Frames of Reference

Year: 1960

Runtime: 26 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Leacock

Documentary

Leacock’s Frames of Reference (1960) is an educational physics short that uses a rotating table and furniture that appear in unexpected spots to illustrate motion. Abraham Morochnik’s crisp cinematography and witty narration by University of Toronto professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume show how inventive filmmaking can make a dry subject lively.

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