Nocturn

Name: Nocturn
Director: Jeff Scher
Released: 2016
Duration: 3 min 26 s

Abstract painting on lampshade

A very original animation technique

Synopsis

Abstraction, rhythm and colors.

Commentary: Nocturn

A very original animation technique.
Painting on a lampshade rotated at each exposure after paint application. 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: Nocturn

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 in PDF

Created with the support of the Ministry of National Education and the CNC.

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

▸ Compose an abstract fresco (Plastic Arts) (3-11 years)

Educational activities proposed by Olivier Defaye based on the film Nocturn.

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Title

Nocturn

Theme

Abstraction

Genre & keywords

Abstract, Experimental, Color, Rhythm

Recommended age

3 years old

Duration

3 min 26 s

Realization

Jeff Scher

Production

Jeff Scher

Year of production

2016

Country of production

United States

Music

Shay Lynch

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