Sarah Cook – Page 8 – Cinema Chords

Short Film

A Short Mission: Dark Noir

Being a fan of short form cinema has a problem. Basically, you see something that is so utterly compelling and fantastic that you wish...

Sarah CookMarch 22, 2014

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A Short Mission: Done In

It happens once in a while. Actually, more often than one would care to admit. You come across a film and you so adamantly...

Sarah CookMarch 17, 2014

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A Short Mission: The Tailor’s Thread

Many student films come and go. It is inevitable. Some, like the recent Bernie, are absolutely superb and others are awfully lacklustre. This is...

Sarah CookMarch 14, 2014

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A Short Mission: The Break Ups

Break ups are hard, aren’t they? Unless you are still together with your high school sweetheart, everyone has been through them. The snuff of...

Sarah CookMarch 12, 2014

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A Short Mission: Reflections

As you pop on your tie this evening, button up your suit and lock your briefcase; do you look in the reflection and see...

Sarah CookMarch 10, 2014

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A Short Mission: Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life

If you have been living under a rock the past year then you will be forgiven for not knowing the name of Peter Capaldi....

Sarah CookMarch 6, 2014

Features

An Oscar Winning Short Mission: Mr Hublot

There have been some seriously strong contenders for short animation at this years Oscars. On a personal note, I wanted Feral to win because...

Sarah CookMarch 3, 2014

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An Oscar Short Mission: Feral

Oscar Shorts have always had the highest calibre. Last winner Curfew certainly was as provoking as it was tender. This year is no exception...

Sarah CookFebruary 28, 2014

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An Oscar Short Mission: Get A Horse

It has been a long standing tradition with Disney movies that a short warms the audience before a feature. Re-invented by the brilliance of...

Sarah CookFebruary 25, 2014

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A Short Mission: I Am Tom Moody

Ainslee Henderson. You may recognise that name from his previous outing the Making of Long Bird; which scooped to coveted Best Short Animation at...

Sarah CookFebruary 24, 2014

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A Short Mission: Black

Do you believe in ghosts? Do you believe that when we die there is something beyond this natural plane? Black is a short film...

Sarah CookFebruary 19, 2014

Short Film

A Short Mission: Maengwyn

There is definitely a distrust of English villages. Little old ladies keeping murderous intentions behind netted curtains, quiet local people having local drinks with...

Sarah CookFebruary 17, 2014

Features

A Short BAFTA Mission: Everything I Can See From Here

Animated Shorts for the BAFTA’s have always been the highest quality, with last year’s winner Long Bird being the proof of that. Giving directors...

Sarah CookFebruary 11, 2014

Features

A Short BAFTA Mission: Room 8

Room 8 is one short film in a collection of many others in the Bombay Sapphire imagination series (five films altogether). Director James W...

Sarah CookFebruary 10, 2014

Features

A Short Mission: Wind

The weather is horrible. I, myself, have just stepped in from a walk to the shops and nearly lost my glasses and moustache. All...

Sarah CookFebruary 5, 2014

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A Short Mission: Do You Believe In The Devil?

Let’s just get one niggle with this movie out of the way; the lead guy looks like Rob Schneider. There, I said it. Although...

Sarah CookFebruary 4, 2014

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A Short Mission: Waiting

One of the best things about this short is the story behind it. We were lucky enough to (sort of) catch up with the...

Sarah CookJanuary 30, 2014

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A Short Mission: Disparu

It can take months to get animation right. That is exactly how this labour of love from Ashley Williams was produced. Animation, at the...

Sarah CookJanuary 29, 2014