Canon

Perhaps the only film whose content is entirely based on the musical form known as canon. The first sequence is a simple demonstration of the canon "Frère Jacques," in which four cubes dance and combine with one another on a checkerboard. The second sequence shows four little human-like figures dancing in space. The third and most elaborate sequence shows a human going through several strange gestures. Through multiple printing, we realize that the man, as in the previous sequences, is part of a visual canon and is making the gestures to himself. As we hear variations on the canonic theme, so too do we witness visual variations: a woman and a cat enter the canon. To illustrate the musical technique of inversion, the image of the man is printed upside down.