http://www.odeo.com/channels/125613-Directors-Notes MarBelle yes Directors Notes is a weekly podcast dedicated to independent filmmaking. Each week we feature in-depth interviews with directors, discussing how they took their ideas from concept to screen. We also bring you our featured films, so you can be entertained by the best in drama, music videos, animations, documentaries and experimental art pieces, whilst our guests reveal just how great films are made. Directors Notes is a weekly podcast dedicated to independent filmmaking. Each week we feature in-depth interviews with directors, discussing how they took their ideas from concept to screen. We also bring you our featured films, so you can be entertained by the best in drama, music videos, animations, documentaries and experimental art pieces, whilst our guests reveal just how great films are made. The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmaking en 40 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:24:32 -0800 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:24:32 -0800 Entertainment http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25456265-DN-EP-149-Down-Terrace-%E2%80%93-Ben-Wheatley Despite the open mind I try to always bring to cinema, I have to admit that the term ‘British gangster film’ makes my heart drop involuntarily as I brace myself for a parade of wide boys with imaginatively descriptive names such as Fingers Charlie, running round with shooters, spouting Mockney. Director Ben Wheatley has shown me the error of my ways with his outstanding debut feature Down Terrace, a British film that is much more concerned with the ‘family’ portion of the term ‘crime family’ and how those closest to us are perhaps the ones we should fear the most. Showlinks Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley Cunning Stunt Modern Toss Ideal Rob Loves Kerry Red Digital Camera Company Related Posts Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley Down Terrace DN LFF09: Passenger Side – Matt Bissonnette DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski Despite the open mind I try to always bring to cinema, I have to admit that the term ‘British gangster film’ makes my heart drop involuntarily as I brace myself for a parade of wide boys with imaginatively descriptive names such as Fingers Charlie, running round with shooters, spouting Mockney. Director Ben Wheatley has shown me the error of my ways with his outstanding debut feature Down Terrace, a British film that is much more concerned with the ‘family’ portion of the term ‘crime family’ and how those closest to us are perhaps the ones we should fear the most. Showlinks Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley Cunning Stunt Modern Toss Ideal Rob Loves Kerry Red Digital Camera Company Related Posts Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley Down Terrace DN LFF09: Passenger Side – Matt Bissonnette DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski Despite the open mind I try to always bring to cinema, I have to admit that the term ‘British gangster film’ makes my heart drop involuntarily as I brace myself for a parade of wide boys with imaginatively descriptive names such as Fingers Charlie, running round with shooters, spouting Mockney. Director Ben Wheatley has shown me the error of my ways with his outstanding debut feature Down Terrace, a British film that is much more concerned with the ‘family’ portion of the term ‘crime family’ and how those closest to us are perhaps the ones we should fear the most. Showlinks Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley Cunning Stunt Modern Toss Ideal Rob Loves Kerry Red Digital Camera Company Related Posts Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley Down Terrace DN LFF09: Passenger Side – Matt Bissonnette DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski tag:odeo.com,2009-11-28,25456265 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:24:32 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Feature, drama, Ben Wheatley, Down Terrace http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25456270-Down-Terrace-%E2%80%93-Ben-Wheatley Down Terrace (2009) Bill and Karl have just got out of jail free but all is not well at Down Terrace. The family business just isn’t working out and Karl’s had more than he can take of his old man’s philosophising and preaching. Karl’s girlfriend is pregnant – by him? Who knows… Either way…a little information goes a long way and its definitely time for a spring clean. By any means necessary… Related Posts Down Terrace DN EP 149: Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley Sugarhouse – Gary Love Lovers – Carl Zhang Hotel Harabati – Brice Cauvin Down Terrace (2009) Bill and Karl have just got out of jail free but all is not well at Down Terrace. The family business just isn’t working out and Karl’s had more than he can take of his old man’s philosophising and preaching. Karl’s girlfriend is pregnant – by him? Who knows… Either way…a little information goes a long way and its definitely time for a spring clean. By any means necessary… Related Posts Down Terrace DN EP 149: Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley Sugarhouse – Gary Love Lovers – Carl Zhang Hotel Harabati – Brice Cauvin Down Terrace (2009) Bill and Karl have just got out of jail free but all is not well at Down Terrace. The family business just isn’t working out and Karl’s had more than he can take of his old man’s philosophising and preaching. Karl’s girlfriend is pregnant – by him? Who knows… Either way…a little information goes a long way and its definitely time for a spring clean. By any means necessary… Related Posts Down Terrace DN EP 149: Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley Sugarhouse – Gary Love Lovers – Carl Zhang Hotel Harabati – Brice Cauvin tag:odeo.com,2009-11-27,25456270 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:01:20 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Feature, drama, Ben Wheatley, Down Terrace http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25456280-Directors-Notes-Presents%E2%80%A6 Tuesday – 1st December – 8pm – Sallis Benney Theatre   So once again it seems that the great films we curate here on Directors Notes refuse to be contained by our humble site and are making a break for the silver screen. This time round we’re honoured that CINECITY, the Brighton Film Festival, with whom DN has had links for many years, has given us a slot to strut our stuff. Amongst the films selected by El Vez and myself, regular visitors will recognise a fair few past guests, with a couple you won’t (yet) have seen on the site. If you click on the video above, you can watch the trailer we’ve put together for the screening to get you in the mood for the evening’s entertainment. What could possibly make the screening even better? Well a cover charge of £0. Yep, it’s FREE entry too so there’s absolutely no excuse for missing it if you’re within a 200 mile radius of Brighton. Another reason to come along, is that the spe... Tuesday – 1st December – 8pm – Sallis Benney Theatre   So once again it seems that the great films we curate here on Directors Notes refuse to be contained by our humble site and are making a break for the silver screen. This time round we’re honoured that CINECITY, the Brighton Film Festival, with whom DN has had links for many years, has given us a slot to strut our stuff. Amongst the films selected by El Vez and myself, regular visitors will recognise a fair few past guests, with a couple you won’t (yet) have seen on the site. If you click on the video above, you can watch the trailer we’ve put together for the screening to get you in the mood for the evening’s entertainment. What could possibly make the screening even better? Well a cover charge of £0. Yep, it’s FREE entry too so there’s absolutely no excuse for missing it if you’re within a 200 mile radius of Brighton. Another reason to come along, is that the spectacularly talented Kate Kamikaze has designed the brand new DN poster you can see below, along with accompanying postcards which should be getting their first public outing at the screening. We’re really excited to be hosting an evening of some of our favourite shorts, massive thanks to all the directors and hope to see you there. We shall be screening: I Will Smash You – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipiero (7:15) Stories of people smashing office environments, chairs, TVs, phones, cars and more. You’ve never seen anything like this before. www.littleburnfilms.com Jenifer – Stewart Copeland (4:25) The film-maker explores his relationship with his mother through a recorded conversation between eighth-grade students and astronauts aboard the international space station. www.gohomefatboy.com Bathtub – M.A.Y.O. (3:25) In a bathroom set with diamonds, white cake, and a porcelain claw-foot tub, a beautiful young woman readies for death. She’s hooked up to a machine, which instead of reading her vital signs emits a warning about the extinction of dinosaurs. In the minutes before her death, she practices a ritual to prepare herself for the unknown. www.mindallyouroutsides.com Spider – Nash Edgerton (9:00) It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. www.bluetonguefilms.com Voltage – Filipe Lyra & William Paiva (4:15) Just like modular synthesizers, people connect with each other in order to achieve diverse objectives. In Voltage, robots, half-human and half-synthesizer, powered by a huge amount of energy, connect to each other in an electric and chaotic trance. www.bamstudio.com.br/ Altar – Nathan Bezner (18:00) A janitor cleans the same filthy toilet every day. As he begins to remove stranger and more bizarre objects from the commode, he discovers there may be more to his situation than he’d initially realized. www.nightowlpictures.org Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero (6:10) A police officer and the barriers of understanding – physical and otherwise. poetzerofilm.com I Love Sarah Jane – Spencer Susser (14:16) Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There’s a spring in the step. Too bad about the zombie apocalypse. www.bluetonguefilms.com Related Posts Twinklebum in New York Reading & Leeds Festival Time DN Hits the Festivals Dislocation Festival Carling Weekend Reading & Leeds ‘07 Tuesday – 1st December – 8pm – Sallis Benney Theatre   So once again it seems that the great films we curate here on Directors Notes refuse to be contained by our humble site and are making a break for the silver screen. This time round we’re honoured that CINECITY, the Brighton Film Festival, with whom DN has had links for many years, has given us a slot to strut our stuff. Amongst the films selected by El Vez and myself, regular visitors will recognise a fair few past guests, with a couple you won’t (yet) have seen on the site. If you click on the video above, you can watch the trailer we’ve put together for the screening to get you in the mood for the evening’s entertainment. What could possibly make the screening even better? Well a cover charge of £0. Yep, it’s FREE entry too so there’s absolutely no excuse for missing it if you’re within a 200 mile radius of Brighton. Another reason to come along, is that the spectacularly talented Kate Kamikaze has designed the brand new DN poster you can see below, along with accompanying postcards which should be getting their first public outing at the screening. We’re really excited to be hosting an evening of some of our favourite shorts, massive thanks to all the directors and hope to see you there. We shall be screening: I Will Smash You – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipiero (7:15) Stories of people smashing office environments, chairs, TVs, phones, cars and more. You’ve never seen anything like this before. www.littleburnfilms.com Jenifer – Stewart Copeland (4:25) The film-maker explores his relationship with his mother through a recorded conversation between eighth-grade students and astronauts aboard the international space station. www.gohomefatboy.com Bathtub – M.A.Y.O. (3:25) In a bathroom set with diamonds, white cake, and a porcelain claw-foot tub, a beautiful young woman readies for death. She’s hooked up to a machine, which instead of reading her vital signs emits a warning about the extinction of dinosaurs. In the minutes before her death, she practices a ritual to prepare herself for the unknown. www.mindallyouroutsides.com Spider – Nash Edgerton (9:00) It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. www.bluetonguefilms.com Voltage – Filipe Lyra & William Paiva (4:15) Just like modular synthesizers, people connect with each other in order to achieve diverse objectives. In Voltage, robots, half-human and half-synthesizer, powered by a huge amount of energy, connect to each other in an electric and chaotic trance. www.bamstudio.com.br/ Altar – Nathan Bezner (18:00) A janitor cleans the same filthy toilet every day. As he begins to remove stranger and more bizarre objects from the commode, he discovers there may be more to his situation than he’d initially realized. www.nightowlpictures.org Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero (6:10) A police officer and the barriers of understanding – physical and otherwise. poetzerofilm.com I Love Sarah Jane – Spencer Susser (14:16) Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There’s a spring in the step. Too bad about the zombie apocalypse. www.bluetonguefilms.com Related Posts Twinklebum in New York Reading & Leeds Festival Time DN Hits the Festivals Dislocation Festival Carling Weekend Reading & Leeds ‘07 tag:odeo.com,2009-11-25,25456280 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:45:45 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, News, Film Festival, screening http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25456282-DN-EP-148-Machan-%E2%80%93-Uberto-Pasolini After reading about a group of desperate slum dwellers from Sri Lanka who daringly posed as the non-existent national handball team in order to secure their passage out of the country, producer Uberto Pasolini decided to temporarily sit in the director’s chair to bring their true life story to the big screen. Showlinks Machan The Full Monty Related Posts Machan – Uberto Pasolini DN LFF08: Quick Gun Murugan – Shashank Ghosh INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening Hotel Harabati Competition DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee After reading about a group of desperate slum dwellers from Sri Lanka who daringly posed as the non-existent national handball team in order to secure their passage out of the country, producer Uberto Pasolini decided to temporarily sit in the director’s chair to bring their true life story to the big screen. Showlinks Machan The Full Monty Related Posts Machan – Uberto Pasolini DN LFF08: Quick Gun Murugan – Shashank Ghosh INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening Hotel Harabati Competition DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee After reading about a group of desperate slum dwellers from Sri Lanka who daringly posed as the non-existent national handball team in order to secure their passage out of the country, producer Uberto Pasolini decided to temporarily sit in the