Categorisation: I think of it as Formative abstraction, a short film showing a ballet dancer performing a pas de deux with a male dancer. Colour and dance are used to express the feminine and masculine beauty of the human body.
Form and Function: McLaren photographed on high-contrast stock to create an experimental sensual experience.
Process: He used high-contrast stock, then used an optical printer to expose individual frames up to 11 times. The premise of backlighting the sequence preserves a large amount of visual residue and shadow overlay, which achieves an effect that is hypnotic.
Formal Elements: Only black and white colors are used in the frame at the same time. The background is also exactly the same shade of black as the figures, and grey is avoided as much as possible. The use of ethereal instruments such as the piano gives a dreamy hypnotic effect.