# animate! › Films › Sunset Strip by Kayla Parker › synopses

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/sunsetstrip/synopses

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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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Sunset Strip** a film by Kayla Parker

1996, 3 min 30 sec

### 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.

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