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Let Them In – Glasgow Barons – full documentary

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Musicians in Exile is a project based in the Govan area of Glasgow, designed to bring together refugees and asylum seekers who can play music but no longer have contact with other musicians or access to instruments.

Founded in 2018 by award-winning musician Paul MacAlindin.

Solaris Kit | social media video

This is our most recent social media video shoot and edit for the UK Government. A social media video is a short-form video crafted specifically to drive engagement actions and captivate viewers on social networks. Our social media video campaigns often require a 60-second edit for You Tube / a 1×1 aspect version for Facebook  and a 9:16 aspect version for Instagram – so it’s important to think about all three aspect ratios when framing. We did the same for all six films in this series: Glenfiddich, Indienature , Pawprint, Remode Collective , and our COP 26 Volunteer.

When shooting social media videos we film our interviews first where possible so when I collect the additional video content I have ideas about what ‘b-roll’ might be most suitable. Social media videos are required to be very short – as short as 15 seconds – so having interviews deliver short, engaging soundbites can be crucial.  For this reason I often film using a two camera set up – to allow the removal or extra content – without the need to cut away to b-roll (or GVs as we used to call it in Britain).

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Channel 4 News – The Future of Scottish Music funding

I enjoy the fast turnaround nature of being a news cameraman in  Scotland. Channel 4 News asked my to shoot this piece in Ayrshire about the future of Scottish music funding. I also filmed Minimum Pricing for Channel 4 News.

Freelance documentary news cameraman for Channel 4 and ITN. Scotland based. 4K FS7 & A7Sii kit.