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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.

News

PodCastle: The Behold of the Eye

For those of you not yet sick of the sound of my voice, there’s a change of pace from our usual DN inteviews over at the wondrous Podcastle, where I was

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Animation, Documentary

Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan

If like me, you find yourself inexplicably drawn to Japan (I WILL make it there one day!) then Brad Kremer’s Canon 5DMKII, stop motion love letter will

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Animation

Switch

If you don’t like the company you’re in just Switch.

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Film Festival, News

Vimeo Film Festival

Well about bloody time too! For a while now Vimeo has been the de facto home for filmmakers to showcase their work, provide constructive criticism, and

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Documentary

Shell Out for Sound It Out

Our very own documentary director par excellence Jeanie Finaly needs your help to bring her 60 minute story of the very last surviving independent record shop

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Animation, Podcasts

DN167: The Return of John Frum – Christian Schlaeffer

Largely, the celebration of a piece of film focuses purely on narrative structure, which begs the question, if you have no clue what a film’s

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Animation

Tim and Puma Mimi: Perspective

It seems that Tim and Puma Mimi are just one of those bands whose music fires up the creative spirit in filmmakers. Mone is the latest director to fall for

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Music Video

Miles Fisher: This Must Be The Place

The American Psycho gets his grove on in Miles Fisher’s cover of Talking Heads’ This Must Be The Place. Director David Green completely nails it

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Art & Fashion

Surface

DSLR + Nikon 50mm 1.4 & Canon kit 24-135mm lenses + 4-5 1k lights + 1x2ft fish tank = Sublime underwater love.

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Animation

RSAnimate

Images have a power to quickly convey ideas that far outstrips words, but when words and images are skillfully combined (no of course your boss’ dry

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Animation, Music Video, Podcasts

DN166: Clutchy Hopkins: Verbal Headlock – Christian Borstlap

There’s something both transfixing and strangely creepy about the disembodied hands that play out the tune in the new Clutchy Hopkins track Verbal

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Live Action

Notre Jour Viendra

After his explosive promos for Justice & M.I.A, I’m just itching to see Romain Gavras‘ feature debut Notre Jour Viendra (previously titled

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