Freight Yard Symphony

Freight Yard Symphony

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1963

Runtime

0h 7m

Genres

Animation

Original Title

Freight Yard Symphony

Production Companies

UCLA School of Film and Television

Director

Robert Abel

Description

This early UCLA student film by noted visual effects pioneer Robert Abel (1937-2001) employs a mixed media approach to distill the kinetic energy of an industrial train depot into bold graphic elements. With a jazz score, Piet Mondrian-inspired lines and Oskar Fischinger-style movement, the highly-accomplished animated short evokes the modernist works of Saul Bass and Ray and Charles Eames.