An epic end to the year

Lord of the Rings feature on the Movie Cafe.

Explaining the Film Explainer

Interview with Scotland's Film Explainer, Andy Cannon.

Bond on the BBC

Recording a James Bond feature for the BBC.

ReelScotland and Screen Machine on BBC Radio Scotland

The team at BBC Radio Scotland invited me back on the Movie Cafe today to discuss a couple of my current projects, Screen Machine and ReelScotland.

The Latest Radio Show

I was back on BBC Radio Scotland's Movie Café this past week, discussing the re-release of Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film, The Last Picture Show.

Vlogging from the Glasgow Film Festival

For the next ten days I'll be making my way back and forth to Glasgow to cover the seventh Glasgow Film Festival as their official vlogger.

Bringing Charles Endell, Esquire back

I wrote on this blog, about a month ago, about a project I've been working on with Scottish broadcaster STV to bring their television archive to a new audience on YouTube. The last fortnight has seen my first major piece of work come to fruition with the release of 1979's Charles Endell, Esquire.

E-copywriting for all your audiences: AmbITion talk now online

On Thursday I headed to Glasgow to give the talk mentioned here a few weeks ago, Now you’re talking! – e-copywriting for all your audiences for the busy team behind the AmbITion network.

From Scotland to the world: bringing the STV archive to YouTube

I thought it was time I blogged a little about a new project I'm working on with STV, the broadcaster producing dedicated regional programming to over three and a half million viewers across Scotland each week.

Busy behind-the-scenes

The last time I posted an update on this blog I was recovering from a hectic week of Festival fun and games here in Edinburgh, that time of the year when the population doubles and your bank balance halves.

A week of video, radio and a few heroes

It's been a busy week-and-a-bit, my first working fully freelance, and one which found me filming new content for ReelScotland, interviewing a hero, writing about another and gaining yet another in the environs of the Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF).

BBC Radio Scotland Movie Café

I was invited back onto BBC Radio Scotland's weekly Movie Café programme this week (I was last on in January when I covered Bristol's silent film festival, Slapstick 2010) to discuss the re-release of James Cameron's Avatar and Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist.