Hen Hop

1942 Canadian film

Hen Hop

Directed by| Norman McLaren
Produced by| Norman McLaren
Distributed by| National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Release date

* 1942 (1942)

Running time

| 4 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| none

Hen Hop is a 1942 drawn-on-film animation short created by Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada.[1] In it, a hen gradually breaks apart into an abstract movement of lines as it dances to a barn dance.

One of a number of drawn-on-film animated works created by McLaren, Hen Hop was animated by inking and scraping film stock, with colour added optically afterwards.[2][3]

To make Hen Hop, McLaren spent days in a chicken coop to capture what he called "the spirit of henliness".[4]

## Reception

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Hen Hop received a Special Award at the 1949 World Film Festival in Brussels.

Upon viewing it, Pablo Picasso was reported to have exclaimed "at last something new".

Dutch animator Gerrit van Dijk, reproduces part of the film as well as quotes from McLaren about making Hen Hop his 1997 work, I Move, So I Am.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Hen Hop". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
2. ^ a b Schaffer, Bill (2005). "The Riddle of the Chicken: The Work of Norman McLaren". Senses of Cinema (35). Retrieved March 16, 2011.
3. ^ "Hen Hop". Collection page. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
4. ^ Fulford, Robert. "Our very own genius". National Post. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2011.

## External links

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* Watch Hen Hop on the NFB website
* Hen Hop at IMDb

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Norman McLaren

Films|

* Boogie-Doodle (1940)
* Hen Hop (1942)
* Begone Dull Care (1949)
* Neighbours (1952)
* Blinkity Blank (1955)
* Rythmetic (1956)
* A Chairy Tale (1957)
* Christmas Cracker (1963)
* Canon (1964)
* Pas de deux (1968)
* Synchromy (1971)
* Narcissus (1983)

Related articles|

* McLaren's Negatives
* Begone Dull Care (album)
* Evelyn Lambart
* Maurice Blackburn
* Pixilation

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