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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 (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 [...]
4motion (2007)
A short stop motion movie about moving furniture getting mixed-up. Don’t forget to put your speakers up!
Originally made for a four-screen projection.
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 [...]
Ten Thousand Pictures of You (2006)
A rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah’s world, as she seeks revenge upon the movie star who broke her heart.
Carlin (2007)
This is the house where I grew up. My Aunt Carlin moved in there with us when she was 35. She had diabetes and she just wanted to die.
My beer fuelled 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 [...]