Location Scout

How awesome it is to be on an innovative and practical filmmaking course and to be able to turn up for class of a Wednesday afternoon and use it to scout potential shooting locations in Glasgow. I was struck by the reminder of just how fortunate I am whilst visiting Glasgow University Library and seeing the endless streams of proper students – numbers on a database – go about their routine of lectures, research and essay writing... I feel very fortunate to have narrowly escaped that fate. How different my life would have been if I had not gone to the Academy. It is unfair to categorise and generalise students and I do not mean to undermine or devalue them in any way. All I can say is that I could never be a student, and thankfully never will be. That moment, when I was fifteen, I decided what I wanted to do with my life, and since then I have been a filmmaker... in training. A location scout through the streets of Glasgow was another great step in this training. It’s amazing what art and inspiration can be found in the heart of this city and how exciting it is to think that this beauty can be used to create unique worlds through the magic of cinema.