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DN Ep 017: Beauty is the Promise of Happiness – Jon Yeo

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Today’s guest Jon Yeo put together his short Beauty is the Promise of Happiness in his London flat for the grand total of £60. Jon seems to breath creative ideas the way fish breath water and has mad filmmaking skillz, but don’t be disheartened, as he shares his working process with us in the show.

Beauty is the Promise of Happiness Materials
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Showlinks
Beauty Making of Video
Cartoon Brew
No Fat Clips!!!
Ticklebooth
Royal College of Art
Tony Comley’s Abigail
Lorne Lanning’s Oddworld
Stendhal
Gottfried Helnwein
Friedrich Nietzsche
Richard Dawkins
Adobe Photoshop
Greenscreen DV Compositing Advice
Laboratory Noise
Stash
Promax Awards
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Psychosis Safari Video
Queens of the Stone Age – Go With The Flow Video
Shynola
Jon’s Hogfather Idents
The Moving Picture Company
Angelfish

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Author: MarBelle

MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the latest incarnation of this disorder and so much cheaper than film school. Twitter: @MarBelle

Tags: Animation, Beauty is the Promise of Happiness, Experimental, Interview, Jon Yeo