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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

The Meth Project

Darren Aronofsky returns to the hard hitting ways of Requiem for a Dream with some in your face ads for The Meth Project.

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Animation

Blanc Festival

You’d be pretty disappointed if a graphic design festival didn’t deliver with its visuals; Home de Caramel’s idents for BLANC Festival 2011

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Animation

The 13 Clocks

“Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were 13 clocks that wouldn’t go, there lived a cold aggressive Duke and his

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Animation

ROSA

Created single handedly, in the space of a year, by artist Jesús Orellana, sci-fi animated epic ROSA is the story of mankind’s last attempt to restore the

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Animation

Travelers

Leo Campasso’s traveller has his journey take an unexpected turn when he meets a new companion and encounters deceit shaped into a monster.

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Documentary, Music Video

Alex Yde

We’re so used to special fx in films, that when you stumble across something your eyes have trouble believing you instantly believe it must be down to

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Live Action

The Reformed Troglodyte

Past DN guest Ben Briand returns with another trademark short The Reformed Troglodyte, once again showcasing the confident style he displayed in earlier films

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Animation

My Favourite Animal

Lara Lee’s charming animation My Favourite Animal takes the basic premise of asking different children one simple question….What’s your

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Music Video

UK Music Video Awards

A few days ago we saw the UK Music Video Awards take place and even though we’d featured such winners as Manchester Orchestra: Simple Math, Eskmo: We Got

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Live Action

Welcome to Hoxford

When I think of fan videos, the first thing I usually imagine homemade lightsaber special fx and people doing bad kung-fu, however, it would seem my opinion of

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Art & Fashion

Never Extinguish

We’ve featured a few skate videos on DN over the years, although I think I can safely say this is the first apocalyptic skate video we’ve ever

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Calculate

One of the greatest measurements of a successful short film is if it leaves you wanting more. I think I could happily watch JamVee’s (the collaboration

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