LA Media was delighted to be asked back for the fourth time to produce the Glasgow King's Theatre Pantomime television advert for their latest production of 'Sleeping Beauty. We always love making this advert and it is a real highlight of our production calendar. This year they have an all-star cast of celebrities to take on the colourful mantels of these beloved childhood characters

.LA Media filming 'Sleeping Beauty' promo

Image by LA Media 'Filming outside the King's Theatre'

 

Sleeping Beauty is starring the legendary Scottish actress Elaine C Smith as The Fairy, joined by comedian and panto star Johnny Mac who joins her as Sleeping Beauty’s hapless sidekick Muddles, and Juliet Cadzow (River City, Balamory) and Paul-James Corrigan (River City, Gary Tank Commander) as the wicked fairy, Carabosse, and her put-upon son Slimeball.

Filming Sleeping Beauty promo

Image by LA Media 'On stage filming Elaine C Smith' 

 

The theme of this advert was ' The Return of Elaine C Smith' to the King's Theatre Glasgow. We had to shoot everything without revealing Elaine until the very last shot. This meant using creative angles and subtle hints, such as her character's wand, to allude to who was returning!

Filming 'Sleeping Beauty' promo

Image by LA Media 'The team posing for a quick selfie

 

The mysterious fairy was to arrive at the theatre and rescue the cursed Sleeping Beauty from her eternal slumber on the stairs of the theatre! Luckily for everyone, Elaine came and with a wave of her wand set things right and it was a happy ending for cast, crew, and production!

Filming 'Sleeping Beauty' promo

Image by LA Media 'Filming on stage at the King's Theatre Glasgow'

 

Client: Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG)
Production: LA Media
Camera: Shu Lorimer
Sound: Bob Mac Dougal
Runner: Andrew Glenn

 

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It’s the most magical time of the year, when everyone is cross-dressing and hurling custard pies; of course, we mean it’s panto season again. LA Media was back filming another panto commercial for the Glasgow King’s Theatre's 2016 magical production of Cinderella.

Video by LA Media ' Gregor Fisher & Tony Roper as the Ugly Sisters ' 

 

The theme this season was a parody of the popular Channel 4 TV show 'First Dates', which saw Prince Charming’s date with Cinderella gate-crashed by the two beautiful (Oh no they’re not!) ugly sisters, who made some absurd claims to be the fairest in the land. Luckily it all worked in the end and true love prevailed with help of her Fairy Godmother.

This year we had a lot of fun filming with the two ugly sisters Gregor Fisher (Rab C Nesbitt, Naked Video) and Tony Roper (Rab C Nesbitt, The Steamie). They were also joined by a host of other magical characters which included: King’s Panto favourite Des Clarke (Capital FM) as Buttons, River City’s Gary Lamont as Dandini,  Elaine MacKenzie Ellis (Rab C Nesbitt, Me Too) as the Fairy Godmother, Josh Tevendale (Avenue Q) as Prince Charming and Gillian Ford as the stunning Cinderella.

Cinderella - Des Clarke as Buttons

Image by LA Media 'Des Clarke as Buttons'  

We were filming in narrative form, which was good for helping the actors to follow the action of the storyline. We used a Canon 5D Mark2, an oldie but a goodie. Although you trade off the bit-rate, it has a full-size sensor, which means it can handle colours much better: useful on such a colourful production!

Cinderella - Fairy Godmother & Cast

Image by LA Media 'Gary Lamont as Dandini  &  Elaine MacKenzie Ellis as Fairy Godmother'

 

This was a really fast-paced shoot and was completed in under four hours; everyone really played their part to perfection. The cast was awesome and knew their lines spot on, so no gag reels here. The support shown by the King’s Theatre Production company was amazing but we’d also like to give a big thank you to Eve Alexander and her team for all their help. They all came together to make our production a really enjoyable one.

The support shown by the King’s Theatre Production company was amazing but we’d also like to give a big thank you to Eve Alexander and her team for all their help. They all came together to make our production a really enjoyable one.

Gillian Ford as Cinderella

Image by LA Media ' Gillian Ford as Cinderella ' 

 

If you have little ones this would be the perfect show to take them along to! Glasgow has a rich history of top-quality panto and this year’s production of Cinderella won’t disappoint.

 

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Here are some behind-the-scenes pictures of a recent shoot at The Cook School Scotland panto for the King’s Theatre Glasgow. The theme of this shoot was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs meets the Great British Bake Off. It’s a pie-off between Hector the Henchman, the Wicked Queen, and Muddles: with Snow White and Prince Lorenzo as the judges. Justin, our director, enjoyed an unexpected drama school reunion with two of the panto’s stars: Juliet Cadzow as the Wicked Queen & Gregor Ficher as Hector the Henchman. You may know these two from Balamory and Rab C. Nesbit. Lots of pies and puns were had all around: this was a fast-paced but enjoyable shoot.

If you want to see the bravest panto o’ them ‘aw you can buy tickets online

http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/snow-white/kings-theatre/#overview_tab

 

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