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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

Lotus Flower

For years now, Radiohead have been leading lights in the music video sector, with videos like Just, Street Spirit and No Surprises setting a very high standard

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Live Action

The Party

If only all anti drink-drive adverts could be this good!

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Live Action

Bikini Cinema

Does exactly what it says on the packet, girls in bikinis read lines from cult films in some high production videos. Why didn’t someone think of this

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Live Action

Some Static Started

We were first introduced to Ben Briand through his sumptuous short Apricot, well he’s back again with another fine piece of intriguing filmmaking, Some

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Animation

Eye of the Storm

Steampunk films have been around for a while now with movies like Castle in the Sky and Hellboy playing with the genre, however, I don’t remember any

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Live Action

BASTA(rd)

With the power of the internet on your side, if you can make a visually stunning short film you stand a very good chance of getting it seen. However, if you

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Animation

Der Konsument

Sometimes you just have days where you just can’t stop eating!

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Documentary

Uppercut

I’d almost forgotten about the stunning documentary series California is a place that we featured back in June 2010 on Directors Notes, Uppercut the

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Animation

Timbre I

Short and abstract, Timbre A-Z is an animation series from Mirai Mizue, check out the whole series on his vimeo channel.

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Animation, Asides

The External World

Gobsmacked, speechless, stunned, amazed and dumbfounded….all words I would use to describe my feelings after watching David OReilly’s epic EPIC

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Animation, Music Video

Skin Flicks

It’s ok, this is work safe!…..Skin Flicks isn’t all about porn, but instead a company that manages, represents and delivers the finest

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Art & Fashion

The Curve of Forgotten Things

Shot on a RED camera using 70s lenses, Todd Cole’s hazy short The Curve of Forgotten Things is a dreamy introduction to the design work of duo Kate and

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