Just written my 100 word essays on Oskar Fischinger and Norman MacLaren.
I like both these animators even thought their abstract style isn't my preferred choice of animation. I am very conventional when it comes to animation and like a story to be told. However, I liked studying these animators because it is obvious how they have influenced a lot of modern day animation, and I think it is interesting to look at how animation can be used in different styles and techniques and can be made so abstract it is almost fine art.

Oskar Fischinger

Oskar fishinger was a German-American animator, born in 1900-1967. He was one of the first experimental animators of his time, doing a lot of his animations synced to classical music. He played with shapes, sizes and timings while animating, not many of his animations had story or narrative just shapes dancing to the songs. He also used oil paintings to do animations taking a new frame with  every brush stroke. This became a very influential style. As well as this he also made small animations to music by painting strait onto camera film, this gave his work a smoother flow.

Norman MacLaren.

Norman Maclaren was a Scottish Canadian animator who was alive 1914 till 1987.
He has won Oscars and Bafta awards for his very successful animations and did most of his work for the National film board of candida. He worked on his own experimental animation at the same time as doing commercial work. He won his Oscar for his short film “neighbours” in 1952, even though this film can be seen to be quite comedic, it is largely based on the war and has a significant meaning. He experimented with on film animation and Pixilation which he became famous for.