Jupiter Artland is a contemporary sculpture park – you should definitely go, but you’ll have to wait until it re-opens next year!

So in the meantime here’s a sneaky peak at this hidden gem. The park features specially commissioned work from artists including Anthony Gormley, Cornelia Parker, Anish Kapoor and Charles Jenks. Other highlights include the delicious scones in the cafe, petting the miniature donkeys and marvelling at the immaculately manicured grass on the Jenks.

We filmed this at the fabulous opening event (oh my do they know how to throw a party!) and then spent a second shoot day on a gorgeous summer day filming Peter Liversidge’s ‘Proposal No. 47 A Winter Shadow’ which had just bloomed! Sunburn all round after an afternoon way up high in a cherry picker! But definitely one of our favourite filming days of 2010!


The thing about timelapse is it involves a bit of a mathematical equation in order to get going…..if you want your final timelapse film to have a duration of 1 minute and you’re filming activity over the course of 4 days how many frames should you shoot per day?……1 frame per second….1 frame every 30 seconds….oh the horror of stepping back in time to your 0-Grade maths exam…..Anyway, once you get over that bit it gets EXCITING as you chose your camera position and rig up all the kit and then it all gets a bit SLOW again as you wait…and wait….and, well you get the picture…..but it’s worth all the effort and the patience and the changing camera positions and the standing around just waiting because the end results are very compelling and have huge energy.

This particular piece was commissioned by Sky to use online to advertise their forthcoming Skyfest event. They wanted to build up a sense of anticipation and excitement around the event amongst their troops and in doing so sell tickets. Our client was delighted as the ticket uptake went stellar!

We shot this using our Canon EOS 550d with a wide angle lens. For timelapse projects that span over much longer periods we can monitor remotely, meaning the waiting can be done over a nice cup of tea in our lovely edit suite!

So, in summary, the equation you need to get going is:
maths + shot position x waiting = lovely timelapse

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Our latest showreel – but a mere glimpse into the world of LA Media.

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There was a distinct frisson of anticipation at LA Media when this job landed – to film Sir Jackie Stewart and fast cars…..The first part of the day was spent in Glasgow at the press launch, which was fittingly held at the newly refurbished RAC building in Blythswood Square.

Then we zoomed over to Knockhill to film the rally drivers and the legend Sir Jackie who was tearing up the track.  Rally cars are incredibly fast, noisy and completely and utterly thrilling – go see, the rally is taking place on 19-21 November , more info:  http://www.eventscotland.org/press/27

The post production was done in house at LA Media including all the colour grading, filtering and effects, original music and sound FX.

…..now off to pop some stickers & a go faster fin on my 1.3 litre fiesta and tear it up Leith Walk through the trams works…..


This short film was made to advertise a hockey event which is being held in Edinburgh in 2011…..apparently to qualify as a ‘Golden Oldie’ you only have to be 35!  This is aimed attracting hockey lovers from as far afield as New Zealand & Australia, to come to Edinburgh & take part in not only the sport but also to enjoy everything else the city has to offer.

The guys from the Scottish Hockey team had all the moves & this was great fun to film & edit.  We used a lot of motion control & graded the shots to get some great effects.  We also composed & produced the music in-house – the piece gives us a good fast cutting pace which works really well with sport.

Still feeling slightly raw that age 35 is considered ‘Oldie’ though!