Comedy Tag Archive

Live Action

Running from Transitions

Unless you’re George Lucas (and if you are reading this George I have one question for you…..”WHY?”) you probably never even look in

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Animation, Asides

All Consuming Love (Man In A Cat)

Evolving from a sketch director Louis Hudson drew of a frustrated man punching the inside of a hollow cat, All Consuming Love (Man In A Cat) soon developed

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN253: Painkiller – Mustapha Kseibati

Director Mustapha Kseibati joins us this week to discuss his darkly comic, robbery gone wrong short Painkiller. We discuss the importance of mentorships and

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN252: Tumbleweed! – Jared Varava

The humble tumbleweed may not seem like an obvious focus for a short, but Jared Varava’s non-tumbling protagonist proves to be the perfect vehicle for

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Live Action

Like Mike

I can’t begin to sing the praises of Daniel Cloud Campos’ hilarious short enough. Perfectly toned, with great dancing, an unfussy but fitting

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN250 – Mr. Foley – D.A.D.D.Y.

Irish filmmaking duo D.A.D.D.Y. put sound (and the lack of it) front and centre in their playful short Mr. Foley. Mike and Enda join us to discuss creativity

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN249: Return to Sender – Denise Hauser

It’s little over three years since director Denise Hauser joined us for an interview about her mixed-media short Copy City, so it’s a long overdue

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Film Festival, Live Action

Vimeo Festival 2012: Narrative Finalists

The Vimeo awards narrative category brings a mix of the creepy, the neglected, the helpful and the downright bizarre across its four nominees.

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Live Action

Wrong Cops

Quentin Dupieux, the director that bought us 2011’s oddest film – Rubber, returns with a brief slice of comedy weirdness – Wrong Cops.

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Live Action

A Certain Breed

With the likes of This is spinal Tap and The Office as its predecessors, making a successful mockumentary (of any length) is always a tough ask. Scott

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN246: Sightseers – Ben Wheatley

Every time director Ben Wheatley puts out a film it invariably makes its way onto my top ten list for that year (2009, 2011), so it’s pretty clear

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Animation, Live Action

After The Beep

Past DN guest Katy Davis has come up with a creatively novel way to combine her animation skills with the random voicemails of strangers in After The Beep Get

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