In my day, my young ’uns, faster frame rates than the usual 23.97, 24, 25 and 29.97 frame rates were only useful if you wanted smooth slow motion. With Peter Jackson boldly using 48 frames per second for The Hobbit, the idea that they could be used as a playback option has a good chance
And the Oscar goes to… Meryl Streep for Margo MacDonald! [Cue applause.]
In short, she’s the kind of gutsy, down-to-earth, yet highly intelligent heroine who gives Julia Roberts or Meryl Streep the chance to win Oscars. She cuts through the bull as a matter of course and can smell the shite in anyone else’s argument a mile away.
Foreign media: a memoir of putting video into print.
I’m glad to be back in the temporary employ of MNE Media, an independent producer of Gaelic-language tele. The show I’m working on is called Cuide Ri Cathy (Company with Cathy). It’s an interview show where Cathy MacDonald chats with Scottish celebrities over the course of a single day. So far I’ve done shows with
My TV spots for ‘Get Randomised’
I recently edited some TV spots for a campaign to raise awareness of randmised clinical trials. They were shown across Scotland with each region having its own version. Here they are: Get Randomised: Aberdeen Get Randomised: Dundee Get Randomised: Edinburgh Get Randomised: Glasgow Get Randomised: 10 second spot
