Oskar Fischinger: Komposition in Blau 1935

Composition in Blue (excerpt) by Oskar Fischinger from CVM on Vimeo.

This stop animation is an abstract film which its movements are strictly synchronised with the music, so that you can visualise sound and give a different impression to the music. The film is about how a red cube slowly glides across the floor, but suddenly multiple red cubes are dancing around in various formations. Throughout the film the red cube gradually transforms in to a circular shape. The technique that corresponds the music withe the movements is actually called 'mickeymousing'.   This great piece of animation uses wooden cubes/ rectangles no bigger than a cigarette, some of them where painted and some of them where covered in fabric. Even though it's a stop animation it has a nice fluidity to it and it compliments the music well, for example when the music gets higher a block gets higher, or when the music increases so do the blocks.