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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, Podcasts

DN042: Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan

Today’s interview’s slightly different in that instead of zeroing in on a single film, we’re looking at four very different pieces from

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Live Action

The Ten Steps – Brendan Muldowney

Making counting to ten one of the creepiest things ever shown on screen, Brendan Muldowney’s The 10 Steps will have you going to bed with the lights on

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN041: Asylum – Shirley Petchprapa

A TV show which is currently in the search for a home, but shows a stack of promise is Asylum. My guest Shirley Petchprapa co-wrote and directed a series

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Live Action

Remote – John Burns

Remote tells the story of an amalgam of the fairer sex and TV. Despite the modest £1000 budget, director John Burns was confident the 90-second film could be

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN040: Doll Face – Andy Huang

Pretty much every guest we’ve had on the show has had to master a chameleon-like approach to filmmaking, swapping and morphing roles as a project

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Live Action

77 Beds – Alnoor Dewshi

Turning insomnia to his advantage, director Alnoor Dewshi developed the concept for his astounding short 77 Beds whilst finding an alternative to counting

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN039: Talk to Me – Mark Craig

Today’s interview is for a project that certainly falls out of the norm and is unlikely to be repeated or copied anytime soon. With a film that was over

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Animation, Podcasts

DN038: 4motion – Marijn Dionys

For this week’s interview I spoke to Marijn Dionys an illustrator, photographer, DJ, comic creator, designer and now stop frame animator from Belgium,

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Animation, Podcasts

DN037: Gobblynne – Katy Davis

Today I’m joined by animator and director Katy Davis to discuss her graduation short Gobblynne. Katy takes a mixed media approach to her work, combining

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN036: LIEBESTOD-Four Acts – Stathis Athanasiou

Today I’m joined by director Stathis Athanasiou who’s racked up an impressive list of films, including shorts and a couple features, one of which

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Podcasts

DN Special: Screen South – Digital Shorts 2007

A couple of weeks ago, I got to attend the cast and crew screening for Screen South’s 2007 slate of Digital Shorts and crashed the post screening party

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Animation, Live Action, Podcasts

DN035: Ten Thousand Pictures of You – Robin King

Robin King takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah’s world, as she seeks revenge upon the movie star who broke her heart.

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