Commissioned by Creative Scotland for the Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival. 1 of 5 VTs created to showcase the many facets of broadcast production in Scotland. Each short film had an original piece of music created and produced in-house at LA Media, designed to give each film an individual flavour.

All the post and music for this VT was done in-house at LA Media.

Commissioned by Creative Scotland for the Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival. 1 of 5 VTs created to showcase the many facets of broadcast production in Scotland.

We patiently trawled through hours of programmes to cherry pick the best moments and shots before bringing them together in 5 different films.

All the post and music for this VT was done in-house at LA Media.

1 of 4 one minute programmes about The Scottish Wildcat. Commissioned by STV to highlight the plight of the highly endangered Scottish Wildcat. Was fascinating to see these native creatures up close and personal!

The programmes were all shot on Canon 5Ds with the Redrock cage rig and Steadycam featuring heavily!

The thing about Forth Ports is they have a lot to say about who they are and what they do. So we drafted up a script and then distilled the content into well formed key statements about the company which were then translated into fantastic 2d motion graphic animations.

Filming was planned to cover specific events over a number of months. The aerial shoot finally went ahead after about 10 abortive attempts (thanks to the unpredictable Scottish summer weather).

Music, editing and post production was done in-house at LA Media.

This short film was commissioned as part of a competition proposal to present the EICC’s green awareness and sustainability initiatives. In addition to being submitted as part of the EFQM accreditation the final film was delivered as an online file for the EICC web site to promote the EICC as a business that supports environmental awareness and sustainability practices and values.

We let each team present their particular initiatives – with filming and voice overs all recorded in 1 day and we created a series of lovely, clean 2d motion graphic animations to pull the sections together.

The music that underpins the film was composed and produced in-house as well.

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The 3d animation includes real backgrounds composited into the 3d model – which has meant we can give the new building a context without having the time and expense of building a 3d model of the entire surroundings. This is a major plus for timescales and budget but is also very compelling, allowing the viewer to experience what’s not yet there!

We shot a variety of backgrounds all round the current building on the 5d, some jib mounted and some static to give the animator choice. The reflections of the real backgrounds and sky can be seen in the glass of the model and through various interior window point of view shots.

We’ve also included 3d models of people to help bring the space to life and have intercut the animation with event footage which demonstrates the existing amenities and how this space will connect with the development.

Look out for the next stage of this huge 3d animation which shows the office development and retail space that is also under construction!

The challenge – we had just over a week to come up with a concept, shoot it, edit it and deliver it!!!

As the finished film was to be shown on a massive cinema screen at the O2 Cineworld we shot it HD using the Canon 5d with Red Rock rig and a variety of lenses including a very nice 50mm prime.

In order to pull the narrative together and to provide a bridge between scenarios we devised a 3d graphic animation to visually represent the journey – a galaxy of Sky customers, contact centres, engineers and retail stores. The galaxy shows the communication between the customers and these various points of contact – whizzing through cyber space as neon glowing fibre optic points of light!

Great fun in spite of exceptionally quick turn around – shot in London on Monday & Tuesday, edit, post production, colour grade, audio FX, audio dub on Wednesday & Thursday and delivery on Friday. Phew!

The ad was shot on the Canon 5d which was mounted on the steadicam rig. The slightly floaty ‘live frame’ movement that the steadicam delivers really compliments the gritty and realistic atmosphere that director Simon Ross was aiming to achieve.

All post production was done in-house at LA Media during which time an insane amount of Hob Nobs were consumed!

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!