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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.

Music Video

2 Chainz feat. Kanye West: Birthday Song

Whilst all 2 Chainz and Kanye West seem to want for their birthday’s is “a big booty ho”, what they got was a fantastic party-themed music

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Animation, Music Video

Adam Buxton

Not content with forming one half of Adam & Joe with his partner in comedy Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), Adam Buxton has also turned his hand to

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Animation

TheyAreAnimators #2: Joseph Pierce

The premise and content of DN should make it pretty evident that we’re enthusiastic advocates of online film. Even in the brief six years that DN’s

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Live Action

Play Dead

When W.C. Fields said “never work with children or animals”, he’d obviously never considered the prospect of working with animals

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Music Video

Diplo: Set it Off

Pomp and Clout’s Ryan Staake uses a never-ending flow of pole dancers to create a spellbinding music promo for Diplo track 'Set it Off'.

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Animation

Bill Wearing Socks

Designer, illustrator and enthusiast of infographics Nieges Borges creates a fitting tribute to the legend that is Bill Murray, by taking us on a journey

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Animation

Love Sports

With the UK and the rest of the world still recovering from the grip of Olympic fever, London-based animator and DN alumni Grant Orchard picked the perfect

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Music Video

Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World

Willem Dafoe stars in this raw, powerful music promo for Antony and the Johnsons track Cut the World, from Australian Director/Photographer Nabil Elderkin

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Live Action

A Homeless Polar Bear in London

Featuring a polar bear costume, music from Radiohead and the dulcet tones of Jude Law providing a voice-over, with half a million views already clocked up on

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Animation

Impact Debut

Working under the moniker Motion Fiction, live-action director Jeff Lee and animator/puppeteer Lynn Okimur combine their individual talents to great effect in

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Music Video

Norah Jones: Miriam

Featuring sweeping camera shots, perfectly executed transitions and an intriguing plot, Philip Andelman’s cinematic music promo for Norah Jones’

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Art & Fashion

The Wizard of Oz Experiment

Simultaneously watching 5829 copies of Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz playing side by side might not be everyone’s cup of tea. Yet,

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