Art & Fashion Category

Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN156: Stately Turrets Fall – Tony Comley

Way back in the mists of DN time, director Tony Comley joined us to discuss his plane disaster animation Abigail. It’s my pleasure to welcome Tony back

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Scintillation

Scintillation is an experimental film made up of over 35,000 photographs. It combines an innovative mix of stop motion and live projection mapping techniques.

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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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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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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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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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Art & Fashion

Blk/Car

If we had a section called ‘weirdest short of the day’ on Directors Notes, then Blk/Car by Øyvind Aspen would definitely be my recommendation

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Art & Fashion, Documentary, Podcasts

DN142: Jennifer – Stewart Copeland

After the passing of his mother, director Stewart Copeland embarked on the creation of the documentary Jennifer to address the issues of loss and how a

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov

It’s often hard to pin down the original intentions behind an experimental piece of work, which can sometimes leave the viewer feeling perplexed and

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi

The field of animation is probably the most labour intensive means of filmmaking, but even by those standards most projects look like a breeze when weighed

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Art & Fashion, Live Action, Podcasts

DN133: The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis

Sometimes filmmakers come pre-recommended, which often brings the potential for huge disappointment when I eventually get to view their raved about work.

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