Behind the scenes at the National Film and Television School

Rebecca Archer, a final year Animation Directing student, works on a stop motion animation called Canuck Black, a dark comedy following the journey of an American black bear as the key suspect in a grizzly murder investigation Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Canuck Black is made using two different animation techniques: stop-motion, seen here, and paint on glass, which is used for flashback scenes throughout the film Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

In another area of the school, students work on their graduation film Room 55 Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Cans of film at the school Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Final year Cinematography student James Blann films actor Collette Cooper for a scene in Room 55 Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Hand-painting a Chinese wall for Room 55 Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Actor Collette Cooper being styled by hair and makeup artist Maryam Nylander, who was brought in for the production of Room 55 Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Removing film from a camera in a lightproof tent Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Producer Charlotte Campbell, a final year NFTS student working on Room 55 Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Students from the one of the NFTS Directors Series summer course Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

Isobel Dunhill, a final year Production Design student, and Violet Elliott, an art department assistant brought in for the production of Mend and Make Do, an NFTS graduation film Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS

The sound and vision studio at the NFTS Photograph: Andrew Lavin/NFTS