. 9780874131925. 97.
2. Book: New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing: IFIP 20th World Computer Congress, First IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS 2008), September 7-10, 2008, Milano, Italy. July 17, 2008. 978-0387097008. 12. Ciancarini. Paolo. Nakatsu. Ryohei. Rauterberg. Matthias. Roccetti. Marco.
3. Web site: Canon. Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1 March 2016.
4. Book: Chris Pallant. Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function. August 27, 2015. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9781628923513.
5. Web site: Canon . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 February 2023.