While researching experimental filmmaking I viewed the Len Lye animation Tusalava and found it had quite an impact on me. I was dazzled by the animation and found myself wondering how certain visual effects were achieved at such an early stage in the development of film as an expressive medium. I also felt that the film was a working example of exactly what I am trying to achieve within my own film. Looking at Len Lye on a purely visual stance, it would be impossible to grasp his strong attraction to indigenous Pacific cultures and as a result his image does not provide an accurate assessment of him as a person. This film has made me want to incorporate some form of animation or stop-motion into my own experimental piece.