Charles Eames made a 1-minute math film and it's somehow hypnotic.
One of a series of three films on mathematics conceived and produced by the Eames Office with Ray Redheffer, professor of Mathematics at UCLA. A stop-motion animation film, it begins with an algebraic expression, elaborates on it, and then reduces it to its original form. Told without narration, the film was designed to be supplemented with the explanation of the classroom teacher. Columbus International Film Festival Bronze Chris Plaque Award-C, 1975.
Direction
Eames Office precision—every frame calculated, literally.
Practical Effects
Hand-crafted stop-motion makes algebra feel tactile.
Director
Charles Eames
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Eameses made three math films with UCLA professor Ray Redheffer—Alpha, Beta, and Gamma—each exploring different concepts through stop-motion.
Designed for classroom use, this was open-source edu-content before that existed—teachers supplied the voiceover, Eames supplied the visual magic.
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