Ian Helliwell Trailers
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Most Popular Ian Helliwell Trailers
Total trailers found: 43
Dash Dot Trailer (2006)
01 April 2006
A completely cameraless hand scratched and coloured film, made by direct animation onto black super-8.
Return to the Light Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
Evolving out of bleached off-cuts from the 1998 film 'Into The Light', this short abstract sequel overlays super 8 film shot directly into a projector beam.
Compound Eye Trailer (2004)
01 February 2004
A film shot with super-8 using various distortion lenses in front of the camera; partly in real-time, partly animation.
Coloured Light District Trailer (2002)
08 July 2002
Derived from found super-8 footage of night-time cityscapes shot in London and Berlin in the early 1970s, this once-silent amateur film of lights and neon signs has been reorganized through editing, superimposition and colour inversion, with Helliwell's soundtrack combining electronics, computer sounds and short wave radio signals.
Crosshatch Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
The underlying chessboard image is derived from modified TV test pattern apparatus distorted by audio signals from a sinewave generator; filmed off a monitor with super 8, then coloured in with black ink and coated with household bleach.
Crystallization Trailer (2000)
31 December 2000
An abstract work originating from experiments in the early 1990s, using bleach, ink and scratching directly onto super 8 film.
Escape the Light Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
The fourth in a series of abstract shorts started in 1998 – all shot with super 8, exploring light through different lenses and filters.
Particle Acceleration Trailer (2002)
01 March 2002
Fast moving abstract film in two halves, gathering together Super-8 fragments and off-cuts shot over several years.
Art Flies Free Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
A Super-8 portrait of Jeff Keen. This short but evocative experimental portrait melds Keen's style with that of its maker, Ian Helliwell, another artist filmmaker based in Brighton.
Headache Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
A short section of found super-8 lip-reading film set in a doctor`s waiting room, covered in bleach, drastically edited and completed with titles and a soundtrack of homemade electronic music.
Street Lights Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Super-8 film of night and daytime cityscapes and illuminations, collected over several years and spliced together into a split-screen collage.
Beyond the Light Trailer (2003)
31 December 2003
The final part of a trilogy of films started in 1998, exploring the filming of projected light through distorting lenses.
The Atomium Age Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Split-screen film shot at the Atomium in Brussels, the centrepiece of the World`s Fair in 1958. The remarkable 335 feet high structure representing an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, is captured with spontaneous super-8 camerawork, in all its silver spherical glory.
Analysis of Leather Trailer (2013)
17 December 2013
Roving, detecting, strobing. The short film features a soundtrack by Ian Helliwell.
Lift Off Apollo Pavilion Trailer (2020)
17 September 2020
A short film composed of still images and electronic music, capturing the rugged brutalist beauty of Victor Pasmore's Apollo Pavilion, in Peterlee, County Durham.
Letraglide Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
Strips of adhesive Letratone textures were applied to super 8 film; to create the soundtrack the edited movie was played back and registered by a special photocell controlled audio generator, and the resulting tones were modified through speed changing.
The Motion Controllers Trailer (2009)
31 December 2009
Recording the moving junk sculpture of Brighton collective Circus Kinetica, this super 8 film was shot on the seafront near their studio in the summer of 2009, with a mixture of live action, stop motion and superimposition.
Molecular Feedback Trailer (2014)
31 December 2014
Continuing a series of films made with Helliwell’s simple hand held Hellicam video camera pointing at a monitor, in order to generate colour feedback patterns.
Playing Up Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Naturally decayed found Super-8 footage of children's and adult's games has been cut up with scissors and spliced back together to reveal new rhythms and connections.
Get Set Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
A direct animation film made over a period of 3 years, using clear Super 8 covered with ink and overlaid with various Letraset shapes.
Rust to Dust Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
A hand processed super-8 film shot at a Brighton cemetery, further enhanced with ink drawn directly onto the footage.
Rectangular Motion Trailer (2000)
01 June 2000
An abstract film derived from coloured inks applied onto clear super 8; sprocket holes from different gauges of film were used as stencils, leaving behind hard-edged rectangular shapes amongst the swirling patterns of ink.
Signal Tracing Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Abstract audio-generated waveform patterns from an oscilloscope and modified TV, were filmed with super-8 and then treated with bleach and vinegar.
Optical Action Trailer (2004)
31 December 2004
Found Super 8 footage is the basis of this flicker film which has been hand treated with ink and bleach.
Into the Light Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
An abstract Super-8 film made by shooting directly into the beam of a projector through a distorting lens.
Protection Leader Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
A found footage film made up entirely from super 8 leader, creating a frenetic collage of numbers, text, colours and processing information.
Drill Bits Trailer (2011)
01 July 2011
Using a very small electric craft drill with different attachments, parts of the emulsion of black super 8 film were carefully etched away.
Practical Electronica Trailer (2012)
02 January 2012
Ian Helliwell's 2011 documentary about an important and previously untold link in the history of early British Electronic Music, F.
Corroding Royals Trailer (2019)
01 September 2019
Direct animation film using inks applied to found footage Super 8 film, originally shot in the 1970s directly from a TV screen featuring a broadcast of a Royal family occasion.
Orbiting the Atom Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
Electronically generated images, including Lissajous patterns from a modified television, were captured on Super-8 film and then treated by hand with coloured inks and bleach.
Angel Recovered Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A Super-8 film shot in 1997, re-edited and reworked with ink and bleach applied directly onto the footage.
Our Honeymoon Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Standard 8 found footage featuring a home movie wedding sequence in the 1960s. The film then goes behind the scenes to capture what happens afterwards in the newlywed`s honeymoon hotel room.
Bubbling Under Trailer (2013)
01 January 2013
Abstract film shot with super 8 through a cylinder of coloured viscous liquid. The footage was bleached and finally cut up and inverted, with electronic sounds made using Hellitron tone generators.
Grid Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Circles in formation glide by, in this abstract direct animation film. Coloured inks were applied onto clear super-8 with felt-tip pens, using an old speaker grill as a stencil.
Patterns of Interference Trailer (2000)
31 December 2000
A combination of 2 reels of super-8 animation, with driving electronic music, creating superimposed pulsing abstract patterns of stroboscopic intensity.
Origami Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
Found super-8 footage giving a short demonstration in the art of paper folding; the film has been bleached and cut up, and accompanied by electronic music and animated titles.
Light Activation Feedback Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
The image was formed through a process of reflection and feedback. A modified video camera connected to a monitor and pointing at the screen, was triggered into feedback via reflections on the screen surface generated by a laser and randomly flashing LEDs .
Making Patterns Move Trailer (2021)
01 January 2021
Examples from a DIY book about Op Art patterns form the basis of this hypnotic film. The images seem to move by themselves in front of our eyes.
Lines and Pulses Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Continuing experiments with super 8 and stroboscopic effects, this work expands on Helliwell`s earlier flicker films, Patterns of Interference (2000) and Optical Action (2005).
Colour Stream Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
Flowing lights and colours are the focus of this abstract film shot with super-8 through a close-up lens.
