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Future Inc & Automate – An Introduction to the Work of Director Martin Stirling

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Exploring the 1374 layers of Jeremy Cole’s ‘Under The Knife’

Having just screened as part of Channel 4′s Random Acts series here in the UK, Under The Knife by director/editor Jeremy Cole proves that the series really does live up to its label of screening bold and creative shorts. Consisting of one shot of UK singer Etta Bond split into 1374 different layers, Cole’s kaleidoscopic [...]

Analogue Visual Effects & Japanese Kuroko Combine in Raoul Paulet’s Surreal Hugo & The Prismatics Promo ‘Le Mystère’

We’ve long been fans of the experimental side of filmmaking here on DN and the possibilities which lay before directors who are willing to discover and discard their own rules as a project progresses. As inscrutable as some of these pieces may seem on first watch, they often contain a coherence, which while not obvious, [...]

TheyAreAnimators #11: David OReilly

Not content with making some of the most innovative animation seen in recent years, eccentric creative-type David OReilly seems to have so many fingers in so many pies, he's going to need to some more fingers very soon (something I wouldn't put past him). Following on from our focus on his Adventure Time episode A Glitch is a Glitch last month, we decided it was about time we found out a little more about his work so far.

Answer a Few Questions & Help Make DN Great!

We know that some of you have been with us since our earliest days, for which we're eternally grateful, but over the past 7 years you've all remained a deliciously elusive mystery to us at DN Towers. We're planning to make some big changes around here and need your help to make sure they're all for the better. So if you could lend us a few minutes of your time, we'd really appreciate it.

Asides

• If you've ever been left feeling slightly perplexed as to what your response should be when that special lady in your life declares "Treat Me Right", Ohji has riddled out the solution and added a touch of intergalactic flare in his promo for Keys N Krates: (more...) #
• If you like Martin Allais' work as much as we do, you'll also be glad he persisted for over a year to create his fantastically playful ode to the power of Oreos, in which enemies become friends and joyful creme filled chocolate biscuity goodness is spread throughout the world. “It took us over a year since the first pitch in August 2012, whenIi just sent some illustrations, until Jan 2013 that we got the GO to start producing this spot. Over all this time, we got a lot of ups and downs and literally the project got into the drawer several times. I did a lot of drawings, we developed a lot of ideas, we traveled, we met, we drank, we talked, we sent mails, we did storyboards, we change shots, but always in the best of moods and we are actually sorry that it came to an end, because we wanted to keep on this wave of frames and drawings.” #
• Dean Saffron has found someone who loves bikes even more than we do here at DN in his short documentary The Spokesman. #
• Directing duo Jubar & Baudry bring the animated tritone style to their promo for Lou Marco's Don't Care. #
• Clothes and tattoos share centre stage in Fulvio Maiani's RED Epic shot (& definitely NSFW) fashion film Broken. #