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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

Stare into the Sun

Along with film, one of my great passions in life is graphic design and illustration (not that I can actually do any of these) and when I’m not trawling

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Art & Fashion

24 hours, Pavey Ark

In the right place, at the right time, Time Lapse photography can be a truly mesmerizing spectacle. 24 hours, Pavey Ark is a shining example of this, as

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News

44 Inch Website

Feature film websites can often be pretty unimaginative things, but every now and then one comes along and provides a bit of a surprise. This is certainly the

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Animation, Art & Fashion, News

The Third and The Seventh

The short film has taken many forms and styles through the years and with the rapid development of technologies and software over the past decade or so, we

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Documentary

Lost in the Air

Ever wondered what it’s like for a talented young Director on a press tour, well Up in the Air’s Jason Reitman gives us a glimpse into this world

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Art & Fashion

Walking Crowd

I don’t know what it is about Alex Delany’s video Walking Crowd, but there’s something about it so hypnotic and so mesmerizing, I thought it

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Article

El Vez 2009 Top Ten

Rob whittles down a packed year of film watching into feature packed list of ten must see movies.

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Animation, Asides

The Year of Tomorrow

Created as part of a viral campaign for Gentlemen Broncos, the new film from Jared ‘Napaleon Dynamite’ Hess, The Year of Tomorrow tells the heroic

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Live Action

Drunk History

On August 6th 2007 Mark Gagliardi drank a bottle of Scotch… and then discussed a famous historical event and so began, Drunk History. Drunk History Vol.

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News

Star Wars Uncut

When it comes to film fans, Star Wars probably has one of the most dedicated and somewhat obsessive followings since the birth of Cinema. So when the

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Live Action

Thirst – Park Chan-Wook

The creature known as Vampire has featured in films for around 100 years now and the vampire movie has gone through many forms and various stages of

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Music Video

Mogwai – Burning

If you’re into Music, love short films and regularly visit Directors Notes, then it’s more than likely you’ve seen (or at least heard of) the

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