# animate! › Films › Sunset Strip by Kayla Parker › all › synopses › direction & collaboration › full production credits › film stills › tools & processes › format & distribution › background material

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, direct animation, painted-on-film animation, mixed-media animation, sunsets, time, nature, visual music, diary film, filmmaker, artist filmmaker

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**Sunset Strip** a film by Kayla Parker

[Kayla Parker](https://www.kaylaparker.co.uk/)

1996, 3 min 30 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1063213)

![Sunset Strip, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/sunsetstrip05.jpg)

### 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

### animate! films by this artist

[Cage of Flame](https://animate.org.uk/films/cageofflame/)

[Sunset Strip](https://animate.org.uk/films/sunsetstrip/)

#### artist’s website

[Sundog Media](http://www.sundog.co.uk/)

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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**Sunset Strip** title card

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[![Sunset Strip, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/sunsetstrip09.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/sunsetstrip09.jpg)

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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](mailto:info@lux.org.uk)
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
[www.lux.org.uk](http://www.lux.org.uk/)

**Sunset Strip** film, stills and other materials © Kayla Parker 1996