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Northern Lights: 11-5-24
Na fir-chlish, the merry dancers or the northern lights as seen from our home in the North of Mull.Filmed in 4k on a GoPro Hero 10 Black on night lapse with a…
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Things of Interest on Mull 2024
I often get asked by folk what I’d recommend folk to do when visiting Mull. I thought I’d create a blog post to give some tips on the different things that we…
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Filmmaking Books of Interest
People often ask me which books I’d recommend for learning about the language of film. There are so many to choose from, so here are a few of my favourites at present.…
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Movies Made on Mull
I’ve wanted to make a compilation video from some of the films shot on Mull for quite some time. A couple of days ago I finally got around to it. Georgia pointed…
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Two Shows in the East at Present
At this moment in time I’ve got two shows running in the East. Cloud Man is over in China on tour around various cities, and closer to home, Ice House is playing…
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Jonas Mekas, Archive Footage and Made by the Sea
Made by the Sea is a filmmaking project created by Shona Thomson and myself to use archive footage as a stimulus for the creation of new films by schools and community groups. …
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Made by the Sea – Video Conferencing Session
Part of the Made by the Sea project sees me delivering sessions to schools through video conferencing. Yesterday was the first of those sessions. Ullapool High School’s S1 were the guinea pigs…
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Profiled on BBC Radio 4’s Film Programme
Into Film invited me to work with Campbeltown High and community as part of the refurbishment of the Campbeltown Picture House. The project was featured by BBC Radio 4’s Film Programme. The…
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Emotional Literacy in Educational Filmmaking
The following is a piece that I wrote for a funding application for an archive film project. I think the main points in it work well for any kind of filmmaking. One…