director’s chair to bring their true life story to the big screen. Showlinks Machan The Full Monty Related Posts Machan – Uberto Pasolini DN LFF08: Quick Gun Murugan – Shashank Ghosh INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening Hotel Harabati Competition DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee tag:odeo.com,2009-11-20,25456282 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:56 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Comedy, Interview, Feature, Machan, Uberto Pasolini http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25456285-Machan-%E2%80%93-Uberto-Pasolini Machan (2008) Based on a true story, this tragicomical tale tells the story of a sports team with a difference… Living on the margins of society, under impossible pressures, a group of desperate slum dwellers find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria, Germany. This one-way ticket to the West could be the answer to their prayers and a solution to all their problems…  Related Posts DN EP 148: Machan – Uberto Pasolini We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson They Turned Our Desert Into Fire – Mark Brecke The Upper Hand – Lana Schwarcz Machan (2008) Based on a true story, this tragicomical tale tells the story of a sports team with a difference… Living on the margins of society, under impossible pressures, a group of desperate slum dwellers find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria, Germany. This one-way ticket to the West could be the answer to their prayers and a solution to all their problems…  Related Posts DN EP 148: Machan – Uberto Pasolini We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson They Turned Our Desert Into Fire – Mark Brecke The Upper Hand – Lana Schwarcz Machan (2008) Based on a true story, this tragicomical tale tells the story of a sports team with a difference… Living on the margins of society, under impossible pressures, a group of desperate slum dwellers find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria, Germany. This one-way ticket to the West could be the answer to their prayers and a solution to all their problems…  Related Posts DN EP 148: Machan – Uberto Pasolini We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson They Turned Our Desert Into Fire – Mark Brecke The Upper Hand – Lana Schwarcz tag:odeo.com,2009-11-19,25456285 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:21 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Comedy, video, Feature, Machan, Uberto Pasolini http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25446646-Filmstock-This-One-Goes-to-11 You know the sinking, gut wrenching feeling you get when your favourite TV show up and quits at the height of its success, or that band you love and adore call it a day after just a couple of kick arse albums? Well that’s something I’d always presumed wasn’t a worry I’d ever need to have when it came to film festivals but no, Filmstock, DN’s festival of choice will be no more after this weekend! I sat down with co-founders/directors Neil Fox & Justin Doherty to chat over how Filmstock has developed over the years and why they weren’t joking back in 2003 when they told me Filmstock would be; “…the festival that goes up to 11″. Showlinks Filmstock Zero Balance Exploits Of A Cultural Saboteur Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Tony Hendra Related Posts Filmstock: Establishing a Film Festival Filmstock 9 Filmstock 11: The Best of the Shorts Filmstock 11 Filmstock #8 You know the sinking, gut wrenching feeling you get when your favourite TV show up and quits at the height of its success, or that band you love and adore call it a day after just a couple of kick arse albums? Well that’s something I’d always presumed wasn’t a worry I’d ever need to have when it came to film festivals but no, Filmstock, DN’s festival of choice will be no more after this weekend! I sat down with co-founders/directors Neil Fox & Justin Doherty to chat over how Filmstock has developed over the years and why they weren’t joking back in 2003 when they told me Filmstock would be; “…the festival that goes up to 11″. Showlinks Filmstock Zero Balance Exploits Of A Cultural Saboteur Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Tony Hendra Related Posts Filmstock: Establishing a Film Festival Filmstock 9 Filmstock 11: The Best of the Shorts Filmstock 11 Filmstock #8 You know the sinking, gut wrenching feeling you get when your favourite TV show up and quits at the height of its success, or that band you love and adore call it a day after just a couple of kick arse albums? Well that’s something I’d always presumed wasn’t a worry I’d ever need to have when it came to film festivals but no, Filmstock, DN’s festival of choice will be no more after this weekend! I sat down with co-founders/directors Neil Fox & Justin Doherty to chat over how Filmstock has developed over the years and why they weren’t joking back in 2003 when they told me Filmstock would be; “…the festival that goes up to 11″. Showlinks Filmstock Zero Balance Exploits Of A Cultural Saboteur Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Tony Hendra Related Posts Filmstock: Establishing a Film Festival Filmstock 9 Filmstock 11: The Best of the Shorts Filmstock 11 Filmstock #8 tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446646 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:16:18 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Film Festival, Filmstock http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25417566-Doc-Fest-09-%E2%80%93-Attack-of-the-50-Foot-Reels In the third installment of our daily Doc/Fest gems, Super 8 legend Norwood Cheek takes us through the Attack of the 50 Foot Reels filmmaking challenge. . A Buzz Films Production Related Posts Doc/Fest 09 – The International Pitch Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern In the third installment of our daily Doc/Fest gems, Super 8 legend Norwood Cheek takes us through the Attack of the 50 Foot Reels filmmaking challenge. . A Buzz Films Production Related Posts Doc/Fest 09 – The International Pitch Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern In the third installment of our daily Doc/Fest gems, Super 8 legend Norwood Cheek takes us through the Attack of the 50 Foot Reels filmmaking challenge. . A Buzz Films Production Related Posts Doc/Fest 09 – The International Pitch Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern tag:odeo.com,2009-11-07,25417566 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:46:16 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, video, Documentary, Film Festival, DocFest http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25411096-Doc-Fest-09-%E2%80%93-The-International-Pitch Sheffield Doc/Fest day two sees six filmmakers pitch for a £10k DFID funded opportunity to create a 10 minute short for the Community Channel. Greg Sanderson chairs a panel of judges including Executive Producer Jane Stephenson. . A Buzz Films Production     Related Posts Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Sheffield Doc/Fest day two sees six filmmakers pitch for a £10k DFID funded opportunity to create a 10 minute short for the Community Channel. Greg Sanderson chairs a panel of judges including Executive Producer Jane Stephenson. . A Buzz Films Production     Related Posts Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Sheffield Doc/Fest day two sees six filmmakers pitch for a £10k DFID funded opportunity to create a 10 minute short for the Community Channel. Greg Sanderson chairs a panel of judges including Executive Producer Jane Stephenson. . A Buzz Films Production     Related Posts Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern Time Piece – Kat Mansoor tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25411096 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:49:05 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, video, Documentary, Film Festival, DocFest http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25408656-Doc-Fest-09-%E2%80%93-Crossover-Summit The time has come once again when the documentary film community converges on the city of Sheffield for Doc/Fest. With director Frank Boyd as their guide, Buzz Films‘ Jan Bednarz & Simon Wan captured the goings on at the inaugural Crossover Summit event. Related Posts Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern Time Piece – Kat Mansoor “Charlie Rose” by Samuel Beckett via Andrew Filippone Jr. The time has come once again when the documentary film community converges on the city of Sheffield for Doc/Fest. With director Frank Boyd as their guide, Buzz Films‘ Jan Bednarz & Simon Wan captured the goings on at the inaugural Crossover Summit event. Related Posts Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern Time Piece – Kat Mansoor “Charlie Rose” by Samuel Beckett via Andrew Filippone Jr. The time has come once again when the documentary film community converges on the city of Sheffield for Doc/Fest. With director Frank Boyd as their guide, Buzz Films‘ Jan Bednarz & Simon Wan captured the goings on at the inaugural Crossover Summit event. Related Posts Doc/Fest 08 Vod03 – Daisy Asquith Doc/Fest 08 Vod02 – Emily James Doc/Fest 08 Vod01 – Lee Kern Time Piece – Kat Mansoor “Charlie Rose” by Samuel Beckett via Andrew Filippone Jr. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25408656 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:19 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, video, Documentary, Film Festival, DocFest, Frank Boyd http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25400885-DN-LFF09-American-The-Bill-Hicks-Story-%E2%80%93-Matt-Harlock-Paul-Thomas Sadly, we’ve reached the last of our London Film Festival ‘09 afternoon tea interviews, but it’s a great one to go out on. I very selfishly took up a nice chunk of time with directors Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, who were at LFF for the premiere of their much anticipated documentary, American: The Bill Hicks Story – a look at the life of one of the world’s greatest comedians and thinkers, as told by the family and friends who truly knew him. Showlinks American: The Bill Hicks Story Bill Hicks.com Waltz with Bashir The Kid Stays in the Picture La Jetee Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects Related Posts DN LFF09: We Live in Public – Ondi Timoner DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: The Whites Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack DN LFF09: Starsuckers – Chris Atkins Sadly, we’ve reached the last of our London Film Festival ‘09 afternoon tea interviews, but it’s a great one to go out on. I very selfishly took up a nice chunk of time with directors Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, who were at LFF for the premiere of their much anticipated documentary, American: The Bill Hicks Story – a look at the life of one of the world’s greatest comedians and thinkers, as told by the family and friends who truly knew him. Showlinks American: The Bill Hicks Story Bill Hicks.com Waltz with Bashir The Kid Stays in the Picture La Jetee Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects Related Posts DN LFF09: We Live in Public – Ondi Timoner DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: The Whites Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack DN LFF09: Starsuckers – Chris Atkins Sadly, we’ve reached the last of our London Film Festival ‘09 afternoon tea interviews, but it’s a great one to go out on. I very selfishly took up a nice chunk of time with directors Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, who were at LFF for the premiere of their much anticipated documentary, American: The Bill Hicks Story – a look at the life of one of the world’s greatest comedians and thinkers, as told by the family and friends who truly knew him. Showlinks American: The Bill Hicks Story Bill Hicks.com Waltz with Bashir The Kid Stays in the Picture La Jetee Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects Related Posts DN LFF09: We Live in Public – Ondi Timoner DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: The Whites Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack DN LFF09: Starsuckers – Chris Atkins tag:odeo.com,2009-11-01,25400885 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:49:45 -0800 yes Directors Notes podcasts, animation, Feature, Documentary, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Paul Thomas, Matt Harlock http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25400886-DN-LFF09-Passenger-Side-%E2%80%93-Matt-Bissonnette For his third feature Passenger Side, director Matt Bissonnette decided to go back to basics and the freedom that comes from shooting a film on a low budget, with a skeleton crew. We sat down over LFF tea and cakes to discuss the process of bringing his tale of road tripping, polar opposite brothers to the screen. Showlinks Matthew Bissonnette Passenger Side Related Posts DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: Trash Humpers – Harmony Korine DN LFF09: The Road – John Hillcoat DN LFF09: The Limits of Control – Jim Jarmusch For his third feature Passenger Side, director Matt Bissonnette decided to go back to basics and the freedom that comes from shooting a film on a low budget, with a skeleton crew. We sat down over LFF tea and cakes to discuss the process of bringing his tale of road tripping, polar opposite brothers to the screen. Showlinks Matthew Bissonnette Passenger Side Related Posts DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: Trash Humpers – Harmony Korine DN LFF09: The Road – John Hillcoat DN LFF09: The Limits of Control – Jim Jarmusch For his third feature Passenger Side, director Matt Bissonnette decided to go back to basics and the freedom that comes from shooting a film on a low budget, with a skeleton crew. We sat down over LFF tea and cakes to discuss the process of bringing his tale of road tripping, polar opposite brothers to the screen. Showlinks Matthew Bissonnette Passenger Side Related Posts DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: Trash Humpers – Harmony Korine DN LFF09: The Road – John Hillcoat DN LFF09: The Limits of Control – Jim Jarmusch tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25400886 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:17:51 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Feature, drama, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, Matt Bissonnette, Passenger Side http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25370669-DN-LFF09-Trash-Humpers-%E2%80%93-Harmony-Korine As a fan of many years and with a couple near misses in the past, today’s LFF interview is probably the highlight of the festival for me. It was my pleasure to spend some time (however brief) with director Harmony Korine, to discuss his latest offering Trash Humpers, along with the chances of us ever seeing the abandoned Fight Harm project surface. Related Posts DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF09: Enter The Void – Gaspar Noe DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross As a fan of many years and with a couple near misses in the past, today’s LFF interview is probably the highlight of the festival for me. It was my pleasure to spend some time (however