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Speed Up the Search for Sound Effects
Adam A. Johnson from SFXsource.com got in touch to ask how much we enjoy searching through 1000′s of sound effects to find that one gem. “Not much” we admitted, “It’s probably down to the libraries you’re searching,” he said. So we suggested that as an owner of a sound effects library, perhaps he’d like to [...]
Art in America: Brent Green
DN’s favourite animator Brent Green got a quality 10 page feature in last month’s issue of Art in America written by Saul Ostrow. I suggest you kick back with a glass of wine and get further acquainted with Brent and his work.
DN Picks: Jan11
Things move pretty fast here at DN, so we figured we’d stop and give you some highlights of what you may have missed in January… Somewhere – FINALLY! (A review I agree with). I saw Somewhere at the end of last year, I loved it! And I think we all know the frustration in liking [...]
How to Get a BAFTA Nomination for Your Short Film
Tim Clague over at Projector Films has been running a series of posts dissecting the potential reasons behind the selection of this year’s BAFTA nominated shorts. Here’s a link to Tim’s conclusion which has links to the proceeding five parts. In related news, we’ll be running our interview with BAFTA nominee Piers Thompson for his [...]
Dozens of Great Holiday Gifts for Filmmakers
The Christmas season is almost upon us and so is the time to think about what to give that special filmmaker in your life. Those filmy types can be a tricky lot to buy for with all their geekery but fret no more, Koo over at nofilmschool has done all the heavy lifting with his [...]
UnderWire: Producing
Part of Me is a film that certainly leaves an impression. In many ways a quite disturbing short, as a viewer you’re left with questions that remain unanswered. A film about two women’s relationship; Nathalie is left distraught when the two closest people in her life betray her. With minimum dialog featured throughout the script, [...]
UnderWire: Screenwriting
The two films I’ve chosen to mention from UnderWire’s Screenwriting category were actually old favourites of mine from a past Filmstock Festival (RIP) and London’s Short and Sweet film night. Mother, Mine is the haunting story of the young Alison, grieving the death of her adoptive mother she sets out on a quest to find [...]
Life Just Is: Taking the Plunge
Some Thoughts by a First Time Feature Film Director Like pretty much all filmmakers, I’ve always wanted to make a feature. Other, shorter, forms of the medium are all well and good, and certainly have their place on the filmic landscape, but features are the epicentre from which they rumble – and therefore the goal [...]
Sound It Out: Adventures in Crowd Funding
I was at Sheffield Doc/Fest last week and crowd funding was everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE! It felt like the thing that was being talk about and discussed more than ever before. A year ago it was a vague notion that was on the periphery of my experience but now I’m acutely aware of it as [...]
LFF2010: Waste Land
Vik Muniz is an internationally acclaimed artist from a Brazilian working class family best known for his pieces using materials such as string and food. In Waste Land we see Vik return home to help the people known as ‘catadores’ working in Jardim Gramancho, the worlds largest landfill site. There for the journey is director [...]
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