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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

Jam Session

8 people with 5 instruments from 4 Continents speaking 3 languages for 1 song.

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Animation

Garuda

An animated short film about a young boy in India chasing after his dream. Animated at Les Gobelins in Paris.

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Animation

Forget the film, Watch the Titles

I can often tell how much I’m going to like a film, just by viewing it’s opening sequence and with my ever increasing interest in in motion

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Art & Fashion

Insignificant Images

At one point in photographer Ryan McGinley’s glorious promo for Pringle, Tilda Swinton staggers bewildered though a cornfield in a black cocktail dress,

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Animation

The Power Gap

Not content with adorning my walls with their posters, wearing their t-shirts and planning my weeks ahead on their calendars, I’m now going to share my

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News

Sight and Sound's best online videos of 2009

I think it’s all too obvious by now, that here at Directors Notes we bloody love a list! Well Sight and Sound love to pander to our needs, they’ve

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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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