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Reading & Leeds Festival Time

By MarBelle ⋅ August 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It’s once again the day before what I consider to be the highlight of the summer calendar of endless music festivals, Reading & Leeds; which in addition to being three days of beer, bands (and fingers crossed) hot hot sun, is our annual opportunity to take some of our fave DN films and play them [...]

DN Special: Fans Friends Followers – Scott Kirsner

By MarBelle ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week I’m taking a break from the regular Directors Notes episodes to talk to journalist, blogger and author Scott Kirsner about his book Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age. The book discusses the tools and techniques used [...]

Filmstock 11

By El Vez ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As anyone will know who reads my posts on Directors Notes, knows I’m a big supporter of my local film festival Filmstock and unashamedly try to promote it whenever I can. It’s with that in mind I’m posting to all our filmmaking readers out there, to let them know that Filmstock is now accepting submissions for [...]

DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov

By MarBelle ⋅ August 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s often hard to pin down the original intentions behind an experimental piece of work, which can sometimes leave the viewer feeling perplexed and unengaged in the piece. Zhivko Dimitrov’s Body manages to explore the theories of Phenomenology whilst not relying on them to enable the film to [...]

Body – Zhivko Dimitrov

By MarBelle ⋅ August 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Body (2009) A little lonely guy on a journey to himself.

DN EP 140: Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura

By MarBelle ⋅ August 8, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Sometimes you find a piece that has you sharing it across the web before it’s even finished playing and the video for band Sour’s Hibi no Neiro definitely falls into that category. This week I have the pleasure of talking to the promo’s four directors; Masashi Kawamura, Hal [...]

Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura

By MarBelle ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.