Movies: Al Jarnow

Daylight moves through a room. Or is it the room that moves?...

Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape....

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform self portraiture, lettering tests and images traced from other films including a Charlie Chaplin sho...

The letter M in various typefaces....

Documentary about the experimental animator....

A short film made of cel drawings, showing us how various mammals, plants and objects all share similar skeletal structures. Produced for Sesame Street....

After a day of gathering hundreds of seashells and rocks from the beach, Jarnow uses the found objects to construct a stop motion commentary on how we look at nature through various cinematic techniques....

Jarnow regularizes a child's primitive sketch of a house into increasingly firmer architecture, showing how the same place might by rendered by different hands. Objects twist and turn, a drawing resolving into a wall painting, as the perspective shif...

Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation....

Three rocks attempt to cross a river....

A parade of animated cats....

Words that start with the letter O, P, and R. A typographic animation....

Kids rapping about the number 11....

Mixed animation set to music....

Kids recycle household objects to make a miniature city....

The letter Z in various typefaces....

A method by which drawings can be enlarged on a grid....

A rock performs an acrobatic feat for the assembled crowd....

The letter X in various typefaces....

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