Art & Fashion Category

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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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis

This week’s guest director Emma Curtis returned to the world of animation following the success of her 2005 installation piece Diary of a Hoarder and the

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Psst!

In my opinion, there’s not much in the world of film than can top a short film created by a talented team of Artists……Although a short film created by 3

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN128: Copy City – Denise Hauser

Filmmaker, animator and illustrator Denise Hauser joins us to discuss how she stretched the creative limits of filmmaking with her mixed media piece Copy City,

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Music Video, Podcasts

DN123: Place – Matt Clugston

Set a film to the sounds of the never far from my recent playlist Boards of Canada and you run the risk of provoking hatred if you fail to do the track justice

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Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN120: The Arrow’s Paradox – Jorge Caballero

It’s rare (if ever?) that a short will take neo-classical economic theory as inspiration for its themes but this week’s director Jorge Caballero

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN119: Aanaatt – Max Hattler

I’m always pleased to catch up with past DN guests on the show as it means they’re still creating work I want to share, but this time round

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN114: The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis

We’ve featured several animations here on Directors Notes in past two years, but Mark Simon Hewis’ The Life Size Zoetrope stands out for its shear

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Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN109: Bathtub – M.A.Y.O.

Sometimes when I’m out hunting for films I catch something that I’m certain I want to feature from around frame 5 and have to hold back from firing

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Art & Fashion, Music Video, Podcasts

DN105: Weightless – Erika Janunger

The work of Erika Janunger spans the fields of architecture, interior design and music, however her latest piece Weightless adds filmmaking into the mix to

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