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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Animation, Music Video

Flashman: The Proposition

We’ve featured the work of Airside animator Jack Cunningham a couple times before (MARS! & Stuff & Things) on DN, but his clean geometric promo

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Animation

Yowie and the Magpie

A hunter’s obsession seals his fate in a darkly comic animated tale of man versus monster.

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Live Action

Epic Rap Battles of History

What better way to kick off the weekend than with a war of words between the Baird BARD and every kid’s favourite doctor in the latest episode of Epic

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Film Festival, News

Reading & Leeds 2011

It’s the start of the August Bank Holiday, the long weekend that annually plays host to the Reading and Leeds music festivals, which can only mean that

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN215: It’s Natural To Be Afraid – Justin Doherty

So, almost 5 years ago the Directors Notes’ podcast was born and back then no one had heard of us so finding guests was a bit more challenging than it is

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Music Video

Flor Braier: You are so Apricot

We’re always pleased to see new work from Nico Casavecchia and his promo for Flor Braier’s You are so Apricot see’s a return to the whimsey

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Live Action

Portal: No Escape

I’m far from a big gamer, but even I was drawn in by Valve’s teleportation puzzle Portal, so felt a thrill of anticipation when I saw the excited

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Music Video

Element: Self Explanatory

Shot in a simple, direct to camera style far removed from the glitz of the average hip hop promo, Chris “Reelife” Hodge’s video for

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Animation, Asides, Documentary

Peace Starts With Me

Seven filmmakers from across the globe have worked with Shooting People & PUMA.Peace to create films under the 'Peace Starts With Me' banner.

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Music Video

Dubstep Guns

Switching musical generes from his previous promo for The Left Rights, Mike Diva gets his bass action on with a dubstep stand off to the sounds of Klaypex! in

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Live Action

An Open Letter to Canon | DSLR Camera Rigs

For the start of the weekend here’s a pair of comedy films from Doug Bayne and Luke Neumann that cut to the heart of some of the issues inherit in the

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN214: Bots High – Joey Daoud

After discovering the world of battle bots was alive and well in Miami high schools, director Joey Daoud was inspired to create Bots High, a documentary

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