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DN EP 137: Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero
Inspired by the creation of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas’ American Zoetrope filmmaking collective back in 1969, some of Atlanta’s most talented, upcoming filmmakers have banded together under the moniker Poet Zero with the express aim of, pushing the limits of no budget filmmaking through the use of the tools of the digital revolution. [...]
DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi
The field of animation is probably the most labour intensive means of filmmaking, but even by those standards most projects look like a breeze when weighed against the 6000+ digital paintings created by my guest Reza Dolatabadi for his sumptuous graduation film Khoda.
Khoda Materials
Image Sequences & Film Stills
Showlinks
Reza Art
Reza’s Flickr
Reza’s Blog
The Old Man and the [...]
DN EP 135: Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss – Sharlene Azam
Through her work with Canadian teenage girls, author Sharlene Azam discovered the emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. “Attractive, white, high school girls – 13, 14 and 15 years old – who were having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week“. She joins me to discuss her documentary [...]
DN EP 134: Mono – Richard Smith
This week sees us return to the Shooting People Film of the Month winners’ circle and an interview with BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Richard Smith, who stepped away from the keyboard to direct Mono, his self-penned story of a couple separated, yet connected by the wall that divides them.
I loved this charming tale about the [...]
DN EP 133: The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis
Sometimes filmmakers come pre-recommended, which often brings the potential for huge disappointment when I eventually get to view their raved about work. However, since seeing the highly stylized films of director Jamie Travis, I too have become an evangelist for his films. Jamie joins me to discuss how dissatisfaction led to his trio of relationship [...]
DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis
This week’s guest director Emma Curtis returned to the world of animation following the success of her 2005 installation piece Diary of a Hoarder and the repeated view that the obsessions of artist and collector Paul Escott were a ripe playground for a short film. Emma joins me to discuss the challenges of creating stop [...]
DN EP 131: Zoo – Robin Bushell
The first episode of our collaboration with the mighty Shooting People and their Film of the Month series kicks off with Robin Bushell’s hyper-kinetic animation Zoo. A film selected by Mike Figgis of which he had to say:
Zoo is totally charming. It’s a film that is extremely inventive with its use of material – [...]
DN EP 130: K – Piers Thompson
Director Piers Thompson joins me this week to discuss the process of transforming the feelings of place and atmosphere the Isle of Sheppey evoked in him, into the story of a young girl trapped in a world she desperately wants to escape in his sixth short K.
K Materials
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Showlinks
Hector Films
K
Dazzle Films
DN EP 129: Hirsute – A.J. Bond
Thanks to the Gut Check competition run by the fine folks over at Short of the Week, I got to see A.J. Bond’s smart time traveling short Hirsute and invite him onto the show to discuss his “Many Martys” theory and the folly of directing yourself…twice.
Hirsute Materials
Concept Art & Film Stills
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The Siblings
The Canadian Film [...]
DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser
Filmmaker, animator and illustrator Denise Hauser joins us to discuss how she stretched the creative limits of filmmaking with her mixed media piece Copy City, created as her final year project whilst at the RCA.
Copy City Materials
Production Stills
Showlinks
Denise Hauser
Royal College of Art
Copy Shop
Tricky Women Festival
Les E.magiciens
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