Al Jarnow

Architecture

Al Jarnow

A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings...

Shorelines

Al Jarnow

After a day of gathering hundreds of seashells and rocks from the beach, Jarnow uses the found objects to construct a stop motion commentary on how we look at nature through various cinematic techniques.

Cosmic Clock

Al Jarnow

A mind-twisting time-lapse beginning on a hill just outside town, doing for the concept of time what Charles and Ray Eames's 1968 film The Powers of Ten did for space. One billion years in two minutes.

Cosmic Letter

Al Jarnow

A companion piece to Cosmic Letter, also produced for 3-2-1 Contact. Jarnow begins at his address in Brooklyn and zooms outward to the farthest reaches of the universe.

Skeletons

Al Jarnow

A short film made of cel drawings, showing us how various mammals, plants and objects all share similar skeletal structures. Produced for Sesame Street.

Orange

Al Jarnow

An animated orange

Earthworks

Al Jarnow

Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape.

Bench

Al Jarnow

A story about cooperation.

Cube

Al Jarnow

A filmed exercise that follows in the path of Rotating Cubic Grid and Cubits, the predictably titled Cube features cubes of varying shapes and size sliding around and growing into and out of one another, demonstrating how multiple parts can make up a whole.

Real Cats Drink Milk

Al Jarnow

A parade of animated cats.

Shell Life

Al Jarnow

Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation.

Jesse: The First Year

Al Jarnow

For a year, Jarnow photographed and recorded the sounds of his newborn child.

Number Rap #17

Al Jarnow

Kids rapping about the number 17.

Academy Leader Variations

A. Da, Skip Battaglia

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

Ocean

Al Jarnow

Scratching and Painting on Film

Al Jarnow

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform self portraiture, lettering tests and images traced from other films including a Charlie Chaplin short.