A NEW film on how to produce photographic prints in a darkroom featuring Bradford College students is set to be distributed across the world.

Bradford College’s WWI Film School has joined forces with ILFORD Photo to make a new film which will become a teaching aid for photographers wishing to improve their printing techniques.

It will then be shown in schools, colleges and universities all over the world.

It features students from the WWI Film School working on the production and offers a comprehensive ‘how to guide’ on how to make photographic prints in the darkroom.

It is hoped the film will be ready to be distributed in the new year.

Ilford Photo, based in Knutsford, Cheshire, is a manufacturer of photographic materials, and is known for its black-and-white film, papers and chemicals.

The film is set to be used as an aid for teachers to download from the internet, including from YouTube.

Jordan Talbot, 19, a film school student at Bradford College, who worked on the project, said: “It’s fantastic to be involved in this project, not a lot of colleges and universities get these chances.

"It’s great to get our names out there, possibly on the credits, which might lead to potential job opportunities.”

Trevor Griffiths, director of Bradford-WWI Film School, said: “We have worked with Ilford for more than 20 years and this is a wonderful opportunity for staff and student to repay some of the support that they have given us over all those years.

"The Film School is built on the importance of teaching work based practice and I couldn’t think of a better opportunity to engage with both film and photography than this opportunity offers.

"We are now in post-production and are still on target to have the completed work early in the New Year."

Bradford-WWI Film School is a partnership between Bradford College and Whistling Woods International, offering further and higher education courses in film, animation and photography.

Whistling Woods International is an Asian premier film, television, animation and media arts institute.

Steven Brierley, sales and marketing director for Ilford Photo, said: “We’re making a film that students can watch which shows them how to make prints in the darkroom for the first time.

“It will also be useful for people that are not at college and want to learn how to work in a darkroom and make prints.

"They can watch a professionally-made film that will be available on YouTube.

"The aim of this is to create a very strong well-made film that is highly educational and relevant.

"The Film School has played a very large part in making this possible as the students are making the film and taking responsibility for the production.”