History WesternAnimation / Allegreto

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''Allegreto'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1936]] abstract short (and we mean ''short''--it's only 2 1/2 minutes long) film by German-American abstract animator Oskar Fischinger, with music by Ralph Rainger. The film is a purely visual experience that experiments with abstract animation combined with music, and has absolutely no plot or characters to speak of.

See it [[http://www.totalshortfilms.com/ver/pelicula/178 here.]]

It is notable for being a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.

!Tropes:

* ColorContrast: The film uses this visual tool as part of its abstract animation vocabularly.
* MeaningfulName: The word Allegreto is a musical term for "at a fairly brisk tempo." or "a movement or piece to be played fairly briskly." The films visuals are built around a soundtrack paced like this.
* MickeyMousing: The movement of the shapes is synchronized with the music.
* {{Minimalism}}: The film is an experiment in abstract animation, being a collection of simplistic animated shapes and colors set to music.
* NoPlotNoProblem: There is no plot or characters and no words other than those in the opening credits, as the film is meant to be a purely abstract visual experience.
* ShortFilm: It's only 2 and a half minutes long.
* JustForFun/TheTropelessTale: Probably as close as you can get to the nebulous quality of one due to the film's utter lack of content. Even ''Film/RoundhayGardenScene'' spawns a myriad a tropes despite only being ''2 seconds long''. Even ''Literature/HemingwaysSixWordStory'' and the Tropeless Tale page ''itself'' has more tropes than this film.

* ShortFilm: Its only 2 and a half minutes long.
* JustForFun/TheTropelessTale: Probably as close as you can get to the nebulous quality of one due to the films utter lack of content. Even ''Film/RoundhayGardenScene'' spawns a myriad a tropes despite only being ''2 seconds long''. Even ''Literature/HemingwaysSixWordStory'' and the Tropeless Tale page ''itself'' has more tropes than this film.

* NoPlotNoProblem: There is no plot or characters and no words other those in the opening credits, as the film is meant to be a purely abstract visual experience.

* NoPlotNoProblem: There is no plot or characters, as the film is meant to be a purely abstract visual experience.

* JustForFun/TheTropelessTale: Probably as close as you can get to the nebulous quality of one due to the films utter lack of content. Even ''Film/RoundhayGardenScene'' spawns a myriad a tropes despite only being ''2 seconds long''.

''Allegreto'' is a 1936 abstract short (and we mean ''short''--it's only 2 1/2 minutes long) film by German-American abstract animator Oskar Fischinger, with music by Ralph Rainger. The film is a purely visual experience that experiments with abstract animation combined with music, and has absolutely no plot or characters to speak of.

* NoPlotNoProblem: There is no plot or characters, as the film is meant to be a purely abstract visual experience.

* NoPlotNoProblem: There is no plot or characters, as the film is meant to be a purely abstract visual experience.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The film is a collection of abstract shapes and colors in motion with no obvious meaning to them, assuming there was even a meaning behind it in the first place...

* NoPlotNoProblem: There is no plot or characters, as the film is meant to be a purely abstract visual experience.

''Allegreto'' is a 1936 abstract short (and we mean ''short''-it's only 2 1/2 minutes long) film by German-American animator Oskar Fischinger, with music by Ralph Rainger. The film is a purely visual experience that experiments with abstract animation combined with music, and has no plot or characters to speak of.