A recent animation graduate, Anne Wilkins has hit the ground running with her film Sun in the Night Time, a study of childhood and the transformation of relationships and roles in the shadow of loss.

Sun in the Night Time Materials
Stills, Character Sheets & Storyboards

Showlinks
anneimation
Arcade Fire
Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects

• Sun in the Night Time - Anne Wilkins
• DN EP 067: Four Eyed Monsters - Arin Crumley & Susan Buice
• Miss D 2007 Top Ten
• Filmstock #8
• DN LFF07: Water Lilies - Celine Sciamma

Sun in the Night Time (2007)
Cecily protects her mother from hysterical grief by maintaining the pretence that her dead brother is still alive and living in their house.

• DN EP 102: Sun in the Night Time - Anne Wilkins
• Carlin - Brent Green
• _grau - Robert Seidel
• What We've Found Out About Stem Cells - Richard Fenwick
• Virtuosi - Marcelo Garcia

This week I'm joined by director Daniel Bloomberg to discuss his Jacques Lacan inspired, chocolate sauce massacre short The Greatest Gift.

The Greatest Gift Materials
Treatment
Shotlist
Storyboards

Showlinks
Daniel Bloomberg
Videology Interview
Slavoj Žižek
Jacques Lacan

• The Greatest Gift - Daniel Bloomberg
• Miss D 2007 Top Ten
• DN LFF07: Water Lilies - Celine Sciamma
• DN EP 102: Sun in the Night Time - Anne Wilkins
• DN EP 098: Seeking Wellness - Dan Schneidkraut

The Greatest Gift (2008)
A short film of green jello, chocolate sauce massacre and a cafeteria full of pretty women inspired by the psychoanalytic ideas of Jacques Lacan.

via No fat clips!!!

• DN EP 101: The Greatest Gift - Daniel Bloomberg
• The West Side - Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo & Zachary Lieberman
• The Shovel - Nick Childs
• The Leafcatcher - Leo Sedgley
• Sun in the Night Time - Anne Wilkins

Well it seemed like the distant future back when I posted episode 1, but believe it or not we've now been bringing you Directors Notes each and every week for the last 100 weeks! So to mark our move into triple figures I'm pleased to be joined by returning director Stathis Athanasiou (DN036) to talk to us about his new music promo for band the El Senor Antipirina and their track Me Voy.

El Senor Antipirina: Me Voy Materials
Stills
Animatic

Showlinks
El Senor Antipirina
El Senor Antipirina MySpace
Stathis' Vimeo
Stathis' MySpace
Stathis' YouTube
KITAO
Theseum Ensemble
Dying as a Country Trailer
Dying as a Country - Wiener Festwochen
Dying as a Country - Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Dying as a Country - Athens Festival
Canon XH-A1

• El Senor Antipirina: Me Voy - Stathis Athanasiou
• DN EP 095: The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers - Duncan Bone
• DN EP 091: Honey Honey: Homeless Heart - Michael Johnson
• DN EP 079: Menomena: Evil Bee - Stefan Nadelman
• DN EP 042: Auto Pilot, Distortion, Ping Pong & Biker Mike - Mike Chan

El Senor Antipirina: Me Voy (2008)
Stathis Athanasiou finds a way to channel the heartache in his promo for El Senor Antipirina's track Me Voy.

• DN EP 100: El Senor Antipirina: Me Voy - Stathis Athanasiou
• The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers - Duncan Bone
• Moros Eros: On My Side - Jesse Ewles
• Menomena: Evil Bee - Stefan Nadelman
• LIEBESTOD-Four Acts - Stathis Athanasiou

Sometimes when I get really lucky, a director whose work we've featured will stick around once the interview dust has settled and become a firm friend who I can have extended film discussions with and tap up for viewing suggestions. Thankfully since his first appearance on DN 028 Kurtis Hough has fallen into that category, so it's pleasure to welcome him back for an extra special episode kicking off our 100th consecutive week of podcasting to discuss his latest project Storm.

