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Obsessed with film, the internet and WordPress, Directors Notes is the place Rob gets to brings all his interests together and really geek out. When not writing for DN he can be found on Short of the Week or Vimeo.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Your Mother and I

Hoping to make you laugh & cry with a story encompassing the micro & macro, Anna Maguire joins us to discuss her adaptation of Dave Eggers' short story.

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Animation

Sea Child

Minha Kim joins us to discuss her NFTS grad film 'Sea Child' - an 8-min short blending an unsettling storyline with vivid hand-painted animation.

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Music Video

Seramic: Greg’s Love (feat. Bootsy Collins)

Photographer Max Knight takes a simple concept and executes it perfectly in this captivating music video starring ex-UCLA gymnast & dancer Sophina DeJesus.

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Boob snakes and twerking plants are just two of the magical creatures prowling the neon landscapes of Lisa Hanawalt’s trippy video for Tegan and Sara track Hang on to the Night.

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Music Video

Aaron Brown Looks to Demystifying the Porn Industry in his Intriguing Cass McCombs Music Video

Director Aaron Brown joins us to discuss why he wanted to turn his camera on the porn industry for his latest music video for Cass McCombs

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Animation

“Great Ideas are Born from Great Puns” – Creating Gold with the Animade ‘Olympops’

Animade's Russ Etheridge joins us to discuss 'Olympops' - a series of five ridiculously rubbery animations the studio has made to celebrate the Olympics

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Article, Documentary

A Guide to Interactive Documentary: Structure, Tools & Narrative

Looking to create an Interactive Documentary, but don't know where to start? From Software to Structure & Audience to Inspiration - this is the guide for you.

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Hot on the heels of his recently featured short Home Suite Home, director Jeroen Houben returns with another short film full of charming characters and outstanding production – this time transporting us into the haze of the summer romance with Plaster.

Animation

Animated Series ‘The Sentinel’ Hopes to Hook an Audience with its Epic Adventures

Filmmakers Adam Floeck and Nate Swinehart join us to discuss animated series 'The Sentinel' as they aim to secure funding for their epic animated adventure.

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A brief but energetic 3-minute SFX short, Star Wars – Call of the Empire from director Trevor Kerr imagines what would have happened if those loyal to the Empire would have kept fighting after Return of the Jedi

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Music Video

Carlos Lopez Estrada Captures Consuming Heartbreak in his Cyclical Kari Faux Music Video

Returning to Director Notes for what might be a record 5th time, Carlos Lopez Estrada discusses his latest cyclical, set-changing music video

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A humorous and unorthodox documentary from Edinburgh-based filmmaker Scott Willis, Tapes From The Revolutionary is a 16-minute short that attempt to take you into the mind, and behind the lens, of self-proclaimed communist revolutionary Andy – who is somewhat of a documentarian himself.