Author

About the Author /

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.

News

New British Cinema Quarterly

Taking the most distinctive and original British feature films and filmmakers from the festival circuit and bringing them to the UK’s flagship

Read more

Animation, Asides

Out of a Forest

'Out of a Forest' is a bitter sweet mix of stop motion and live sction footage, created by Tobias Gundorff Boesen for The Animation Workshop.

Read more

Animation

T-Shirt War

There are many great combinations in the world: Salt & Vinegar, Wine & Cheese, Tea & Cake, Hale & Pace (ok maybe not that one!), but my new

Read more

Asides, Live Action

The Earth in the Air

'The Earth in the Air' is a beautifully shot, atmospheric period short from director Jared Hogan.

Read more

Live Action

Micmacs – Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Hitchcockian, Capraesque and Kubrickian are all terms used to describe the relative filmmakers’ distinctive styles, well maybe it’s about time we add

Read more

Music Video

Neurosonics

Holographic Drumkit and Turntables, I think someone has been watching too much Futurama.

Read more

Art & Fashion

Decode

As a modern filmmaker, the days of being specialized in a single field seem quite rare nowadays. The modern filmmaker needs to be part Cameraman, part

Read more

Art & Fashion

Pink Mania

This is Pink Mania, words simply can’t describe it!

Read more

Live Action

The Black Hole

A nice short with a brilliantly inventive, yet simple premise from creative duo Diamond Dogs. A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black

Read more

Live Action

Charlie Brooker – How To Report The News

Charlie Brooker shows us just how easy it is to make ‘News’. https://youtu.be/YtGSXMuWMR4

Read more

Art & Fashion

21:9

For all lovers of the cinema, the release of the “world’s first ultra-wide TV that perfectly matches the original 2.39:1 movie format used by

Read more

News

Exploding Update

The Beastie Boys have done many many good things in their time, but most recently they’ve made it in to my good books when their Oscilloscope

Read more