I can't believe I've never been exposed to the awesome technique that is scratch film. Leader film can be marked in different ways- the black film can be scratched on to let light through, and the clear film can be drawn on with marker, scratched, or even have bits cello-taped to it.
Film is cut and taped together with a special splicing device. Then the film can then be run through the projector as long as it's not too thick or weak. This is trickier than it sounds, since the projector is a very fragile machine.
We haven't yet been able to see our class's film strung together, but here is a very pretty example from youtube:
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