Over the past fifteen plus years, LA Media has been lucky enough to have had the privilege of filming Scotland and its most beautiful and iconic locations. From Unesco World Heritage Sites to hidden coves on the Isle of Skye, we've been pretty much been everywhere thanks to our busy production work schedule. Often we feel like the joy of 'filming Scotland' is a well-kept secret. Even agencies in London don't realise the filming potential they have sitting on their doorstep!

LA Media was one of the first production companies in Edinburgh to embrace the potential of drones and aerial filming for production. We were early adopters of this technology, so we've got a pretty extensive showreel of aerial footage of Scotland. With this series, Scotland in Motion, we'd like to share some of our best experiences of drone filming experiences.

Scotland in Motion - Our Ode to Drone Joy

Scotland in Motion is LA Media's own personal ode to joy, which celebrates Scotland's epic landscapes and locations. It's a series of short clips that highlight some of Scotland's most iconic locations. Below we'd like to share with you our first five instalments of filming Scotland! All footage, post-production and original music were created in house by the LA Media team.

St Andrews Rippling Waves

In this video, LA Media sent its drone soaring over the rippling waves of St Andrew's historic coastline. In this video, you'll see Scotland's glorious sunshine gleaming like gold on the sea-green waves of the North sea.

Dunnottar Castle

Enjoy some dramatic drone footage LA Media filmed of Scotland's Dunnottar Castle. Located on the edge of the North Sea, the ruins of this historic and once impregnable Scottish cliff-top fortress are uplifting and provide food for the imagination. We've paired the footage with some appropriately dramatic music!

The Highlands

In this video, you'll soar over the rugged mountains of the Highlands. The lush verdant colours of Scotland's landscape and clear skies make this one of our favourite locations. It's hard to feel anything but wowed when you watch this.

Duns Castle & Glen Etive

We hope you enjoy our drone footage of the hauntingly beautiful Glen Etive, which you'll recognise from movies such as Skyfall and Braveheart. Then join us in the Scottish Borders to admire the stunning Duns Castle, which is steeped in over 300 years of Scottish history.

Crawick Multiverse

Have you seen the Crawick Multiverse? It's a stunning globally-renowned landscape in Dumfries and Galloway. Come fly over this inspiring landmark with the LA Media drone team.

Filming Scotland

Scotland is arguably one of the most beautiful places on Earth to film. With its natural beauty, unspoilt rugged landscapes, its abundance of historic castles and stunning cities Scotland is just a fantastic place to film. Due to its unbeatable locations, Scotland has provided the setting for a number of high profile films over the last few years including Fast and Furious, Cloud Atlas and The Dark Knight Rises. 

It is no wonder that in recent years there has been an upsurge in the number of productions opting to come to Scotland to film and taking advantage of our jaw-dropping locations. Scotland’s film industry has evolved dramatically over the last decade and now boasts a cinematic repertoire that attracts some of the biggest names in the business including productions featuring Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and Daniel Craig.

 

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The LA Media team had a great time attending Film Edinburgh's Production Guide Summer party! Film Edinburgh, part of Marking Edinburgh, is the film office for Edinburgh, East Lothian, and the Scottish Borders.

With their crack team of knowledgeable creatives, they offer free advice to productions on the locations, crew, and facilities that are available in the area.

Who is Film Edinburgh?

For any production coming to Edinburgh, Film Edinburgh is an important first point of call.

Film Edinburgh helps with liaising with the City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council, and Police Scotland (Edinburgh and Lothian & Borders divisions).

They've got the contacts you will need if your shoot requires parking, road closures, police personnel, street furniture removal, etc.

Film Edinburgh Event Party

Image by LA Media 'Rosie Ellison of Film Edinburgh, Who Organised This Fun Event.'

 

With the commencement of the Edinburgh Film Festival, the announcement of the new Scottish Film Studio, and all the recent attention Scotland has received from big feature productions such as T2 and the Avengers this party came just at the right moment!

The Party Banter!

The LA Media team got to meet lots of Edinburgh's talented creatives, such as makeup artists, publicists, prop-makers, fellow drone cinematographers, and producers.

Film Edinburgh Party at Hemma

Image by LA Media ' From Right to Left: Rosie Ellison, Louise Adams & Fiona Gavin.'

 

The highlight of the night for the LA Media crew was meeting the publicist for Netflix's recent release Okja, directed by Bong Joon-ho and co-written by Bong and Jon Ronson.

Image by LA Media 'Enjoying drinks on the terrace level.'

 

We'd been discussing the movie only that day in the office so we were pleasantly surprised to then meet someone directly involved! No spoilers but this film will hit you right in the feels and is well worth watching.

 

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LA Media is very proud to be a part of the team bringing this new 'Bounce It' app to a phone near you! So you may be wondering "how exactly does one Bounce it? " Well, keep reading to find out...

Bounce It is a fun new social media app that is based on the theory of six degrees of separation. Basically, this is the notion that you can be linked to anyone in six steps or less. Excuse us while we figure out how we are six steps away from Beyonce....

 Video by LA Media "Bounce It App Video" 

So What is Bounce It?

Bounce It lets you bounce content from user to user. Using GPS the Bounce It app can track the path of your content as it travels around the world.

Users will also be set challenges when they sign up to the app, such as trying to get an image viewed on every continent in the world.

 

Image by LA Media 'Meet Pogo!' 

 

Leaderboards will show you and all your friends who create the most content, who has their content shared the most and who’s content travels the furthest. Every time your photo travels to a new country, you get that countries flag on your profile, so get collecting!

What Part Did We Play?

LA Media went to meet Bounce It’s creator, entrepreneur Jack Francis to find out exactly what the, as then unreleased, Bounce It app did.

We then proposed a creative treatment built around using existing brand elements to produce an animation.  That way we could create a Bounce It world to introduce this new way of sharing and tracking media.

The creative treatment principally involves bringing to life the character ‘Pogo’.  Even in a still form, we felt he had oodles of personality and was begging to be animated.

Bounce It App Logo Image

Image by LA Media ' Bounce It can track the path of your content as it travels around the world.'

 

We then looked at the icons and shapes that would populate Pogo’s world and determined his bouncing movement to reflect the idea of bouncing media and connecting people globally.

LA Media’s Creative Producer, Jude Lightbody scripted and storyboarded, working alongside our friends at Interference Pattern, to produce the animation.

Creating the Right Vibe

The music bed was fundamental to the animation - setting the tone it had to be positive, upbeat, friendly, fun, and full of energy.  Mike Jameson, LA Media’s editor, and composer composed and produced the music, and the final animation was brought back in-house to LA Media for voice-over, audio dub, and delivery.

Great fun and the app is now available on Google Play and the Apple Apps Store. So come on people - Share Your World, Track Your Journey!

See the full video now and let us know what you think!

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