Films : Sunset Strip : all
animate! synopsis
12 frame, half second days. A year of sunsets. Brakhage-style interventions directly onto film stock in this record of light and cloud. Time-lapse goes transcendent with a little help from nail varnish, petals and stockings.
one sentence synopsis
365 sunsets recorded directly onto 35mm film – with a knockout soundtrack
short synopsis
A day-by-day diary of a whole year’s sunsets, painted onto a continuous strip of 35mm film. The result is a dazzling expression of the visual music revealed by 365 setting suns.
key credits
- director
- Kayla Parker
- animator
- Kayla Parker
- dubbing mixer
- Paul Roberts
- sound designer
- Stuart Moore
Kayla Parker
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The production company run by Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore
a film by Kayla Parker
direction
- director
- Kayla Parker
image personnel
- animator
- Kayla Parker
sound personnel
- dubbing mixer
- Paul Roberts
- sound designer
- Stuart Moore
support
- special thanks
Fitzrovia and Soho Images
- primary funding
Arts Council of England/Channel Four Aimate! award
© Kayla Parker 1996
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technical
process summary
Rendered directly onto a 35mm film stock using a variety of materials, including nail varnish, magnolia petals, hair and net stocking.
master copy format
- format
- 35mm
- colour or black & white
- colour
video distribution format
- video format
- BetaSP
- screen aspect ratio
- 4:3
- video standard
- PAL
- sound type
- stereo
film distribution format
- film format
- 35mm
- screen aspect ratio
- 1:1.66
- sound type
- Dolby SR Surround
distributor
LUX
info@lux.org.uk
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
www.lux.org.uk
