Directors Notes: Episodes
DOS – A Love Story in Reverse (2011) Athens & Barcelona, two cities, two love stories, two languages, two realities, two couples that will never meet, two years anniversary… or is it all one?<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" ...
So, almost 5 years ago the Directors Notes’ podcast was born and back then no one had heard of us so finding guests was a bit more challenging than it is today. Luckily for us all, director Justin Doherty had a great short and was willing to give us the benefit of the doubt by [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" ...
It’s Natural To Be Afraid (2010) Mya is coming into the country. Sam is coming out of mourning. Ryan is coming into adulthood. Are any of them where they want to be?<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" ...
After discovering the world of battle bots was alive and well in Miami high schools, director Joey Daoud was inspired to create Bots High, a documentary exploring the lives of the teenagers behind the fighting machines. Joey joins us to discuss diving head first into his debut feature and organising ...
Bots High (2010) Following the adventures of three high school robotics teams battling for first place at the national robotics competition in Miami, Florida, Bot High is a no-holds-barred fight to the death with robot carnage everywhere you look.<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img ...
I’ve been a fan of the triple filtered, experimental video work of Craig Murray for quite a while now so thought it was high time I invited him onto the show to discuss his love of the degraded image and why he is or isn’t a director. It’s more about creating an experience for the [...]<div><a ...
Untitled – CONVERGE: Axe to Fall – OXBOW: Coalking – Making THE OCEAN projections One experiment, two music videos and a making of from the prolific talent that is Craig Murray. Warning: All of these films are NSFW in any shape or form.<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img ...
Mike Flanagan’s missing persons, horror feature Absentia does away with cheap jump scares in favour of a character study on the tolls absence takes on those left behind, with some deftly executed ‘less is more’ frights to boot. Mike joins us to discuss building a film from your available ...
Absentia (2011) Absentia tells the story of a woman and her sister who begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances. Tricia’s husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him ‘dead ...
How interesting is your grandfather? I’m willing to bet that no matter what he did in his younger years, it pales into insignificance when stacked up against director Doug Karr’s grandfather of mystery David Karr. Doug joins us to discuss asking the big questions in his short Ten for Grandpa. ...
Ten for Grandpa (2008) One Man, Two Superpowers, Three Ex-wives, Four Autopsies. David Karr: husband, father, White House press reporter, film producer, powerful millionaire, defense contractor, corporate CEO… Soviet agent? A fast-paced look at the life of a most influential ancestor. Ten for Grandpa’s ...
Luke Snellin’s second short, and first instalment in his ‘Britpop Trilogy’ Mixtape topped 2009′s Virgin Media Shorts and made a large splash online. Luke returns with the awkward teen love triangle short Disco, and joins us to discuss the inspirational qualities of crying, pyjama ...
Disco (2010) July. 1997. The height of summer. Oasis reach number one with D’you Know What I Mean. Tony Blair has moved his stuff in to Downing Street. Meanwhile Danny Graham is trying to tell a girl named Pippa that he likes her.<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img ...
Back in March Nokia continued their support of the short film format through the use of mobile phone cameras, with the launch of the Nokia Shorts competition. Filmmakers around the globe were challenged to create a two minute video pitching the short they’d create with a $5,000 bursary and a Nokia ...
Director Eddie O’Keefe crashes on to the show this week with his ‘Teenage Fever Dream’ short The Ghosts. We discuss the benefits of the production mixtape and the heavy influence music plays in his filmmaking. We went into The Ghosts trying to approach it like a punk rock/3 chord movie. ...
The Ghosts (2011) A sheltered teenage girl’s life is turned on it’s head when a mysterious gang of greasers swarm into her sleepy suburb and she falls in love with their tough, handsome leader Frank.<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" ...
Most of the films we feature on DN arrive out of the blue as completed pieces, but there are a few directors who have been with us for long enough that we get to peak at their projects from the earliest stages of gestation and watch them grow into fully fledged films. Brek Taylor and [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" ...
Island (2011) A psychological drama based on the acclaimed novel by Jane Rogers, Island is a haunting tale of yearning, retribution and redemption.<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" ...
Leo Bridle and Ben Thoma’s graduation short Train of Thought is an impressive mix of cut-out live action, stop motion, paper craft, green screen, rotoscoping and sketched animation. Leo and Ben join us this week to discuss their multi-discipline, collaborative approach to filmmaking. We honed in ...
Train of Thought (2010) In a world made entirely out of paper, the wistful drawings in a man′s sketchbook are brought to life by the rhythm of a train journey….<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250"><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" ...