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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

Reset

Stop Motion at its finest from Szymon Kabala

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Music Video

Carnal Love

From all my varied experiences with the different contributors of Directors Notes, there’s one thing I realized we all love as much as the world of

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Live Action

This is England ’86

  I’m not really a big fan of TV, in fact recently with the English football season in hiatus, I’ve found myself rarely switching on the box

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Live Action

The Search

A lonely man’s search for the existence of life outside our universe takes a remarkable turn when he connects with a recently bereaved family. Directed

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Asides, Music Video

Skream – Listenin' To The Records On My Wall

Retelling of the story of Adam & Eve, through live action and stop motion. And a nice making of.

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Animation

When Humans Ruled the Earth

Capitalism, Consumerism and Greed are not exactly new topics in the world of filmmaking, these are subjects that have been tackled by some hard-hitting

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Live Action

Saint John of Las Vegas

It was in the early to mid 90’s when I really fell in love with cinema, the “boom” period of alternative American cinema was in full flow and

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Animation, Music Video

Monogrenade – Ce soir

Cinematographer and photographer Christophe Collette produces some of the best stop-motion I’ve ever witnessed,  for Montreal band Monogrenade.

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Animation

Hit Print

Animation is the one medium where people always seem to be pushing boundaries and the artists are constantly experimenting with new methods to create their

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Art & Fashion, Live Action

AHNECTHA "voiceless room"

Refreshingly original and visually stunning are not words you throw around easily when you’ve watched thousands of short films, but in the case of Can

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Masnavi

Not really sure what this is about, but it’s utterly mesmerising.

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Live Action

Lovefield

It’s amazing how age old clichés in film, can lead you to assumptions. Filmmaker Mathieu Ratthe uses these preconceptions to full effect in his clever,

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