Hold Me [Film credits] (1997)

HOLD ME: Film Credits

In 1997 Mills was approached by students at the then Cumbria College of Art to make the film credits for a film about homelessness. Given his interest in and sympathy for the subject, he agreed to undertake the work for no fee. He made a series of collages, each containing elements that alluded to each specific credit. Using a mix of hand drawn and computer-treated text, a photocopier and a printer, Mills and his co-designer Michael Webster, created a series of collaged boards, which were designed to be integrated into the opening and closing scenes of the film using freeze frame and jump-cuts to negative to mirror the dark and disquieting nature of the film’s narrative.

Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Hold Me Film Credits Collages Designed by Russell Mills and Michael Webster