© 2008 Directors Notes. 
It’s my turn to step up to bat over at Short of Week and this time round I got to enthuse about the Supinfocom produced animation En Tus Brazos.
Have a read and watch.
You’d think that running Directors Notes would mean I spend all my time at screenings and hobnobbing with directors, but the sad reality is that most of my filmmaker contact is via Skype, email and screeners, partially because they live in different countries to me, but more often than should be the case laziness and [...]
Chances are that if you’re into music, but have had your fill of the sanctioned, glitzy, over produced pop promo you’ve at some point stumbled over the work of director Vincent Moon co-creator of The Take-Away Shows (Concerts A Emporter). Beginning back in his photography work and now in video, Vincent has re-define the approach [...]
As part of my CINECITY ‘07 Film Festival coverage I caught up with DJ and director Alex Reuben at South East Dance’s Dance For Camera launch to discuss his dance road movie Routes and the roll of dance as a major tool in documentary filmmaking.
Showlinks
Alex Reuben
Alex Reuben MySpace
CINECITY
South East Dance
Anthology of American [...]
Routes (2007)
A dance road-movie inspired by Harry Smith’s compilation, Anthology of American Folk Music. Alex Reuben sets out on the road to document lesser-known forms of American culture and the extraordinary dancing Americans of the Deep South.
So I’m writing this in between finding unbent tent pegs and making sarnies, which can only mean that we’re about to say bye to the summer with a massive 3-day music festival in the heart of Reading (or just outside of Leeds if you’re one of those northern types). But while this will mean the [...]
“I don’t know anything about that jigga jigga stuff - you play that and I’ll play this!” - Paul Humphrey
What happens when the original old school beat makers meet the new school of hip-hop beat jugglers? Renowned hiphop photographer B+ set the wheels in motion with the inspired idea of bringing together the most revered [...]
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 [...]
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.
Showlinks
Screen South
Screen South Winning Films
UK Film Council Digital [...]
A woman sinks into a milk bath and floats for joy at the arrival of her man in a box. It must be love.