brief) with director Harmony Korine, to discuss his latest offering Trash Humpers, along with the chances of us ever seeing the abandoned Fight Harm project surface. Related Posts DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF09: Enter The Void – Gaspar Noe DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross As a fan of many years and with a couple near misses in the past, today’s LFF interview is probably the highlight of the festival for me. It was my pleasure to spend some time (however brief) with director Harmony Korine, to discuss his latest offering Trash Humpers, along with the chances of us ever seeing the abandoned Fight Harm project surface. Related Posts DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF09: Enter The Void – Gaspar Noe DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross tag:odeo.com,2009-10-25,25370669 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:41:19 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Experimental, Feature, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, Trash Humpers, Harmony Korine http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25356333-DN-LFF09-Still-Bill-%E2%80%93-Damani-Baker-Alex-Vlack Today’s LFF afternoon tea interview is a doubleheader with co-directors Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, who after over 11 years of patient persistence, were able to bring their documentary Still Bill to the screen; a look at the life, relationships and of course music of the legend that is Bill Withers. Showlinks Still Bill Related Posts DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: The Whites Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge Today’s LFF afternoon tea interview is a doubleheader with co-directors Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, who after over 11 years of patient persistence, were able to bring their documentary Still Bill to the screen; a look at the life, relationships and of course music of the legend that is Bill Withers. Showlinks Still Bill Related Posts DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: The Whites Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge Today’s LFF afternoon tea interview is a doubleheader with co-directors Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, who after over 11 years of patient persistence, were able to bring their documentary Still Bill to the screen; a look at the life, relationships and of course music of the legend that is Bill Withers. Showlinks Still Bill Related Posts DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: The Whites Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25356333 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:02:02 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Feature, Documentary, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, Still Bill, Alex Vlack, Damani Baker http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25317346-DN-LFF09-Trimpin-The-Sound-of-Invention-%E2%80%93-Peter-Esmonde Hailing from Germany’s Black Forest region, the artist simply known as Trimpin is a sonic experimenter, who combines the roles of inventor, engineer and composer, with a body of work that also defies categorization. Director Peter Esmonde joins us at the London Film Festival to discuss the challenges of creating a documentary which elucidates the creative process of such a indefinable artist. Showlinks Trimpin: The Sound of Invention Trimpin Related Posts DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker Hailing from Germany’s Black Forest region, the artist simply known as Trimpin is a sonic experimenter, who combines the roles of inventor, engineer and composer, with a body of work that also defies categorization. Director Peter Esmonde joins us at the London Film Festival to discuss the challenges of creating a documentary which elucidates the creative process of such a indefinable artist. Showlinks Trimpin: The Sound of Invention Trimpin Related Posts DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker Hailing from Germany’s Black Forest region, the artist simply known as Trimpin is a sonic experimenter, who combines the roles of inventor, engineer and composer, with a body of work that also defies categorization. Director Peter Esmonde joins us at the London Film Festival to discuss the challenges of creating a documentary which elucidates the creative process of such a indefinable artist. Showlinks Trimpin: The Sound of Invention Trimpin Related Posts DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli O?zge DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25317346 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:46:50 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Feature, Documentary, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, Trimpin The Sound Of Invention, Peter Esmonde http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25309365-DN-LFF09-Men-on-the-Bridge-%E2%80%93-Asli-O-zge Today’s LFF interview comes from Asli O?zge whose debut feature Men on the Bridge began as a documentary concept to explore the distinct lives of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. However, after meeting her potential contributors during the research stage, O?zge decided she could better serve their stories through fiction, employing two of them to take up roles as themselves in the feature. Showlinks Men on the Bridge Related Posts DN LFF09: The Exploding Girl – Bradley Rust Gray DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Today’s LFF interview comes from Asli O?zge whose debut feature Men on the Bridge began as a documentary concept to explore the distinct lives of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. However, after meeting her potential contributors during the research stage, O?zge decided she could better serve their stories through fiction, employing two of them to take up roles as themselves in the feature. Showlinks Men on the Bridge Related Posts DN LFF09: The Exploding Girl – Bradley Rust Gray DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Today’s LFF interview comes from Asli O?zge whose debut feature Men on the Bridge began as a documentary concept to explore the distinct lives of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. However, after meeting her potential contributors during the research stage, O?zge decided she could better serve their stories through fiction, employing two of them to take up roles as themselves in the feature. Showlinks Men on the Bridge Related Posts DN LFF09: The Exploding Girl – Bradley Rust Gray DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck tag:odeo.com,2009-10-18,25309365 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:41:19 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Feature, drama, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, Asli O?zge, Men on the Bridge http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25299551-DN-LFF09-Paper-Heart-%E2%80%93-Nicholas-Jasenovec Do you believe in true love? If so how do you go about finding that special, once in a lifetime person? These are the questions that send Charleyne Yi and a ‘documentary’ crew on a road trip across America, with a pit stop in Paris to see if the city of love can save her burgeoning romance with Michael Cera. Will they live happily ever after? Only if their Harley can outrun the cops and their bullets. I got to sit down with Charleyne Yi and director Nicholas Jasenovec at the London Film Festival to discuss their documentary/fiction mashup feature Paper Heart. Showlinks Paper Heart Panasonic Varicam Related Posts DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: Fantastic Mr Fox – Wes Anderson DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras Do you believe in true love? If so how do you go about finding that special, once in a lifetime person? These are the questions that send Charleyne Yi and a ‘documentary’ crew on a road trip across America, with a pit stop in Paris to see if the city of love can save her burgeoning romance with Michael Cera. Will they live happily ever after? Only if their Harley can outrun the cops and their bullets. I got to sit down with Charleyne Yi and director Nicholas Jasenovec at the London Film Festival to discuss their documentary/fiction mashup feature Paper Heart. Showlinks Paper Heart Panasonic Varicam Related Posts DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: Fantastic Mr Fox – Wes Anderson DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras Do you believe in true love? If so how do you go about finding that special, once in a lifetime person? These are the questions that send Charleyne Yi and a ‘documentary’ crew on a road trip across America, with a pit stop in Paris to see if the city of love can save her burgeoning romance with Michael Cera. Will they live happily ever after? Only if their Harley can outrun the cops and their bullets. I got to sit down with Charleyne Yi and director Nicholas Jasenovec at the London Film Festival to discuss their documentary/fiction mashup feature Paper Heart. Showlinks Paper Heart Panasonic Varicam Related Posts DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF09: Fantastic Mr Fox – Wes Anderson DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras tag:odeo.com,2009-10-16,25299551 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:50 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Comedy, Feature, Documentary, London Film Festival, Film Festival, paper heart, LFF09, Nicholas Jasenovec http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25286867-DN-LFF09-45365-%E2%80%93-Bill-Ross-Turner-Ross Kicking off our series of interviews from the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, I got to chat to Bill and Turner Ross, brothers and co-directors of 45365; a verite feature documentary which explores the daily lives of the inhabitants of the American town (and hometown of the brothers Ross) – Sidney, Ohio. If you happen to be reading this whilst the London Film Festival is in full swing, you can catch 45365 on the big screen on the 23rd and 26th of October. Showlinks 45365 Panasonic AG-DVX100 SXSW Related Posts 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker DN LFF08: Sex Positive – Daryl Wein DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal Kicking off our series of interviews from the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, I got to chat to Bill and Turner Ross, brothers and co-directors of 45365; a verite feature documentary which explores the daily lives of the inhabitants of the American town (and hometown of the brothers Ross) – Sidney, Ohio. If you happen to be reading this whilst the London Film Festival is in full swing, you can catch 45365 on the big screen on the 23rd and 26th of October. Showlinks 45365 Panasonic AG-DVX100 SXSW Related Posts 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker DN LFF08: Sex Positive – Daryl Wein DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal Kicking off our series of interviews from the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, I got to chat to Bill and Turner Ross, brothers and co-directors of 45365; a verite feature documentary which explores the daily lives of the inhabitants of the American town (and hometown of the brothers Ross) – Sidney, Ohio. If you happen to be reading this whilst the London Film Festival is in full swing, you can catch 45365 on the big screen on the 23rd and 26th of October. Showlinks 45365 Panasonic AG-DVX100 SXSW Related Posts 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker DN LFF08: Sex Positive – Daryl Wein DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal tag:odeo.com,2009-10-14,25286867 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:27:34 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Feature, Documentary, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, 45365, Bill Ross, Turner Ross http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25283571-45365-%E2%80%93-Bill-Ross-Turner-Ross 45356 (2009) 45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town – Sidney, Ohio. Through a patient and inquisitive look at the lives and landscapes that make up this community of 20,000 people, it captures the complexities and ambiguities of their shared experience. Conclusions are left to the audience as the component characters speak and act for themselves, as themselves. These storylines eventually coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. It is an inquiring look at everyday life in middle America. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, it explores their relationships and interactions – with each other and their environment. Father and son, boyfriends and girlfriend, cop and criminal, officials and the electorate, patrons and providers – it is a portrait of the city and its people. – people somehow not unfamiliar in a landscape that becomes increasingly understood.... 45356 (2009) 45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town – Sidney, Ohio. Through a patient and inquisitive look at the lives and landscapes that make up this community of 20,000 people, it captures the complexities and ambiguities of their shared experience. Conclusions are left to the audience as the component characters speak and act for themselves, as themselves. These storylines eventually coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. It is an inquiring look at everyday life in middle America. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, it explores their relationships and interactions – with each other and their environment. Father and son, boyfriends and girlfriend, cop and criminal, officials and the electorate, patrons and providers – it is a portrait of the city and its people. – people somehow not unfamiliar in a landscape that becomes increasingly understood. Sidney is the small town experience. It is a community – of schools and sports and factories and neighborhoods and familiarity. Related Posts DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker DN LFF08: Sex Positive – Daryl Wein DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal 45356 (2009) 45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town – Sidney, Ohio. Through a patient and inquisitive look at the lives and landscapes that make up this community of 20,000 people, it captures the complexities and ambiguities of their shared experience. Conclusions are left to the audience as the component characters speak and act for themselves, as themselves. These storylines eventually coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. It is an inquiring look at everyday life in middle America. