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Jim Threapleton joins us to discuss his directorial debut Extraordinary Rendition and the challenges of striking the correct balance of tone in a film that depicts the personal effects of a wrongly accused man caught up in a system with little regard for the rights of the individual.
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Extraordinary Rendition Blog
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London’s Burning
The Tell-Tale Heart
Amnesty [...]
In an industry that is often cutthroat and ruthless, I think it is always worth giving publicity and a lot of respect to those artists that decide to give something back to all us fellow creative types. It is with this in mind I wanted to bring to everyones’ attention the great act of giving [...]
Squint/Opera are well known for their work operating in the space between the film industry and architectural practice, realising commissions as hybrid visualisation/motion graphics pieces for their clients. Co-founder Jules Cocke joins us to discuss the company’s award winning piece for the 2006 Gardens by the Bay Master Plan Design Competition in Singapore.
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Gardens By [...]
Stefan Nadelman made a splash back in 2002 with his stills animated documentary Terminal Bar. Since then he’s gone on to create a host of personal, collaborative, and commercial work, and joins us to discuss his first outing into music videos with Menomena’s Evil Bee promo.
Menomena: Evil Bee Materials
Animatic
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Tourist Pictures
Sundance Film Festival
Terminal Bar
Adobe Flash
Latin Alive
Resfest
VH1
Curious [...]
Ralf Christensen joins us this week to discuss his film Good Copy Bad Copy - co-directed with Andreas Johnsen and Henrik Moltke - a documentary debate investigating the opposing views to copyright and how it affects us all as the media we consume becomes ever more accessible.
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Good Copy Bad Copy
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Along with the great selection of films you’d expect to see, the Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, presented Power to the Pixel - The Digital Distribution Forum for Independents. Festival Director Sandra Hebron, introduced lead advocates and practitioners of digital distribution, along with filmmakers currently making digital distribution work for them. Perhaps the [...]
My guest today Andrew S. Allen draws inspiration for his work from his home town of Bethel, Alaska to combine new forms of expression with unique contemporary perspectives to create unforgettable experiences. He joins me to discuss his animation Flight, an exploration of man’s attempts to master the sky despite his destructive nature.
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In partial homage to the sensation of dark imagination in the work of Tim Hope, Roman Dirge and Tim Burton, Anita Shukla’s animated short The Scent of Seth portrays beauty and charm in a twisted environment, with its take on the isolation and misery of adolescence and the desire to escape from it.
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My guest today is Lana Schwarcz talking about the plethora of creative roles she fills and her alternate reality piece The Upper Hand, where humans and puppets come together to bet on cross-species striping contests.
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That Lana Girl MySpace
That Girl Entertainment
Marc Fennell’s Film Ed 101
Lana’s ABC Video Lives
Tropfest
The Portable [...]
A TV show which is currently in the search for a home, but shows a stack of promise is Asylum. My guest Shirley Petchprapa co-wrote and directed a series prequel for the dark, brooding show to act as an additional tool in the team’s arsenal in network pitch meetings.
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Issara.net
Asylumthefilm.com
Meadowlands
Twin Peaks
American Gothic
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