Directors Notes
The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmakiing
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Today’s guest Jon Yeo put together his short Beauty is the Promise of Happiness in his London flat for the grand total of £60. Jon seems to breath creative ideas the way fish breath water and has mad filmmaking skills, but don’t be disheartened, as he shares his working process with us in the show. …
A definite Christmas theme to the show today, my guest is animation director Robin Shaw. The chances are that if you’ve been online for more then about five minutes in the last week or so, you’d have either seen or read about his truly great homage to illustrator Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman in his spot …
Still on the road so no gentle segue into the interview I’m afraid. Today I’m talking to director Eric Lerner, who has masterfully melded live action with 3d animation to create his Mr CityMen series of films. Mr CityMen (2006) Mr CityMen, a collection of short stories depicting the lives of different characters all living …
A couple days late but never a dollar short. Sorry guys I’m working away from the comfort of the House of Chic makeshift studio and between that and having the pleasure of paying 60 Euros for a week of Orange Hotel Wifi that lets me upload at blistering speeds of 5.4KB/s – yeah I was …
Today I talk to Brazilian director Guilherme Marcondes who started his career as an illustrator before becoming an animator and director. His fantastic animation Tyger was inspired by William Blake’s well-known poem The Tyger, and melds the work of puppeteers Cia. Stromboli with stills and Illustrator characters to produce an enthralling tale of hidden reality. …
Joining me from Tokyo are Nagata Takeshi and Monno Kazue of creative company Tochka and their long-time collaborator Tachikwa Ritsuko who with the Pikapika project, have discovered a brand new form of animation. Lightning Doodle Project – Pikapika (2005-2006) This is an abstract animation film made with the flashlights. A photograph of each image using …
Visual collective Flat-e join us on this week’s Directors Notes podcast to discuss their re-imagined experimental piece Ionisation and why you don’t want to call them VJs! Ionisation (2005) A hyper-edit to a specially produced score by Ultre. The project began life as a film to accompany a performance by the London Sinfonietta of Edgard …
Today we take a break from the live action of the last few shows and talk to animator Philip Day about his all encompassing animation One. Philip is not only responsible for the direction in his films, but for every single aspect right down to the sound edit. One (2006) One book in a vast …
London can be an unnerving city when you're from out of town. Good job singing subterranean aliens are on hand to dispel the outsider blues.
Bob Dixion presents a neon romance road movie music video for Cheeseburger's Another Song about Guilt and Death
Robot suicides lead the creator to look in on the inhabitants of the miniture town Clusterville in Stephen Irwin's animation Dialog