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, it explores their relationships and interactions – with each other and their environment. Father and son, boyfriends and girlfriend, cop and criminal, officials and the electorate, patrons and providers – it is a portrait of the city and its people. – people somehow not unfamiliar in a landscape that becomes increasingly understood. Sidney is the small town experience. It is a community – of schools and sports and factories and neighborhoods and familiarity. Related Posts DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: South Main – Kelly Parker DN LFF08: Sex Positive – Daryl Wein DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal tag:odeo.com,2009-10-14,25283571 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:47:30 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Feature, Documentary, London Film Festival, Film Festival, LFF09, 45365, Bill Ross, Turner Ross http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25254616-DN-EP-147-The-Space-You-Leave-%E2%80%93-James-Newton When a person goes missing they leave both a mystery and a tragedy behind. Many filmmakers find themselves drawn to the inherent drama present in the mystery, but in his documentary The Space You Leave, director James Newton focuses on the tragic nature of such disappearances and the life long effects suffered by those who are left behind. Showlinks Quark Films American Movie Missing People Wolfgang Tillmans Sony HVR-V1 Related Posts The Space You Leave – James Newton Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl – B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening When a person goes missing they leave both a mystery and a tragedy behind. Many filmmakers find themselves drawn to the inherent drama present in the mystery, but in his documentary The Space You Leave, director James Newton focuses on the tragic nature of such disappearances and the life long effects suffered by those who are left behind. Showlinks Quark Films American Movie Missing People Wolfgang Tillmans Sony HVR-V1 Related Posts The Space You Leave – James Newton Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl – B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening When a person goes missing they leave both a mystery and a tragedy behind. Many filmmakers find themselves drawn to the inherent drama present in the mystery, but in his documentary The Space You Leave, director James Newton focuses on the tragic nature of such disappearances and the life long effects suffered by those who are left behind. Showlinks Quark Films American Movie Missing People Wolfgang Tillmans Sony HVR-V1 Related Posts The Space You Leave – James Newton Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl – B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening tag:odeo.com,2009-10-08,25254616 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:51:45 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Documentary, The Space You Leave, James Newton http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25247277-The-Space-You-Leave-%E2%80%93-James-Newton The Space You Leave (2009) Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are reported missing in the UK alone. But when a loved one goes missing, the space left behind in their families can mean a future trapped in a tortured present, one obsessed by the past. Related Posts We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Trusted Computing – Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead – Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson Time Piece – Kat Mansoor The Space You Leave (2009) Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are reported missing in the UK alone. But when a loved one goes missing, the space left behind in their families can mean a future trapped in a tortured present, one obsessed by the past. Related Posts We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Trusted Computing – Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead – Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson Time Piece – Kat Mansoor The Space You Leave (2009) Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are reported missing in the UK alone. But when a loved one goes missing, the space left behind in their families can mean a future trapped in a tortured present, one obsessed by the past. Related Posts We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Trusted Computing – Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead – Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson Time Piece – Kat Mansoor tag:odeo.com,2009-10-07,25247277 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:02:44 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Documentary, The Space You Leave, James Newton http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25224396-DN-EP-146-I-WILL-SMASH-YOU-%E2%80%93-Michael-Kimball-Luca-Dipierro We’re joined this week by past guest Luca Dipierro who has combined forces with author Michael Kimball to create I WILL SMASH YOU; a documentary which explores the personal thoughts and feelings associated with objects whilst providing catharsis and realization for its participants through conversation and destruction. Showlinks Little Burn Films Michael Kimball Luca Dipierro Black Biscotti Related Posts I WILL SMASH YOU – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl – B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening We’re joined this week by past guest Luca Dipierro who has combined forces with author Michael Kimball to create I WILL SMASH YOU; a documentary which explores the personal thoughts and feelings associated with objects whilst providing catharsis and realization for its participants through conversation and destruction. Showlinks Little Burn Films Michael Kimball Luca Dipierro Black Biscotti Related Posts I WILL SMASH YOU – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl – B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening We’re joined this week by past guest Luca Dipierro who has combined forces with author Michael Kimball to create I WILL SMASH YOU; a documentary which explores the personal thoughts and feelings associated with objects whilst providing catharsis and realization for its participants through conversation and destruction. Showlinks Little Burn Films Michael Kimball Luca Dipierro Black Biscotti Related Posts I WILL SMASH YOU – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro Time Piece – Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl – B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening tag:odeo.com,2009-10-02,25224396 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:59:44 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Documentary, Michael Kimball, Luca Dipierro, I WILL SMASH YOU, Little Burn Films http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25215364-I-WILL-SMASH-YOU-%E2%80%93-Michael-Kimball-Luca-Dipierro I WILL SMASH YOU (2009) I WILL SMASH YOU is a documentary film in which dozens of people each tell a story about an object that has some personal meaning for them and then destroy that object in whatever manner they wish. Michael Kimball interviews each person about their chosen object and the story behind it, which leads to amazing realizations, for both the subject and the viewer. Related Posts 24 Weeks, 3 Days – Luca Dipierro We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Trusted Computing – Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead – Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson I WILL SMASH YOU (2009) I WILL SMASH YOU is a documentary film in which dozens of people each tell a story about an object that has some personal meaning for them and then destroy that object in whatever manner they wish. Michael Kimball interviews each person about their chosen object and the story behind it, which leads to amazing realizations, for both the subject and the viewer. Related Posts 24 Weeks, 3 Days – Luca Dipierro We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Trusted Computing – Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead – Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson I WILL SMASH YOU (2009) I WILL SMASH YOU is a documentary film in which dozens of people each tell a story about an object that has some personal meaning for them and then destroy that object in whatever manner they wish. Michael Kimball interviews each person about their chosen object and the story behind it, which leads to amazing realizations, for both the subject and the viewer. Related Posts 24 Weeks, 3 Days – Luca Dipierro We Dreamed America – Alex Walker Trusted Computing – Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead – Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson tag:odeo.com,2009-10-01,25215364 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:24:34 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Documentary, Michael Kimball, Luca Dipierro, I WILL SMASH YOU http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25179980-DN-EP-145-Ralph-%E2%80%93-Alex-Winckler It’s always daunting confessing undying love for the first time. Even more so when the girl concerned thinks of you as her ‘little brother’. Throw in the confusion of arriving in a country where you don’t speak the language or even have the correct phone number for the object of your desire and you’re firmly in the shoes of director Alex Winckler’s protagonist Ralph in his short of the same name. Alex takes us through the hurdles of shooting abroad, with plans perhaps not as fully laid out as they could have been. Ralph Materials Script Showlinks Parkville Pictures Alex’s BBC Film Network Page Fulbright Scholarship Shooting People Cowards Coming Up UK Film Council Future Shorts Shorts International Berlin International Film Festival Related Posts Ralph – Alex Winckler Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar It’s always daunting confessing undying love for the first time. Even more so when the girl concerned thinks of you as her ‘little brother’. Throw in the confusion of arriving in a country where you don’t speak the language or even have the correct phone number for the object of your desire and you’re firmly in the shoes of director Alex Winckler’s protagonist Ralph in his short of the same name. Alex takes us through the hurdles of shooting abroad, with plans perhaps not as fully laid out as they could have been. Ralph Materials Script Showlinks Parkville Pictures Alex’s BBC Film Network Page Fulbright Scholarship Shooting People Cowards Coming Up UK Film Council Future Shorts Shorts International Berlin International Film Festival Related Posts Ralph – Alex Winckler Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar It’s always daunting confessing undying love for the first time. Even more so when the girl concerned thinks of you as her ‘little brother’. Throw in the confusion of arriving in a country where you don’t speak the language or even have the correct phone number for the object of your desire and you’re firmly in the shoes of director Alex Winckler’s protagonist Ralph in his short of the same name. Alex takes us through the hurdles of shooting abroad, with plans perhaps not as fully laid out as they could have been. Ralph Materials Script Showlinks Parkville Pictures Alex’s BBC Film Network Page Fulbright Scholarship Shooting People Cowards Coming Up UK Film Council Future Shorts Shorts International Berlin International Film Festival Related Posts Ralph – Alex Winckler Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar tag:odeo.com,2009-09-24,25179980 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:37:37 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, drama, ralph, Alex Winckler http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25173782-Ralph-%E2%80%93-Alex-Winckler Ralph (2008) A teenage boy travels alone to Marseille to tell his best friend that he is in love with her but he hasn’t told her that he’s coming. Related Posts Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar DN LFF08: Nights and Weekends – Joe Swanberg Ralph (2008) A teenage boy travels alone to Marseille to tell his best friend that he is in love with her but he hasn’t told her that he’s coming. Related Posts Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar DN LFF08: Nights and Weekends – Joe Swanberg Ralph (2008) A teenage boy travels alone to Marseille to tell his best friend that he is in love with her but he hasn’t told her that he’s coming. Related Posts Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar DN LFF08: Nights and Weekends – Joe Swanberg tag:odeo.com,2009-09-23,25173782 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:23:52 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, drama, ralph, Alex Winckler http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25140537-DN-EP-144-Moray-McLaren-We-Got-Time-%E2%80%93-David-Wilson Animation can be a long, arduous process that requires God like patients, however after taking part in a real-time arts project, director David Wilson discovered that combining praxinoscopes with custom record labels created a much faster form of animation that could be completed fully in-camera; without the need for any post or 3D manipulation. David joins us to discuss the process and why a hands on approach to working can lead to new creative discoveries. We Got Time Materials Making of Video Showlinks David Wilson Creative David’s YouTube Channel Metronomy – How Say Praxinoscope Blink Ink Red Digital Camera Company The Mill BUG – The Evolution of Music Video Colonel Blimp Related Posts Moray McLaren: We Got Time – David Wilson DN EP 042: Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Filmstock #8 DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov Animation can be a long, arduous process that requires God like patients, however after taking part in a real-time arts project, director David Wilson discovered that combining praxinoscopes with custom record labels created a much faster form of animation that could be completed fully in-camera; without the need for any post or 3D manipulation. David joins us to discuss the process and why a hands on approach to working can lead to new creative discoveries. We Got Time Materials Making of Video Showlinks David Wilson Creative David’s YouTube Channel Metronomy – How Say Praxinoscope Blink Ink Red Digital Camera Company The Mill BUG – The Evolution of Music Video Colonel Blimp Related Posts Moray McLaren: We Got Time – David Wilson DN EP 042: Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Filmstock #8 DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov Animation can be a long, arduous process that requires God like patients, however after taking part in a real-time arts project, director David Wilson discovered that combining praxinoscopes with custom record labels created a much faster form of animation that could be completed fully in-camera; without the need for any post or 3D manipulation. David joins us to discuss the process and why a hands on approach to working can lead to new creative discoveries. We Got Time Materials Making of Video Showlinks David Wilson Creative David’s YouTube Channel Metronomy – How Say Praxinoscope Blink Ink Red Digital Camera Company The Mill BUG – The Evolution of Music Video Colonel Blimp Related Posts Moray McLaren: We Got Time – David Wilson DN EP 042: Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Filmstock #8 DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov tag:odeo.com,2009-09-17,25140537 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:20:25 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, music, Interview, Experimental, animation, Music Promo, David Wilson, Moray McLaren, We Got Time http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25134855-Moray-McLaren-We-Got-Time-%E2%80%93-David-Wilson Moray McLaren: We Got Time – David Wilson (2009) Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see is what rolled off the camera. The transitions between each section of animation was created by simply cutting or wiping between the bits of footage. Related Posts Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan _grau – Robert Seidel Weightless – Erika Janunger Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia Moray McLaren: We Got Time – David Wilson (2009) Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see is what rolled off the camera. The transitions between each section of animation was created by simply cutting or wiping between the bits of footage. Related Posts Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan _grau – Robert Seidel Weightless – Erika Janunger Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia Moray McLaren: We Got Time – David Wilson (2009) Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see is what rolled off the camera. The transitions between each section of animation was created by simply cutting or wiping between the bits of footage. Related Posts Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike – Mike Chan _grau – Robert Seidel Weightless – Erika Janunger Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia tag:odeo.com,2009-09-16,25134855 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:12:33 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, music, video, Experimental, animation, Music Promo, David Wilson, Moray McLaren, We Got Time http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25108004-DN-EP-143-Subprime-%E2%80%93-Beeple This week’s DN guest Beeple is a director who works across many areas of film, including live action, music promos and animation. For his latest piece Beeple decided to widen his skill set by adding 3D animation to his arsenal and a mere 5 months later completed the frankly impressive continuously rotating, isometric perspective piece Subprime. Subprime Materials Stills Renders Showlinks beeple.com Nobot Kyle Vande Slunt’s Vimeo Page Donebestdone The Crisis of Credit ISO Cinema 4D Cartoon Smart: Perfect Isometric 3D Animation! Related Posts Subprime – Beeple Filmstock #8 DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov DN EP 138: Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi This week’s DN guest Beeple is a director who works across many areas of film, including live action, music promos and animation. For his latest piece Beeple decided to widen his skill set by adding 3D animation to his arsenal and a mere 5 months later completed the frankly impressive continuously rotating, isometric perspective piece Subprime. Subprime Materials Stills Renders Showlinks beeple.com Nobot Kyle Vande Slunt’s Vimeo Page Donebestdone The Crisis of Credit ISO Cinema 4D Cartoon Smart: Perfect Isometric 3D Animation! Related Posts Subprime – Beeple Filmstock #8 DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov DN EP 138: Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi This week’s DN guest Beeple is a director who works across many areas of film, including live action, music promos and animation. For his latest piece Beeple decided to widen his skill set by adding 3D animation to his arsenal and a mere 5 months later completed the frankly impressive continuously rotating, isometric perspective piece Subprime. Subprime Materials Stills Renders Showlinks beeple.com Nobot Kyle Vande Slunt’s Vimeo Page Donebestdone The Crisis of Credit ISO Cinema 4D Cartoon Smart: Perfect Isometric 3D Animation! Related Posts Subprime – Beeple Filmstock #8 DN EP 141: Body – Zhivko Dimitrov DN EP 138: Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi tag:odeo.com,2009-09-11,25108004 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:21:31 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, animation, subprime, Beeple http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25101564-Subprime-%E2%80%93-Beeple Subprime (2009) Watch as the American housing market spirals out of control. An urgent cry for simplicity, Subprime uses a constantly rotating isometric perspective to illustrate the current subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. Every successive house that is built folds into itself and sprouts the growth of a bigger one, only to repeat the ultimately futile process again. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Zoo – Robin Bushell ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann What We’ve Found Out About Stem Cells – Richard Fenwick Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia Subprime (2009) Watch as the American housing market spirals out of control. An urgent cry for simplicity, Subprime uses a constantly rotating isometric perspective to illustrate the current subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. Every successive house that is built folds into itself and sprouts the growth of a bigger one, only to repeat the ultimately futile process again. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Zoo – Robin Bushell ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann What We’ve Found Out About Stem Cells – Richard Fenwick Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia Subprime (2009) Watch as the American housing market spirals out of control. An urgent cry for simplicity, Subprime uses a constantly rotating isometric perspective to illustrate the current subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. Every successive house that is built folds into itself and sprouts the growth of a bigger one, only to repeat the ultimately futile process again. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Zoo – Robin Bushell ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann What We’ve Found Out About Stem Cells – Richard Fenwick Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia tag:odeo.com,2009-09-10,25101564 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:38:18 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, animation, subprime, Beeple http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25072638-DN-EP-142-Jennifer-%E2%80%93-Stewart-Copeland After the passing of his mother, director Stewart Copeland embarked on the creation of the documentary Jennifer to address the issues of loss and how a person’s absence can alter the atmosphere of the places they used to occupy for those left behind. Stewart joins us to discuss the difficulties of creating such a personal film whilst ensuring it remains accessibility to a wider audience. Showlinks gohomefatboy Prelinger Archives POV – Documentaries with a Point of View Related Posts Jennifer – Stewart Copeland Filmstock #8 DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal DN EP 125: Globe Street Video Challenge – Se?bastien Abes After the passing of his mother, director Stewart Copeland embarked on the creation of the documentary Jennifer to address the issues of loss and how a person’s absence can alter the atmosphere of the places they used to occupy for those left behind. Stewart joins us to discuss the difficulties of creating such a personal film whilst ensuring it remains accessibility to a wider audience. Showlinks gohomefatboy Prelinger Archives POV – Documentaries with a Point of View Related Posts Jennifer – Stewart Copeland Filmstock #8 DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal DN EP 125: Globe Street Video Challenge – Se?bastien Abes After the passing of his mother, director Stewart Copeland embarked on the creation of the documentary Jennifer to address the issues of loss and how a person’s absence can alter the atmosphere of the places they used to occupy for those left behind. Stewart joins us to discuss the difficulties of creating such a personal film whilst ensuring it remains accessibility to a wider audience. Showlinks gohomefatboy Prelinger Archives POV – Documentaries with a Point of View Related Posts Jennifer – Stewart Copeland Filmstock #8 DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal DN EP 125: Globe Street Video Challenge – Se?bastien Abes tag:odeo.com,2009-09-04,25072638 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:04:46 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Experimental, Documentary, jennifer, Stewart Copeland http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25063480-Jennifer-%E2%80%93-Stewart-Copeland Jennifer (2008) In the short film Jennifer, filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship with his mother through a recorded conversation between eighth-grade students and astronauts aboard the international space station. Utilizing home movies, found footage, ambient music and voice over, combined with Copeland’s own imagery, the film explores the distant spaces between memory and history; hope and fear; longing and loss, creating something both personal and universal. Related Posts Talk To Me – Mark Craig Happy Monday – Andrew Filippone Jr Globe Street Video Challenge – Se?bastien Abes Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley & Susan Buice Forest Murmurs – Jonathan Hodgson Jennifer (2008) In the short film Jennifer, filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship with his mother through a recorded conversation between eighth-grade students and astronauts aboard the international space station. Utilizing home movies, found footage, ambient music and voice over, combined with Copeland’s own imagery, the film explores the distant spaces between memory and history; hope and fear; longing and loss, creating something both personal and universal. Related Posts Talk To Me – Mark Craig Happy Monday – Andrew Filippone Jr Globe Street Video Challenge – Se?bastien Abes Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley & Susan Buice Forest Murmurs – Jonathan Hodgson Jennifer (2008) In the short film Jennifer, filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship with his mother through a recorded conversation between eighth-grade students and astronauts aboard the international space station. Utilizing home movies, found footage, ambient music and voice over, combined with Copeland’s own imagery, the film explores the distant spaces between memory and history; hope and fear; longing and loss, creating something both personal and universal. Related Posts Talk To Me – Mark Craig Happy Monday – Andrew Filippone Jr Globe Street Video Challenge – Se?bastien Abes Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley & Susan Buice Forest Murmurs – Jonathan Hodgson tag:odeo.com,2009-09-02,25063480 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:55:57 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Experimental, Documentary, jennifer, Stewart Copeland http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25025124-DN-Special-Fans-Friends-Followers-%E2%80%93-Scott-Kirsner   This week I’m taking a break from the regular Directors Notes episodes to talk to journalist, blogger and author Scott Kirsner about his book Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age. The book discusses the tools and techniques used by media producers across a variety of fields, to build dedicated audiences around their work and convert that engagement into revenue streams which can overtime support a creative career. In addition to the 35-page preview edition of Fans, Friends & Followers available on the site, Scott has generously provided an extra filmmaker interview for the DN audience to check out below. Showlinks Fans, Friends & Followers CinemaTech Powertools Free – Chris Anderson Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Steal this Film   Timo Vuorensola Science Fiction Director & Collaboration Pioneer Throughout the 1990s, a group of friends in Finland turned out a series of animated and l...   This week I’m taking a break from the regular Directors Notes episodes to talk to journalist, blogger and author Scott Kirsner about his book Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age. The book discusses the tools and techniques used by media producers across a variety of fields, to build dedicated audiences around their work and convert that engagement into revenue streams which can overtime support a creative career. In addition to the 35-page preview edition of Fans, Friends & Followers available on the site, Scott has generously provided an extra filmmaker interview for the DN audience to check out below. Showlinks Fans, Friends & Followers CinemaTech Powertools Free – Chris Anderson Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Steal this Film   Timo Vuorensola Science Fiction Director & Collaboration Pioneer Throughout the 1990s, a group of friends in Finland turned out a series of animated and live action Star Trek parodies under the banner Star Wreck. The sixth installment, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, was the first to be a full-length feature, and the first to come up with a new approach to collaboration that invited people across the Internet to contribute 3-D models, digital environments, acting performances, and even the film’s score. Much of the production took place in a converted two-room apartment, the kitchen of which had been converted into a render farm. The total budget, not including sponsored and in-kind goods and services, was about $20,000. Timo Vuorensola was the director, shepherding the project along over seven years. He’s now directing another collaboratively-produced project, Iron Sky, about a group of Nazis who escaped to the moon during World War II and are about to return to earth. Vuorensola also helped launch the site Wreck A Movie, which offers a platform for other filmmakers to invite their audiences to get involved. @ @ @ @ @   The Internet is a collection of communities. You need to create a community around your film. That will not happen if you keep things to yourself. You need to open yourself up, show your face, show your production, let people get inside. People do a lot of things when they get enthusiastic about something. They help the production, give money, or run into the streets and scream about your production. You need to allow people to do that. It’s an enormous viral force. I don’t know if it was luck or if we did something right, but we were able to create a pretty big community around Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, and another one is building up around our current project, Iron Sky. People want to see who is behind the product. They want to identify with you. We started to work on Star Wreck in 1998. We went around to different forums and posted about it, so people knew what we were doing. Some of that was on a Star Trek board. We’d say, “We’re gonna go out and make this film. Does anybody want to help me?” At first, no one does. But they do want to see where it goes. Over time, if you do some things on your own that really show quality, and show who you are, people want to feel helpful. They sense that there is one guy behind this, and he needs our help. When a big film enters a community, no one believes they’re actually going to need help. We had made five Star Wreck movies by ourselves. With the sixth, we had a script, and we said, “OK, we’re going to need ten or twenty people on the Internet to read it and comment on it, and send ideas.” After we had the script right, we realized we’d need a big fleet of spacecraft. None of us