It could be called a clay in the life of Brighton and Hove - animated models talking about their most intimate experiences in the city.

Animator Rupert Noble has created characters who tell the story of people's most bizarre experiences in the city.

His film, We Snogged Here, takes the audience on a tour of the city through the eyes of a random group of people he interviewed in the street.

And it could match the success of the Creature Comforts series, created by award-winning film-maker Nick Park, as Rupert plans to turn his film into a national television project.

Park brought animation back into the mainstream when he made Lip Synch, a film of cartoon animals complaining about their living conditions in a zoo with voices supplied by actors.

Rupert, a Brighton-based film-maker and musician, interviewed a series of strangers he met on the streets, asking them to talk about their memories of favourite locations in the city.

He discovered that even the most mundane spots around Brighton and Hove were treasured by people, some of whom had engaged in often sordid antics.

Memories range from a couple who had sex on the beach and another who made love behind a church, to simple pleasures such as recollections of the happiness of sitting under a tree and one student's rejection from the University of Brighton's art school.

Each memory is recreated using animated models which act out the scene, with a little humour thrown in.

Rupert hopes it will help people to see the city in a way only the most daring few have done before.

Reaction to the short film, which is part of the Parallelville exhibition, an Arts Council-sponsored event at the Permanent Gallery in Bedford Place, Brighton, has so far been highly positive.

Each time Rupert filmed an interview at a chosen location, he discovered someone else with another bizarre memory.

That determined the next location to be filmed and he soon had a guided tour of Brighton and Hove, as seen by those whose lives have been shaped by the city.

His animation uses the old-fashioned snap frame technique in which a modelling clay figure is photographed in different positions.

The film begins with Suzanne, who revealed she made love to her husband behind St Luke's Church in Exeter Street.

Rupert created a short animation of her and her husband lying together and kissing, oblivious to a vicar looking on and trying to stop them by throwing hymn books at them.

Then there is Bob, who relates the tale of a date with a girl, telling how he was fascinated by the amount of hair on her back.

The animation captures this by showing a girl who turns into a hairy monster.

One character explains how she prepared herself well for an interview at the Art College, only to be rejected on the day.

The result is an animation of her being kicked out of the door with her artwork flying behind her.

Another man spoke of getting over-amorous with his girlfriend on the beach, not realising their activities were being filmed by a group of Japanese tourists.

Rupert has recreated the scene, showing a girl astride her lover, engrossed in the moment and oblivious to the fact they are being recorded for posterity.

He said: "I was amazed and surprised how open people were about the places which had special memories.

"Hardly anyone turned us down.

"The film has created a lot of interest and I am in talks about making it a national project, taking us from town to town and city to city."

Parallelville at the Permanent Gallery, 20 Bedford Place, Brighton, runs until October 10.