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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

Padam

You have to be pretty brave to make a music video which is just one static shot, but that’s exactly what Parisien design studio M/M decided to do with

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Music Video

Dirty Laundry

I don’t think we need to go on about just how much we love The Take-Away Shows here at Directors Notes and since discovering it we’re always on the

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

Tweak Bird

Having just discovered the music of Tweak Bird, I was ecstatic to discover they also make damn fine videos as well(well video at least!). It’s not often

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Scintillation

Scintillation is an experimental film made up of over 35,000 photographs. It combines an innovative mix of stop motion and live projection mapping techniques.

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Animation

Codehunters

I talked about animated style in my post on Pivot yesterday and it’s not often you find two such stylized pieces of animation in the space of 24 hours,

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Animation

Pivot

Sometimes you can tell from the opening frames of a short film, just how much you’re going to love it! With Pivot, I knew the moment I saw it’s

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News

The Extended Take

Just found this fantastic article from Mike Le at Geek Week highlighting the 20 Greatest Extended Takes in Movie History, complete with embedded Videos.

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News

Viral Magic

Viral video seems to be one of the most popular methods of advertisement in recent years and hitting the internet with a bit of video trickery seems to be a

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Animation, Music Video

NASA

Not content with turning out one of the most interesting Hip-Hop albums of ’09, N.A.S.A. also seem intent on releasing some of the most interesting

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Animation

KANIZSA HILL

Another person is shot and can only survive as a head and a body who exist independently from one another. The forgetful body desperately collects souvenirs,

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Animation

Nuit Blanche

It takes a lot to distract me from my breakfast, but this morning I nearly spat my cornflakes out at the dazzling majesty of Arev Manoukian’s Nuit

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Animation, Music Video

The Fitzcarraldo Sessions

Creative double-act Duckeye have created a mesmerizing video for French Musicians The Fitzcarraldo Sessions, using a fascinating combination of hands on

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