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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 Damage Done

A hired gun is tasked by the local sheriff to apprehend a bank robber in a hostile area of 1890 New Mexico. The dangerous assignment is complicated by a

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

Please My Favorite Don’t Be Sad

Scott Benson's animated 'Please My Favorite Don't Be Sad' for The World/Inferno Friendship Society is possibly the shortest music video....ever!

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Animation, Art & Fashion

DOM: Melbourne

What do you get when mix together experimental trip hop, avante-garde dance, stop motion and stripping with a splash of Dogville and a dash of smoke? You get

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Live Action

Denis Double

Claire Denis is fast becoming one of the most respected and critically acclaimed directors in world cinema. With this in mind, I’m almost embarrassed to

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Animation, Music Video

The Wave Pictures – Sweetheart

I El Vez of Directors Notes, do solemnly swear to stop posting about book related shorts (see our posts on Hoedown from Rodeo and The Diary of a Disappointed

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Accumulonimbus

Natural and man-made objects on a spin cycle accumulate, disintegrate, and multiply. Created by stop motion animating clay on glass, the film is a meditation

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Asides, Music Video

Edgerton Update

After watching Rachel Ward’s Beautiful Kate at the weekend, I decided it was time I did a bit of research on the recent emergence of Australian

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Animation, Asides

Monstrous Wildlife

If like me, you absolutely love the 1990 cult classic Tremors, then there’s a good chance you’re going to appreciate the short Monstrous Wildlife.

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Animation

Between Bears

We’ve featured the work of Eran Hilleli on Directors Notes a couple of times already this year, first we focused on his work for the beautifully styled

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Live Action

The Diary of a Disappointed Book

Following on from Marbelle’s post on book related short Hoedown from Rodeo, comes my very own book related short The Diary of a Disappointed Book. This

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Animation

Who's the king baby?

“Well you’re a Wanker too, cause you used to wank me off” Some great conversation about men and sex in Marie-Margaux

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Music Video

Dancing Pigeons – Ritalin

Hillbillies don’t duel like regular folks.

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