The Graphic Design students at University of Brighton created some very exciting image and text-based sequences of 16mm film strips. These were formulated during the workshops held in both the darkroom (with Nick Collins) and in the studio (with Louise Colbourne).
The various techniques that the students used were challenging and alternative, offering the chance to use a hands-on approach to experimentation.
In the studio the students worked on top of 'found' footage with letraset, letratone, pens, paint, pins and etching tools. In the darkroom the students had an opportunity to hand develop film strips. They used a wide variety of objects and images to create contact prints (photograms) onto high contrast film stock which creates an inverted, negative image.
Some of the film sills from the sequences that they created:
