History of the London Filmmakers Co-op (in French)

In the early 1990s I was rooting round in the the LFMC cupboard and came across a somewhat unloved wind-up Kodak Standard 8 camera. Unlike Super 8, Standard 8 can be passed through the camera several times to create superimpositions. If you underexpose the first layer you get a degree of what is know as latensification, a process which enhances the shadow areas in subsequent layers/exposures. In practice with the Standard 8 camera I was using it was all a little hit and miss but the process does work as can be seen in the deep blue water ripples half way through the film. 

The footage was shot mostly in and around the Gloucester Avenue LFMC building and on the Regent Canal next door. There were also some shots from my then home in Forest Hill and even a touch of Whitewall Creek down in Strood. The footage was transferred unedited to Umatic video, and then to digital in the late 90s. I still have the reel of film somewhere so should get a decent transfer done sometime. The tongue in cheek soundtrack and music are contemporary.