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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.

Documentary

Clouds: beta

One for only the geekiest of geeks; Clouds: beta by Jonathan Minard and James George is an extraordinary computational documentary featuring hackers and media

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Asides, Music Video

Jay Z & Kanye West: No Church in the Wild

Romain Gavras follows up his frenzied music promo work for M.I.A. with this volatile video for Jay Z & Kanye West’s 'No Church in the Wild'.

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Animation, Asides

d’une rare crudité

Supinfocom students Jeremy Mougel, Emilien Davaud and Marion Szymczak present the unusual story of a blossoming field with an equally unusual style.

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Film Festival

Vimeo Festival 2012: Motion Graphics Finalists

The infamous American civil war speech of Abraham Lincoln, the adventures of the world’s most famous fictitious Belgian reporter, the art of the title

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Animation, Documentary

I Dreamt of Flying

Inspired by his grandfather – an RAF tail-gunner 1943-44, – I Dreamt of Flying is a a mixed media documentary written, drawn, animated and directed

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Film Festival

Vimeo Festival 2012: Experimental Finalists

Described as video that experiments with new ideas and/or techniques, often characterized by the absence of a linear narrative, the Vimeo awards experimental

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Asides, Music Video

Advanced Base: Summer Music

Writer/Director Philip Hodges brings some puppetry magic to the music promo for Advance Base track Summer Music.

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Film Festival, Music Video

Vimeo Festival 2012: Music Video Finalists

The music video category is probably one of the most popular categories in the Vimeo festival and a form of filmmaking that we’ve noticed seems to go

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Live Action

Wrong Cops

Quentin Dupieux, the director that bought us 2011’s oddest film – Rubber, returns with a brief slice of comedy weirdness – Wrong Cops.

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Live Action

Vessel

Los Angeles based filmmaker Clark Baker presents impressive short Vessel, a film inspired by the likes of Alien, The Thing and Close Encounters of the Third

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Asides, Music Video

Woodkid: Run Boy Run

Yoann Lemoine brings his distinct style, first seen in the striking black and white video for Woodkid’s Iron, to another of the band’s tracks

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Live Action

A Certain Breed

With the likes of This is spinal Tap and The Office as its predecessors, making a successful mockumentary (of any length) is always a tough ask. Scott

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