were able to do modeling; we could do animation, but not modeling. We started to go around the Internet looking for Web sites that had to do with 3-D modeling, and we said, “We’re working on this cool film. Would you like to help us?” A lot of people already had models of spacecraft that they wanted to make better. We found actors on the Internet, too. But we said, “We need you to come to Finland for the shoot.” People came from Japan, from Canada, from the States, from Norway. We found the musician who did the whole score on the Internet. He was from Finland, but we never met in person while we were working. He just dropped us his new music, and we went back and forth on instant messenger with changes. In 2005, when the film came out, people started to do their own fan-subtitled versions. It was a Finnish language film with English subtitles when we released it. But it got translated into about thirty different languages. Star Wreck was made by a core group of five people, but over 300 people are credited in the end credits, and there was a larger community of 3000 who were involved in some way. They evangelized Star Wreck in whatever channels they could. They contacted local press. They took the film under their wings We decided not to create a media kit. We should have done one. We would’ve gotten better media coverage. The total amount of money we spent was around 15,000 Euros. And we made that money back, ten or twenty times over. We had a DVD version we were selling, and we sold distribution rights to television. It was shown on TV in Finland, Japan, Italy, and Belgium, along with some other places. It had a big merchandising element, with t-shirts and caps. We printed them ourselves. It cost about two Euros per shirt, and we sold them for twenty Euros. The bulk of the money came from us selling the DVD ourselves. We also did a distribution deal with Universal Pictures for retail sales of the DVD in Scandinavia, which came out a year-and-a-half after the original release. But we made more money selling it ourselves. I should mention that it was initially released for free on the Internet, in October 2005, as a Torrent file and as a direct download. Later, we released it on YouTube and Google Video. Selling DVDs despite the free version is a funny thing, but people do it anyway. I think you can double your income if you give something away for free. I don’t believe in piracy. It’s just people using the available technology. You need to offer different monetization options for different customers. Some people watch it on the Web for twenty minutes and then want to buy the DVD. Some people watch the whole film on BitTorrent, but then want to support us by buying merchandise. We want to let you give us money in any possible way. With Iron Sky, we’re selling 2000 of what we call “war bonds,” which cost 50 Euros. You get a DVD of the teaser trailer, and a little booklet about the film, and a certificate that says you participated in the fight against space Nazis. They’re selling OK, but it’s not a way to finance the whole film. Just a way for people to support us. This new film is even more collaborative than Star Wreck. We have a couple thousand active people, and the film will be out in 2010. We’re trying to get the story and the facts behind it straight, and get the graphical look working. We’re relying on the community for a lot of that. This is my day job now, every day since early in 2006. I used to work in telemarketing before that. Those who will survive all of these big changes in the filmmaking industry are those who know how to activate the community, in production, in distribution, in PR, in everything. It’s a force that not everyone knows how to gather. Related Posts DN Special: Wholphin DN Special: Storm – Kurtis Hough DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee   This week I’m taking a break from the regular Directors Notes episodes to talk to journalist, blogger and author Scott Kirsner about his book Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age. The book discusses the tools and techniques used by media producers across a variety of fields, to build dedicated audiences around their work and convert that engagement into revenue streams which can overtime support a creative career. In addition to the 35-page preview edition of Fans, Friends & Followers available on the site, Scott has generously provided an extra filmmaker interview for the DN audience to check out below. Showlinks Fans, Friends & Followers CinemaTech Powertools Free – Chris Anderson Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Steal this Film   Timo Vuorensola Science Fiction Director & Collaboration Pioneer Throughout the 1990s, a group of friends in Finland turned out a series of animated and live action Star Trek parodies under the banner Star Wreck. The sixth installment, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, was the first to be a full-length feature, and the first to come up with a new approach to collaboration that invited people across the Internet to contribute 3-D models, digital environments, acting performances, and even the film’s score. Much of the production took place in a converted two-room apartment, the kitchen of which had been converted into a render farm. The total budget, not including sponsored and in-kind goods and services, was about $20,000. Timo Vuorensola was the director, shepherding the project along over seven years. He’s now directing another collaboratively-produced project, Iron Sky, about a group of Nazis who escaped to the moon during World War II and are about to return to earth. Vuorensola also helped launch the site Wreck A Movie, which offers a platform for other filmmakers to invite their audiences to get involved. @ @ @ @ @   The Internet is a collection of communities. You need to create a community around your film. That will not happen if you keep things to yourself. You need to open yourself up, show your face, show your production, let people get inside. People do a lot of things when they get enthusiastic about something. They help the production, give money, or run into the streets and scream about your production. You need to allow people to do that. It’s an enormous viral force. I don’t know if it was luck or if we did something right, but we were able to create a pretty big community around Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, and another one is building up around our current project, Iron Sky. People want to see who is behind the product. They want to identify with you. We started to work on Star Wreck in 1998. We went around to different forums and posted about it, so people knew what we were doing. Some of that was on a Star Trek board. We’d say, “We’re gonna go out and make this film. Does anybody want to help me?” At first, no one does. But they do want to see where it goes. Over time, if you do some things on your own that really show quality, and show who you are, people want to feel helpful. They sense that there is one guy behind this, and he needs our help. When a big film enters a community, no one believes they’re actually going to need help. We had made five Star Wreck movies by ourselves. With the sixth, we had a script, and we said, “OK, we’re going to need ten or twenty people on the Internet to read it and comment on it, and send ideas.” After we had the script right, we realized we’d need a big fleet of spacecraft. None of us were able to do modeling; we could do animation, but not modeling. We started to go around the Internet looking for Web sites that had to do with 3-D modeling, and we said, “We’re working on this cool film. Would you like to help us?” A lot of people already had models of spacecraft that they wanted to make better. We found actors on the Internet, too. But we said, “We need you to come to Finland for the shoot.” People came from Japan, from Canada, from the States, from Norway. We found the musician who did the whole score on the Internet. He was from Finland, but we never met in person while we were working. He just dropped us his new music, and we went back and forth on instant messenger with changes. In 2005, when the film came out, people started to do their own fan-subtitled versions. It was a Finnish language film with English subtitles when we released it. But it got translated into about thirty different languages. Star Wreck was made by a core group of five people, but over 300 people are credited in the end credits, and there was a larger community of 3000 who were involved in some way. They evangelized Star Wreck in whatever channels they could. They contacted local press. They took the film under their wings We decided not to create a media kit. We should have done one. We would’ve gotten better media coverage. The total amount of money we spent was around 15,000 Euros. And we made that money back, ten or twenty times over. We had a DVD version we were selling, and we sold distribution rights to television. It was shown on TV in Finland, Japan, Italy, and Belgium, along with some other places. It had a big merchandising element, with t-shirts and caps. We printed them ourselves. It cost about two Euros per shirt, and we sold them for twenty Euros. The bulk of the money came from us selling the DVD ourselves. We also did a distribution deal with Universal Pictures for retail sales of the DVD in Scandinavia, which came out a year-and-a-half after the original release. But we made more money selling it ourselves. I should mention that it was initially released for free on the Internet, in October 2005, as a Torrent file and as a direct download. Later, we released it on YouTube and Google Video. Selling DVDs despite the free version is a funny thing, but people do it anyway. I think you can double your income if you give something away for free. I don’t believe in piracy. It’s just people using the available technology. You need to offer different monetization options for different customers. Some people watch it on the Web for twenty minutes and then want to buy the DVD. Some people watch the whole film on BitTorrent, but then want to support us by buying merchandise. We want to let you give us money in any possible way. With Iron Sky, we’re selling 2000 of what we call “war bonds,” which cost 50 Euros. You get a DVD of the teaser trailer, and a little booklet about the film, and a certificate that says you participated in the fight against space Nazis. They’re selling OK, but it’s not a way to finance the whole film. Just a way for people to support us. This new film is even more collaborative than Star Wreck. We have a couple thousand active people, and the film will be out in 2010. We’re trying to get the story and the facts behind it straight, and get the graphical look working. We’re relying on the community for a lot of that. This is my day job now, every day since early in 2006. I used to work in telemarketing before that. Those who will survive all of these big changes in the filmmaking industry are those who know how to activate the community, in production, in distribution, in PR, in everything. It’s a force that not everyone knows how to gather. Related Posts DN Special: Wholphin DN Special: Storm – Kurtis Hough DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee tag:odeo.com,2009-08-26,25025124 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:29:36 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Special, scott kirsner, Fans Friends Followers http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24961182-DN-EP-141-Body-%E2%80%93-Zhivko-Dimitrov It’s often hard to pin down the original intentions behind an experimental piece of work, which can sometimes leave the viewer feeling perplexed and unengaged in the piece. Zhivko Dimitrov’s Body manages to explore the theories of Phenomenology whilst not relying on them to enable the film to be appreciated as a piece of work in its own right, independent of explanation. He joins us to discuss his debut in the realm of animation. FILM TITLE Materials Stills Showlinks Zhivko. hm. Phenomenology Alias Maya Adobe After Effects Nocturne Records Related Posts Body – Zhivko Dimitrov Filmstock #8 DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser It’s often hard to pin down the original intentions behind an experimental piece of work, which can sometimes leave the viewer feeling perplexed and unengaged in the piece. Zhivko Dimitrov’s Body manages to explore the theories of Phenomenology whilst not relying on them to enable the film to be appreciated as a piece of work in its own right, independent of explanation. He joins us to discuss his debut in the realm of animation. FILM TITLE Materials Stills Showlinks Zhivko. hm. Phenomenology Alias Maya Adobe After Effects Nocturne Records Related Posts Body – Zhivko Dimitrov Filmstock #8 DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser It’s often hard to pin down the original intentions behind an experimental piece of work, which can sometimes leave the viewer feeling perplexed and unengaged in the piece. Zhivko Dimitrov’s Body manages to explore the theories of Phenomenology whilst not relying on them to enable the film to be appreciated as a piece of work in its own right, independent of explanation. He joins us to discuss his debut in the realm of animation. FILM TITLE Materials Stills Showlinks Zhivko. hm. Phenomenology Alias Maya Adobe After Effects Nocturne Records Related Posts Body – Zhivko Dimitrov Filmstock #8 DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser tag:odeo.com,2009-08-14,24961182 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:49:53 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Experimental, animation, body, Zhivko Dimitrov http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24949958-Body-%E2%80%93-Zhivko-Dimitrov Body (2009) A little lonely guy on a journey to himself. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia To Shoot a Rurf – Shane & Paula Sheils The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis Body (2009) A little lonely guy on a journey to himself. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia To Shoot a Rurf – Shane & Paula Sheils The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis Body (2009) A little lonely guy on a journey to himself. