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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.

Animation

Overtime

I first came across Overtime by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrie over four years ago now on a short film website and for some reason I never got

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Animation

Gorge

Music is the only escape a small boy has from an all-consuming city in Thomas Knowler’s Gorge.

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Animation

Factory

Made in just 3 weeks, Factory’s vivid 3D animation and realistic settings make this bizarre short a fascination watch.

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Animation

La Nuit de l’Ours

Created during their fourth year at La Cambre Animation Workshop in Brussels, Alexis Fradier, Julien Regnard (whose chase animation Jump impressed us) &

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Animation

I Touched a Red Button

Combine David Lynch, one of recent time’s most pioneering filmmakers, with Interpol, one of the coolest bands on the planet and what the collaboration

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Animation

Jump

Using TV Paint (a paperless drawing and animation tool), animator Julien Regnard has created a stylish 2D animation that is bound to impress all who gaze upon

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Live Action

The Tree of Life

2011’s controversy in the world of film may have centred once again around Lars von Trier and his Cannes Film Festival outbursts, now dubbed

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Music Video

Gotye: Somebody That I Used To Know

Animating the set and bodies of lead vocalists Wouter De Backer and Kimbra, gives Natasha Pincus’ video for Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know a

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Animation

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Every year when I was a young boy my Mum and Dad used to take me and my brother to an air show at a local aircraft museum. Some of my earliest memories involve

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Animation

Seedling

Animator Lee Tao reminds us just how beautifully traditional techniques can look in his short Seedling.

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Animation

Magnus

An old train travels through landscapes, to get to an ancient city.

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Animation, Music Video

Loose Fit: Table Beggar

Shooting a successful music video isn’t the easiest of tasks under normal circumstances, however, when you decide to take your edit, export it as an

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