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Motion Painting No. 1
Motion Painting No. 1
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MOTION PAINTING NO. 1

Directed by Oskar Fischinger
United States, 1947
Short, Animation

Synopsis

Motion Painting No. 1 is a short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048. A film of a painting (oil on acrylic glass); Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months.

Synopsis

Motion Painting No. 1 is a short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048. A film of a painting (oil on acrylic glass); Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months.