To watch Storm visit Kurt's site and select the fourth thumbnail.

Showlinks
KH Studios
Stumble Then Rise on Some Awkward Morning
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Baraka
Microcosmos
Galapagos
The Blue Planet
Winged Migration
Godfrey Reggio
Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass
Grave of the Fireflies

• DN Ep 028: Stumble Then Rise on Some Awkward Morning - Kurtis Hough
• DN Special: Joy Division - Grant Gee
• Time Piece - Kat Mansoor
• Stumble Then Rise on Some Awkward Morning - Kurtis Hough
• Miss D 2007 Top Ten

If you're tapped into a community, creative or otherwise, the laws of nature dictate that either through chance or shear determination certain individuals will become the embodiment of that scene. Mark Escribano found such an incarnation in the Super Noble Brothers who where ubiquitous across the Milwaukee music and arts scene, and decided to explore what it means to dedicate yourself to the artistic ideal through the stories of Andy, Tommy and Davey Noble.

Showlinks
Email Mark
AgileEye
The Super Noble Brothers
The Super Noble Brothers MySpace
Kings Go Forth
Digital Cinematique
Duane Michaels
Bolex
Panasonic AG-DVX100
Lotusland Records
straight 8

• The Super Noble Brothers - Mark Escribano
• DN Special: Joy Division - Grant Gee
• DN EP 083: Escape From Luanda - Phil Grabsky
• DN EP 067: Four Eyed Monsters - Arin Crumley & Susan Buice
• INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin' Convention Screening

The Super Noble Brothers (2007)
The Super Noble Brothers chronicles the ‘beautiful struggles’ of the uncompromising artists and entrepreneurs Davey, Tommy, and Andy Noble. Raised by independent art dealers and encouraged from the outset to pursue their artistic interests, they quickly garnered local celebrity in their home town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin as talented musicians, painters and tasteful rare funk and soul DJ’s.

Andy Noble rose first to fame as the founding bassist of the nationally acclaimed Ska band, The Pacers and Tommy Noble followed suit with his much praised pop showmen, The Thousandaires. Throughout this time, the younger Davey Noble forged his own larger than life identity as the hard hustling painter of hundreds of colorful abstract erotic nudes. Diligent self-promoters, culturally opinionated and socially ubiquitous, the brothers often found themselves the subject of public admiration and fierce criticism. Bohemian elite, connoisseurs of funk and tireless purveyors of good times, they are the Super Noble Brothers.

• DN EP 099: The Super Noble Brothers - Mark Escribano
• Tokyo Cowboys - Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson
• Routes - Alex Reuben
• Inside the Circle - Marcy Garriott
• Four Eyed Monsters - Arin Crumley & Susan Buice

It's with complete unashamedness that I admit we discovered this week's guest Dan Schneidkraut from our well mined source of the Filmstock Film Festival when El Vez spotted Daddy's Time, Part two of Dan's Seeking Wellness: Suffering Through Four Movements quadrilogy of films. My interest in the films only grew when all four parts arrived and I discovered that it was going to take some work on my part to fully engage with their themes. Dan joins us to discuss challenging cinema, the strengths of video and a lifetime ban from the 48hr Film Challenge.

Seeking Wellness: Suffering Through Four Movements Materials
Production Stills
Cup of Friendship, Shrine of Scars Treatment
Daddy's Time Shooting Schedule
Final Project Shooting Schedule
Malignant Love Shooting Schedule

Showlinks
Seeking Wellness: Our Suffering In Four Movements
Water Passing Through Weeds
Filmstock
Stan Brakhage
Yasujiro Ozu
Chris Mars
Earth
Sunn O)))
Pachelbel's Canon
Lasse Marhaug

• Seeking Wellness - Dan Schneidkraut
• Filmstock #8
• DN EP 094: Das Dores - Gabriel Tupinamba
• DN EP 069: Somewhere, Anywhere - Chris Dundon
• DN EP 067: Four Eyed Monsters - Arin Crumley & Susan Buice

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