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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

Islands: Hallways

Lex Halaby’s promo for Islands’ track Hallways sees front man Nicholas Thorburn rock out with a backing band of skeleton puppets.

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Animation

ABCinema

Evan Seitz’s ABCinema challenges your movie knowledge by asking how many meticulously illustrated movie titles can you name in 57 seconds

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Live Action

Rest

Just when you finally thought you’d seen every type of zombie short possible, along comes Sunday / Paper’s Rest. Confidently helmed by writer,

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Music Video

Unkle: Another Night Out

Another Unkle track, another stunning music video. Toby Dye’s promo for Another Night Out matches the stark black and white visuals of director of

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Music Video

70 Millions Hits Later

Take your eye off the ball for 7 months and look what happens! We featured Natasha Pincus’ video for Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know on DN back in

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Music Video

99 Problems In Film

Pioneers of the video-mix and masters of the cut Eclectic Method bring us another masterclass in movie/music mashups with 99 Problems In Film, their cinematic

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Music Video

M.I.A.: Bad Girls

Romain Gavras continues his explosive collaboration with the unusual M.I.A. with the promo of her latest track Bad Girls.

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Live Action

White

Zombies and Pandas have ruled the apocalyptic worlds of short film in recent weeks, but here in Patrick Boivin’s White it’s the time of snow. Their

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Live Action

Rotting Hill

A little slice of zombie love in Rotting Hill – A live-action CGI short film from Media Design School’s Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D

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Live Action

Alex and Her Arse Truck

“I’ve just watched my dad pull out his own tooth with a pair of pliers and then he set his shell suit on fire.” – The internet was made

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Music Video

Nu Sensae: I'm a Body

Dogs, faces and food form an effective trio in Cody Fennell’s promo for Nu Sensae track I’m a Body.

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Animation

Bird Benny

A group of young ornamental birds compare plumage in Bird Benny, a laugh out loud animation from Kristof Luyckx.

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