Comedy
DN EP 042: Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike - Mike Chan
Today’s interview’s slightly different in that instead of zeroing in on a single film, we’re looking at four very different pieces from director Mike Chan’s body of work, to get a feel for the variety of projects he creates with his regular team of collaborators; including experiments with photocopiers in Distortion, duelling Ping Pong [...]
Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike - Mike Chan
Auto Pilot (2006)
A giant gorilla arrives in the airport and things quickly turn chaotic. The Mount Cherries’ aeroplane tries to dodge the gorilla’s grasp until the hot air hostesses jump out and dance with the gorilla, who turns out to be friends with the pilot.
Distortion (2005)
An animation about expressing yourself using a photocopy machine.
Ping Pong [...]
Remote - John Burns
Remote tells the story of an amalgam of the fairer sex and TV. Despite the modest £1000 budget, director John Burns was confident the 90-second film could be realised on Super 16mm, until disaster struck: “The producer pulled out three days before the shoot and we realised she hadn’t organised anything in the month of [...]
DN Ep 035: Ten Thousand Pictures of You - Robin King
Most of the guests on Directors Notes have had to self finance and hustle to get their projects to screen, but every once in a while a directors’ passion and drive for a project manages to push through the maze of questions and checks to grab a share of the funding pot. Robin King and [...]
DN Ep 024: Sunshine Indoors - Andy Gibson & Ryan Rogers
My beer fueled interview with co-directors Andy Gibson and Ryan Rogers is the first face to face interview we’ve put out and was great fun to do. Despite the ever growing stack of empty pints, the three of us managed to stay enough on topic to discuss the pairs’ stopframe animation Sunshine Indoors, an odd [...]
DN Ep 018: The Big Day - Scott Ludden
Our director de jour Scott Ludden knows how the support of a good crew can mean the difference between success or failure on a project. The crew who worked with him on his disquieting film The Big Day, were all willing to step up to the plate for the 20 hour shoot, which is good, [...]
The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light - Mark Jenkin
Anyone who’s been stuck waiting to pull out at a busy junction will sympathise with The Man in Mark Jenkin’s The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light. Based on an idea a friend had for a comedy sketch, Jenkin fleshed it out into a 10-minute script, followed by a redrafting which brought it down to [...]
The Suburbs - Lee Kern
The Suburbs (2006)
A ramshackle rainbow showcase of the comic talents of Lee Kern as he embarks upon an effort to bottle the crooked light of suburbia - and then smash it. It is a world where the spiritual turpitude of the suburbs is alleviated momentarily by emails to the Ku Klux Klan, where crucified fish-fingers [...]
DN Ep 006: The Suburbs - Lee Kern
Our long-time friend, director Lee Kern discusses his Lo-Fi approach to filmmaking, which has enabled him to develop a singular style whilst maintaining creative freedom on his broadcast documentaries.
The Suburbs Materials
Stills
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Twinklebum UK
Twinklebum on MySpace
Shooting People
William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman
Pavement
The Silver Jews
3 Minute Wonder
Modern Toss
Sony XM2
Avid Xpress DV
BritDoc
Rooftop Films
Scott Morgan Interview
The See Documentary Festival
Halo Panda
All Over Brazil - David Ward
The first of the old print Directors Notes features director David Ward’s excellently glam 1970s era short All Over Brazil
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