April 2012 - Directors Notes

My Panda Shall Fly + Benjamin Jackson: Mantra

Don’t be put off by the gimp like suit in the opening moments of Andrew Corrigan’s Mantra promo, once the frenetic beats of My Panda Shall Fly +

Animation, Music

Punks Jump Up feat Chromeo: Mr Overtime

French director Maxime Bruneel brings the vivid, trippy style we’ve become used to in his recent work, to this vibrant animated road trip video for the

Documentary

A Momentary Lapse of London

Davide Roveri’s 6 minute short A Momentary Lapse of London features impressive time lapse shots of iconic London landmarks, often in silhouette against

Art & Fashion

Spike Lee / The Dolly Shot

Ever noticed how many dolly shots Spike Lee has in his movies? NO! Well writer & video editor Richard Cruz has and he’s made a montage to prove it.

Animation

Orpheus´ Pony

Orpheus´ metamorphotic walk through the lost and found land. 2000 drawings passed through German animator Michael Fragstein’s hands as he created

Animation

The Plague Bearers

Artist, animator, accordion player and recent CalArts graduate Zoë Moss combines stop-motion and 2D animation techniques in her haunting short The Plague

Animation

On The Table

The latest member to join French animation studio Je Regarde, Japanese animator Masanobu Hiraoka applies his interest in metamorphosis and strange or

Animation

SubWars

SubWars, the latest animation from Chinese director SeanSoong highlights exactly why you should always give up your seat for an elderly person. Equally

Documentary

Pointe Shoes

In amongst all the psychological horror of Black Swan did you like me think, why the hell is Natalie Portman destroying a perfectly good pair of pointe shoes?

Live Action

Heresy

Burning people at the stake isn’t the most conventional subject for a jewellery advert and whilst Matias & Mathias’ promo for Bjorg Jewellery

Music

Benga: I Will Never Change

Inspired by the mesmerising simplicity of the Soundcloud waveform for Benga’s I Will Never Change, UK design/directing duo Us (Christopher Barrett and

Live Action

Lovely Monster

Italian director Francesco Calabrese employs a documentary approach to his unusual drama Lovely Monster, the “true story” of Sophia, a young woman

April, 2012 Archive