# animate! › Films › Exposure by Peter Collis

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/exposure/

Discovery terms: 2000s animation, photographic animation, direct animation, optical printing, weather, erosion, material decay, experimental short film, filmmaker

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**Exposure** a film by Peter Collis

2003, 5 min 35 sec

![Exposure, still: XXX a: This and the next two images are from an evolving sequence toward the end of the film. A number of a particular type of plate have been merged into each other using simple dissolves – but in ‘framed’ areas of the image. These images all contain the strong feature of (actual) overlaid _scratched crosses_. Theses are used at the site to kick-start the processes of deterioration, but for me they suggest small signatures – little identity stamps.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/exposure11.jpg)

XXX a: This and the next two images are from an evolving sequence toward the end of the film. A number of a particular type of plate have been merged into each other using simple dissolves – but in ‘framed’ areas of the image. These images all contain the strong feature of (actual) overlaid _scratched crosses_. Theses are used at the site to kick-start the processes of deterioration, but for me they suggest small signatures – little identity stamps.

### a film by Peter Collis

### animate! synopsis

A curious coastal research site becomes a vibrantly graphic testament to impermanence.

### key credits

**director**
Peter Collis

**Exposure** film, stills and other materials © Peter Collis 2003