DN Special: How Far Would You Go…? – Neil LaBute

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Director Neil LaBute’s career has spanned numerous theatre and feature film productions, but for his latest project, LaBute collaborated with the team behind new PS3 game Heavy Rain, to create a documentary where famous ‘witnesses’ answered the question How Far would You Go…? to save someone you loved.
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DN Special: Fans Friends Followers – Scott Kirsner

 
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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 by media [...]

DN Special: Storm – Kurtis Hough

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Sometimes when I get really lucky, a director whose work we’ve featured will stick around once the interview dust has settled and become a firm friend who I can have extended film discussions with and tap up for viewing suggestions. Thankfully since his first appearance on DN 028 Kurtis [...]

DN Special: Wholphin

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There’s so much great work out there that even if I spent the full 24 hours a day on Directors Notes I’d still only be scratching the surface, which is why I’m so pleased that the mighty Wholphin DVD magazine exists to bring the best of it straight into [...]

DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee

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When I’m not working on Directors Notes you can normally find me trying to convince anyone and everyone that they really need a film podcast. CINECITY ‘07 actually listened and set me loose with a mic and contact details for some of their directors, which is how I got [...]

DN Special: Lighthouse Cineville – Script Development

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Alkin Emirali chairs a Q&A with two of the most respected script executives in the UK Dan MacRae and Sarah Golding, who shed some light on the mysterious alchemy of script development and their roles in the process.
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Lighthouse
Working Title Films
UK Film Council
Pan’s Labyrinth
Billy Elliot
Mr Bean’s Holiday
Jacques Tati
Shane Meadows
Mike [...]

DN Special: Lighthouse Cineville – London to Brighton

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Screen South’s Miranda Robinson chaired a Q&A with Rachel Robey and Alastair Clark, both producers for Nottingham based Wellington Films. Their debut feature London to Brighton, directed by Paul Andrew Williams, won a host of awards during 2006 including Best Achievement in Production at the British Independent Film Awards [...]

DN Special: Screen South – Digital Shorts 2007

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A couple of weeks ago, I got to attend the cast and crew screening for Screen South’s 2007 slate of Digital Shorts and crashed the post screening party to find out more about the Digital Shorts experience from the Screen South team and this year’s supported directors.
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Screen South
Screen [...]