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia To Shoot a Rurf – Shane & Paula Sheils The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis tag:odeo.com,2009-08-12,24949958 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:05:42 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Experimental, animation, body, Zhivko Dimitrov http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24927058-DN-EP-140-Sour-Hibi-no-Neiro-%E2%80%93-Masashi-Kawamura-Hal-Kirkland-Magico-Nakamura-Masayoshi-Nakamura Sometimes you find a piece that has you sharing it across the web before it’s even finished playing and the video for band Sour’s Hibi no Neiro definitely falls into that category. This week I have the pleasure of talking to the promo’s four directors; Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura about how planning, web cams and a loyal fan base can combine to create an infectious music video. Showlinks Masayoshi Nakamura Magico Nakamura Masashi Kawamura Hal Kirkland Adobe After Effects Apple Final Cut Pro Related Posts Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura DN EP 116: Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis DN EP 111: A Pickled Sunday – Rupert James DN EP 107: Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go DN EP 105: Weightless – Erika Janunger Sometimes you find a piece that has you sharing it across the web before it’s even finished playing and the video for band Sour’s Hibi no Neiro definitely falls into that category. This week I have the pleasure of talking to the promo’s four directors; Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura about how planning, web cams and a loyal fan base can combine to create an infectious music video. Showlinks Masayoshi Nakamura Magico Nakamura Masashi Kawamura Hal Kirkland Adobe After Effects Apple Final Cut Pro Related Posts Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura DN EP 116: Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis DN EP 111: A Pickled Sunday – Rupert James DN EP 107: Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go DN EP 105: Weightless – Erika Janunger Sometimes you find a piece that has you sharing it across the web before it’s even finished playing and the video for band Sour’s Hibi no Neiro definitely falls into that category. This week I have the pleasure of talking to the promo’s four directors; Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura about how planning, web cams and a loyal fan base can combine to create an infectious music video. Showlinks Masayoshi Nakamura Magico Nakamura Masashi Kawamura Hal Kirkland Adobe After Effects Apple Final Cut Pro Related Posts Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura DN EP 116: Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis DN EP 111: A Pickled Sunday – Rupert James DN EP 107: Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go DN EP 105: Weightless – Erika Janunger tag:odeo.com,2009-08-07,24927058 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:23:40 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, music, Interview, Music Promo, sour, Masashi Kawamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, Magico Nakamura, Hal Kirkland, Hibi no Neiro http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24914181-Sour-Hibi-no-Neiro-%E2%80%93-Masashi-Kawamura-Hal-Kirkland-Magico-Nakamura-Masayoshi-Nakamura Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Related Posts Weightless – Erika Janunger Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Related Posts Weightless – Erika Janunger Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Related Posts Weightless – Erika Janunger Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles tag:odeo.com,2009-08-05,24914181 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:49:20 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, music, video, Music Promo, sour, Masashi Kawamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, Magico Nakamura, Hal Kirkland, Hibi no Neiro http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24927059-Sour-Hibi-no-Neiro-%E2%80%93-Masashi-Kawamura-Hal-Kirkland-Magico-Nakamura-Masayoshi-Nakamura Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Related Posts DN EP 140: Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura Weightless – Erika Janunger Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Related Posts DN EP 140: Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura Weightless – Erika Janunger Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis Sour: Hibi no Neiro (2009) This music video was shot for Sour’s Hibi no Neiro (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album Water Flavor EP. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Related Posts DN EP 140: Sour: Hibi no Neiro – Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura & Masayoshi Nakamura Weightless – Erika Janunger Thunderheist: Jerk It – That Go The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis tag:odeo.com,2009-08-05,24927059 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:49:20 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, music, video, Music Promo, sour, Masashi Kawamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, Magico Nakamura, Hal Kirkland, Hibi no Neiro http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24884495-DN-EP-139-Leaving-%E2%80%93-Richard-Penfold-Sam-Hearn Founding members of Omni Productions and directing duo Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn have for years employed their filmmaking skills as a tool for social change. They join me to discuss their new short Leaving, a portrait of one women’s struggle to escape domestic abuse and the third film to be released under the Social Film Drama project. Showlinks Omni Productions Leaving Social Film Drama The House of Omni Social Film Drama’s YouTube Channel Shorts International Related Posts Leaving – Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar Founding members of Omni Productions and directing duo Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn have for years employed their filmmaking skills as a tool for social change. They join me to discuss their new short Leaving, a portrait of one women’s struggle to escape domestic abuse and the third film to be released under the Social Film Drama project. Showlinks Omni Productions Leaving Social Film Drama The House of Omni Social Film Drama’s YouTube Channel Shorts International Related Posts Leaving – Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar Founding members of Omni Productions and directing duo Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn have for years employed their filmmaking skills as a tool for social change. They join me to discuss their new short Leaving, a portrait of one women’s struggle to escape domestic abuse and the third film to be released under the Social Film Drama project. Showlinks Omni Productions Leaving Social Film Drama The House of Omni Social Film Drama’s YouTube Channel Shorts International Related Posts Leaving – Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar tag:odeo.com,2009-07-30,24884495 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:45:38 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, drama, leaving, Sam Hearn, Richard Penfold http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24880555-Leaving-%E2%80%93-Richard-Penfold-Sam-Hearn Leaving (2008) A powerful short film drama that tells the story of Helen and her attempt to break free from her violent husband Jim. Related Posts White Red Panic – Ayz Waraich The West Side – Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman The Shovel – Nick Childs The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis The Leafcatcher – Leo Sedgley Leaving (2008) A powerful short film drama that tells the story of Helen and her attempt to break free from her violent husband Jim. Related Posts White Red Panic – Ayz Waraich The West Side – Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman The Shovel – Nick Childs The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis The Leafcatcher – Leo Sedgley Leaving (2008) A powerful short film drama that tells the story of Helen and her attempt to break free from her violent husband Jim. Related Posts White Red Panic – Ayz Waraich The West Side – Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman The Shovel – Nick Childs The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis The Leafcatcher – Leo Sedgley tag:odeo.com,2009-07-29,24880555 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:27:24 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, drama, leaving, Sam Hearn, Richard Penfold http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24855844-DN-EP-138-Sebastian%E2%80%99s-Voodoo-%E2%80%93-Joaquin-Baldwin Director Joaquin Baldwin joins us to discuss his award winning dark tale of self-sacrifice, Sebastian’s Voodoo. Sebastian’s Voodoo Materials Stoyboard Video Animatic Showlinks Pixel Nitrate Joaquin’s Twitter UCLA Alias Maya Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects Related Posts Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin Filmstock #8 DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 131: Zoo – Robin Bushell Director Joaquin Baldwin joins us to discuss his award winning dark tale of self-sacrifice, Sebastian’s Voodoo. Sebastian’s Voodoo Materials Stoyboard Video Animatic Showlinks Pixel Nitrate Joaquin’s Twitter UCLA Alias Maya Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects Related Posts Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin Filmstock #8 DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 131: Zoo – Robin Bushell Director Joaquin Baldwin joins us to discuss his award winning dark tale of self-sacrifice, Sebastian’s Voodoo. Sebastian’s Voodoo Materials Stoyboard Video Animatic Showlinks Pixel Nitrate Joaquin’s Twitter UCLA Alias Maya Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects Related Posts Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin Filmstock #8 DN EP 136: Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 131: Zoo – Robin Bushell tag:odeo.com,2009-07-23,24855844 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:45:19 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, animation, Joaquin Baldwin, Sebastian’s Voodoo http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24850700-Sebastian%E2%80%99s-Voodoo-%E2%80%93-Joaquin-Baldwin Sebastian’s Voodoo (2008) A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Zoo – Robin Bushell ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann What We’ve Found Out About Stem Cells – Richard Fenwick Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia Sebastian’s Voodoo (2008) A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Zoo – Robin Bushell ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann What We’ve Found Out About Stem Cells – Richard Fenwick Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia Sebastian’s Voodoo (2008) A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. Related Posts _grau – Robert Seidel Zoo – Robin Bushell ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann What We’ve Found Out About Stem Cells – Richard Fenwick Virtuosi – Marcelo Garcia tag:odeo.com,2009-07-23,24850700 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:38:01 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, animation, Joaquin Baldwin, Sebastian’s Voodoo http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24752872-DN-EP-137-Cerrado-Al-Publico-%E2%80%93-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. The first of these to emerge is the impressive short Cerrado Al Publico co-directed by Takashi Doscher and Alex Shofner who join me on the show this week. Showlinks Poet Zero A Fighting Chance American Zoetrope Canon XH-A1 Adobe After Effects Sony Vegas Vimeo Related Posts Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar 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. The first of these to emerge is the impressive short Cerrado Al Publico co-directed by Takashi Doscher and Alex Shofner who join me on the show this week. Showlinks Poet Zero A Fighting Chance American Zoetrope Canon XH-A1 Adobe After Effects Sony Vegas Vimeo Related Posts Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar 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. The first of these to emerge is the impressive short Cerrado Al Publico co-directed by Takashi Doscher and Alex Shofner who join me on the show this week. Showlinks Poet Zero A Fighting Chance American Zoetrope Canon XH-A1 Adobe After Effects Sony Vegas Vimeo Related Posts Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks – Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar – Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani – Mehreen Jabbar tag:odeo.com,2009-07-03,24752872 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:18:33 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, drama, Poet Zero, Cerrado Al Publico http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24752873-Cerrado-Al-Publico-%E2%80%93-Poet-Zero Cerrado Al Publico (2009) A short film about a police officer and barriers of understanding – physical and otherwise. Related Posts DN EP 137: Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero White Red Panic – Ayz Waraich The West Side – Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman The Shovel – Nick Childs The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis Cerrado Al Publico (2009) A short film about a police officer and barriers of understanding – physical and otherwise. Related Posts DN EP 137: Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero White Red Panic – Ayz Waraich The West Side – Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman The Shovel – Nick Childs The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis Cerrado Al Publico (2009) A short film about a police officer and barriers of understanding – physical and otherwise. Related Posts DN EP 137: Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero White Red Panic – Ayz Waraich The West Side – Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman The Shovel – Nick Childs The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis tag:odeo.com,2009-07-02,24752873 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:23:09 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, drama, Poet Zero, Cerrado Al Publico http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24752874-DN-EP-136-Khoda-%E2%80%93-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 Sea In the Court of the Crimson King Alias Maya Adobe Photoshop Vincent van Gogh Edward Hopper Ken Currie Claude Monet Stash Related Posts Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi Filmstock #8 DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser DN EP 123: Place – Matt Clugston 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 Sea In the Court of the Crimson King Alias Maya Adobe Photoshop Vincent van Gogh Edward Hopper Ken Currie Claude Monet Stash Related Posts Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi Filmstock #8 DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser DN EP 123: Place – Matt Clugston 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 Sea In the Court of the Crimson King Alias Maya Adobe Photoshop Vincent van Gogh Edward Hopper Ken Currie Claude Monet Stash Related Posts Khoda – Reza Dolatabadi Filmstock #8 DN EP 132: The Reason I Collect – Emma Curtis DN EP 128: Copy City – Denise Hauser DN EP 123: Place – Matt Clugston tag:odeo.com,2009-06-20,24752874 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:07:05 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Experimental, animation, Octo-Dancing, Khoda, Reza Dolatabadi http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24726253-Khoda-%E2%80%93-Reza-Dolatabadi Khoda (2008) What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet his high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible! Because Reza is such a decent guy, you also get to have an extra bonus film this week: Octo-Dancing (2008) Octo-Dancing is an experimental film, based on one of Hamed Mafakheri’s tracks and made in Reza’s downtime whilst at Ink Digital. Stop motion assistance provided by Rob Birchall. Related