In this session we started by looking at examples of films made my drawing directly onto a piece of film in order to create patterns, pictures and words. We learnt that this early form of film making was used mainly to create advertisements in cinemas before a feature film as it was a effecive way to make eye-catching adverts.
Len Lye
We began by being given a piece of film to write, we could use stamps, markers or ink to create images or patterns. I decided at first to try and draw some images in each frame that would gradually change as the film went on, this proved to be more difficult than I first expected it to be as the space with which we had to draw was very limited. I experimented with drawing stick figures and shapes such as love hearts that gradually became smaller until they disappeared. After realising that this wasn't an effective way to draw for me personally I switched to a more abstract method, using the markers to create interesting patters and the stamps in order to spell out simple words, I also used ink to create finger print patterns.
Stan Brackage
Overall I enjoyed this session as it was hands on and gave me an interesting insight into the early methods employed in order to create short interesting films. The potential for this technique to be applied in the future is quite high as it is an interesting way to create attractive designs in a short amount of time.
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