Archive for February, 2009
DN EP 124: Helen – Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week’s guest directors Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor join me to discuss how several years of honing their community based approach to filmmaking through their Civic Life Project series of films, culminated in the well regarded debut feature Helen. Showlinks Desperate Optimists Helen Civic Life
Helen – Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor
Helen (2008) An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to play Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joys last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, [...]
DN EP 123: Place – Matt Clugston
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 or lavish praise if you pull off a seamless marriage of sound and vision. Place [...]
Place – Matt Clugston
Place (2007) A bespoke video piece developed for the 2007 Plus+ International Design Expo by Clusta, set to Boards Of Canada’s In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country.
Bad Movie Club on Cowfish
Last night I both pleased to see and gutted to have missed the inaugural Bad Movie Club event that 2000 or so fellow Twitters were Tweeting away about. However, there’s a thoughtful post about it over on the cowfish blog that’s worth checking out if the idea tickles you.
DN EP 122: Spider – Nash Edgerton
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Given the amount of time I spend watching films on my laptop or iPhone it’s easy to forget role of cinema as a shared experience. Director/Writer/Stuntman Nash Edgerton and his short Spider provide a welcome reminder of why films are often improved when watched in groups and how [...]
Spider – Nash Edgerton
Spider (2007)* It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. *Stick around after the credits for a special vfx breakdown movie
Two-week Turnaround Tour
The indie scene is awash with community filmmaking projects, touring screenings and time limited idea to projection events, but off hand I can’t recall seeing a combination of all three. Enter filmblazer with the Two-week Turnaround Tour or T3 for short. Tour team Joshua & Jamie will, along with stress testing their relationship in a [...]
DN EP 121: This Way Up – Smith & Foulkes
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] After years of following their commercial work from a distance, it’s great to be joined by the animation director team of Smith & Foulkes to discuss their first personal project, the Oscar nominated This Way Up. This Way Up Materials Development Stills Animatic Showlinks This Way Up Nexus [...]
This Way Up – Smith & Foulkes
This Way Up (2008) A.T Shank & Son have a bad day at the parlour when a falling boulder flattens their hearse. Emotional and literal pitfalls lie in wait for the odd couple as they make their way cross country with just a coffin for company. This short animated caper puts the fun back into [...]
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