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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.

Live Action

Do You Love Me

It’s not often you employ the services of artificial intelligence when writing a film, but that’s exactly what Chris R Wilson decided to do when he

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Music Video

Wavves: Sail to the Sun

Chris Black and MISTERDOCTOR (aka BLACK // DOCTOR) introduce us to the darker side of religion in this provocative promo for Wavves track Sail to the Sun.

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Music Video

The Milk Carton Kids: Honey

Sometimes all you need for an enthralling music video is a famous actress, a camera mount and the balls to do something different. Starring Amanda Seyfried

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Music Video

Majical Cloudz: Childhood’s End

Visually stunning and conceptually intriguing, Emily Kai Bock’s latest music promo blends lavish black and white cinematography with a somewhat haunting

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Music Video

John Grant: GMF

London-based filmmaker Lucy Luscombe creates a subtle and playful promo for John Grant track GMF (Greatest Motherfucker).

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AdventureTime - David OReilly

Animation

Adventure Time – David OReilly

2013 has already started pretty excitingly for prolific Irish animator David OReilly, we’re only just over four months into the year and the eccentric

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Nice Day for a Picnic

Monica Gallab explores the rituals of everyday life in her cyclical animation Nice Day for a Picnic.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

I.D.

Scottish filmmaker Sam Firth finds a creative use for old passport photos in I.D., a short exploring teenage identity.

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Fear of Flying_Conor Finnegan

Animation

TheyAreAnimators #10: Conor Finnegan

Following on from our TheyAreAnimators feature on animation collective Late Night Work Club, this month’s interview sees us shoot the breeze with

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Animation

Body Memory

With a central concept revolving around the idea that our body remembers, not only individual experiences, but also the sorrow and pain of our predecessors,

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Animation

Beth

Take a journey into the black and white world of Jaulin-Berge with experimental animation Beth.

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Live Action

The Promise

A good friend finds it difficult to renege on a five year old promise he made to a close friend, in Sam Molleur’s well-executed comedy The Promise

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