Posts Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Ionisation – Flat-e Carlin – Brent Green Aanaatt – Max Hattler 8 – Benjamin Ducroz Khoda (2008) What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet his high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible! Because Reza is such a decent guy, you also get to have an extra bonus film this week: Octo-Dancing (2008) Octo-Dancing is an experimental film, based on one of Hamed Mafakheri’s tracks and made in Reza’s downtime whilst at Ink Digital. Stop motion assistance provided by Rob Birchall. Related Posts Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Ionisation – Flat-e Carlin – Brent Green Aanaatt – Max Hattler 8 – Benjamin Ducroz Khoda (2008) What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet his high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible! Because Reza is such a decent guy, you also get to have an extra bonus film this week: Octo-Dancing (2008) Octo-Dancing is an experimental film, based on one of Hamed Mafakheri’s tracks and made in Reza’s downtime whilst at Ink Digital. Stop motion assistance provided by Rob Birchall. Related Posts Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles Ionisation – Flat-e Carlin – Brent Green Aanaatt – Max Hattler 8 – Benjamin Ducroz tag:odeo.com,2009-06-18,24726253 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:32:29 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Experimental, animation, Stop Motion, Octo-Dancing, Khoda, Reza Dolatabadi http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24718440-DN-EP-135-Oral-Sex-is-the-New-Goodnight-Kiss-%E2%80%93-Sharlene-Azam [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/directorsnotes/DN135__OSNGK_-_Sharlene_Azam.mp3] 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 and book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, in which the girls openly discuss their progression into this new middle-class phenomenon. Showlinks Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/directorsnotes/DN135__OSNGK_-_Sharlene_Azam.mp3] 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 and book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, in which the girls openly discuss their progression into this new middle-class phenomenon. Showlinks Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/directorsnotes/DN135__OSNGK_-_Sharlene_Azam.mp3] 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 and book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, in which the girls openly discuss their progression into this new middle-class phenomenon. Showlinks Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss tag:odeo.com,2009-06-10,24718440 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:16:19 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Documentary, Sharlene Azam, Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24682133-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 and book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, in which the girls openly discuss their progression into this new middle-class phenomenon. Showlinks Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss Related Posts Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss - Sharlene Azam Time Piece - Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl - B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening 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 and book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, in which the girls openly discuss their progression into this new middle-class phenomenon. Showlinks Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss Related Posts Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss - Sharlene Azam Time Piece - Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl - B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening 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 and book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, in which the girls openly discuss their progression into this new middle-class phenomenon. Showlinks Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss Related Posts Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss - Sharlene Azam Time Piece - Kat Mansoor Miss D 2007 Top Ten Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl - B+ INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening tag:odeo.com,2009-06-10,24682133 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:16:19 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, Documentary, Sharlene Azam, Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24663861-Oral-Sex-is-the-New-Goodnight-Kiss-Sharlene-Azam Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss (2009) Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss looks at the recent emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. Attractive, white, high school girls - 13, 14 and 15 years old - are having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week, so they can go shopping. Other girls are selling their virginity for $1000. These are not street prostitutes. “They are the prettiest girls from the most successful families,” explains one expert. “Your daughter’s best friend is recruiting her right out of your house, right under your nose,” says Detective Randy Wickins of the Edmonton Vice Unit. Oral Sex Is The New Goodnight Kiss is a wake up call for parents, showing them girls who have been recruited, their mothers, their “friends” who recruited them (the new pimps), and the vice cops and experts who are trying to make sense of this new middle-class phenomenon. Related Posts We Dreamed America - Alex Walker ... Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss (2009) Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss looks at the recent emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. Attractive, white, high school girls - 13, 14 and 15 years old - are having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week, so they can go shopping. Other girls are selling their virginity for $1000. These are not street prostitutes. “They are the prettiest girls from the most successful families,” explains one expert. “Your daughter’s best friend is recruiting her right out of your house, right under your nose,” says Detective Randy Wickins of the Edmonton Vice Unit. Oral Sex Is The New Goodnight Kiss is a wake up call for parents, showing them girls who have been recruited, their mothers, their “friends” who recruited them (the new pimps), and the vice cops and experts who are trying to make sense of this new middle-class phenomenon. Related Posts We Dreamed America - Alex Walker Trusted Computing - Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead - Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys - Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson Time Piece - Kat Mansoor Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss (2009) Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss looks at the recent emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. Attractive, white, high school girls - 13, 14 and 15 years old - are having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week, so they can go shopping. Other girls are selling their virginity for $1000. These are not street prostitutes. “They are the prettiest girls from the most successful families,” explains one expert. “Your daughter’s best friend is recruiting her right out of your house, right under your nose,” says Detective Randy Wickins of the Edmonton Vice Unit. Oral Sex Is The New Goodnight Kiss is a wake up call for parents, showing them girls who have been recruited, their mothers, their “friends” who recruited them (the new pimps), and the vice cops and experts who are trying to make sense of this new middle-class phenomenon. Related Posts We Dreamed America - Alex Walker Trusted Computing - Benjamin Stephan & Lutz Vogel Tovarisch I Am Not Dead - Stuart Urban Tokyo Cowboys - Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson Time Piece - Kat Mansoor tag:odeo.com,2009-06-08,24663861 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:01:45 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Documentary, Sharlene Azam, Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24718441-Oral-Sex-is-the-New-Goodnight-Kiss-%E2%80%93-Sharlene-Azam Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss (2009) Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss looks at the recent emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. Attractive, white, high school girls – 13, 14 and 15 years old – are having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week, so they can go shopping. Other girls are selling their virginity for $1000. These are not street prostitutes. “They are the prettiest girls from the most successful families,” explains one expert. “Your daughter’s best friend is recruiting her right out of your house, right under your nose,” says Detective Randy Wickins of the Edmonton Vice Unit. Oral Sex Is The New Goodnight Kiss is a wake up call for parents, showing them girls who have been recruited, their mothers, their “friends” who recruited them (the new pimps), and the vice cops and experts who are trying to make sense of this new middle-class phenomenon. Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss (2009) Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss looks at the recent emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. Attractive, white, high school girls – 13, 14 and 15 years old – are having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week, so they can go shopping. Other girls are selling their virginity for $1000. These are not street prostitutes. “They are the prettiest girls from the most successful families,” explains one expert. “Your daughter’s best friend is recruiting her right out of your house, right under your nose,” says Detective Randy Wickins of the Edmonton Vice Unit. Oral Sex Is The New Goodnight Kiss is a wake up call for parents, showing them girls who have been recruited, their mothers, their “friends” who recruited them (the new pimps), and the vice cops and experts who are trying to make sense of this new middle-class phenomenon. Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss (2009) Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss looks at the recent emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs. Attractive, white, high school girls – 13, 14 and 15 years old – are having sex with up to 7 men a night, several times a week, so they can go shopping. Other girls are selling their virginity for $1000. These are not street prostitutes. “They are the prettiest girls from the most successful families,” explains one expert. “Your daughter’s best friend is recruiting her right out of your house, right under your nose,” says Detective Randy Wickins of the Edmonton Vice Unit. Oral Sex Is The New Goodnight Kiss is a wake up call for parents, showing them girls who have been recruited, their mothers, their “friends” who recruited them (the new pimps), and the vice cops and experts who are trying to make sense of this new middle-class phenomenon. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-08,24718441 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:01:45 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, video, Documentary, Sharlene Azam, Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24718442-DN-EP-134-Mono-%E2%80%93-Richard-Smith [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/directorsnotes/DN134__Mono_-_Richard_Smith.mp3] 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 awkward everyday experience of meeting someone new. So much is communicated through looks and smiles and music. In the space of just a few minutes I was totally drawn into the lives of these two lonely people and yearned to see them meet. This is very clever story-telling and a real treat to watch. — Stuart Beattie Showlinks Richard’s MySpace Mono DigiCult Cubs – Tom Harper [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/directorsnotes/DN134__Mono_-_Richard_Smith.mp3] 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 awkward everyday experience of meeting someone new. So much is communicated through looks and smiles and music. In the space of just a few minutes I was totally drawn into the lives of these two lonely people and yearned to see them meet. This is very clever story-telling and a real treat to watch. — Stuart Beattie Showlinks Richard’s MySpace Mono DigiCult Cubs – Tom Harper [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/directorsnotes/DN134__Mono_-_Richard_Smith.mp3] 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 awkward everyday experience of meeting someone new. So much is communicated through looks and smiles and music. In the space of just a few minutes I was totally drawn into the lives of these two lonely people and yearned to see them meet. This is very clever story-telling and a real treat to watch. — Stuart Beattie Showlinks Richard’s MySpace Mono DigiCult Cubs – Tom Harper tag:odeo.com,2009-05-28,24718442 Thu, 28 May 2009 08:08:27 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, drama, mono, Richard Smith http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24620736-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 awkward everyday experience of meeting someone new. So much is communicated through looks and smiles and music. In the space of just a few minutes I was totally drawn into the lives of these two lonely people and yearned to see them meet. This is very clever story-telling and a real treat to watch. — Stuart Beattie Showlinks Richard’s MySpace Mono DigiCult Cubs - Tom Harper Related Posts Mono - Richard Smith Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks - Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar - Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani - Mehreen Jabbar 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 awkward everyday experience of meeting someone new. So much is communicated through looks and smiles and music. In the space of just a few minutes I was totally drawn into the lives of these two lonely people and yearned to see them meet. This is very clever story-telling and a real treat to watch. — Stuart Beattie Showlinks Richard’s MySpace Mono DigiCult Cubs - Tom Harper Related Posts Mono - Richard Smith Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks - Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar - Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani - Mehreen Jabbar 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 awkward everyday experience of meeting someone new. So much is communicated through looks and smiles and music. In the space of just a few minutes I was totally drawn into the lives of these two lonely people and yearned to see them meet. This is very clever story-telling and a real treat to watch. — Stuart Beattie Showlinks Richard’s MySpace Mono DigiCult Cubs - Tom Harper Related Posts Mono - Richard Smith Miss D 2007 Top Ten DN LFF08: Tricks - Andrzej Jakimowski DN LFF08: Sugar - Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck DN LFF08: Ramchand Pakistani - Mehreen Jabbar tag:odeo.com,2009-05-28,24620736 Thu, 28 May 2009 08:08:27 -0700 yes Directors Notes podcasts, Interview, drama, mono, Richard Smith