Films pour enfants

Nocturn

Abstract painting on a lampshade

A very original animation technique

Synopsis

Abstraction, rhythm and colors.

Nocturn
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Nocturn © Jeff Scher

Commentary on the film

A very original animation technique. Painting on a lampshade rotated for each exposure after the paint is applied. Shapes and colors follow one another, leaving the viewer free to invent their own story. Let yourself be lulled by the magnificent movement of shapes and colors in this abstract animated film.

Questions about the film

Understand the story and themes, express your feelings and develop critical thinking.

1The shapes are abstract but sometimes evocative. What do the shapes make you think of?
Open response. Jeff Scher lives and works in New York and makes experimental, often abstract films. Each of the images in the film is a painting in its own right.

Download the film's educational activities as a PDF

Created with the support of the French Ministry of Education and the French National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC).

Watching the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.

▸ Compose an abstract fresco (Visual arts) (ages 3 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Olivier Defaye based on the film Nocturn.

TitleNocturn

ThemeAbstraction

Genre & keywordsAbstract, Experimental, Color, Rhythm

Recommended age3 years old

Duration3 min 26 s

DirectorJeff Scher

ProductionJeff Scher

Year of production2016

Country of productionUnited States

MusicShay Lynch

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