Local producers lobby government for funding while Creative Scotland struggles to attract film director.
A string of missteps have left the Scottish film industry facing significant challenges, according to leading industry and politicians.
Despite generating a handful of hits in the past year and the publication of a new report highlighting the need for a major new film and TV studio, the Scottish film industry currently lacks proper infrastructure, production support and leadership, according to experts.
Recent setbacks include Pinewood Studios choosing Wales ahead of Scotland as the location for a major new film and TV studio, a damning Creative Scotland report calling for a long-term strategy to revive the flagging industry and the same organisation’s ongoing struggle to fill the newly created position of film director.
Production
“There is definitely a crisis in the sense that local film production has had nearly all its local sustenance withdrawn,” said Iain Smith, veteran Scottish...
A string of missteps have left the Scottish film industry facing significant challenges, according to leading industry and politicians.
Despite generating a handful of hits in the past year and the publication of a new report highlighting the need for a major new film and TV studio, the Scottish film industry currently lacks proper infrastructure, production support and leadership, according to experts.
Recent setbacks include Pinewood Studios choosing Wales ahead of Scotland as the location for a major new film and TV studio, a damning Creative Scotland report calling for a long-term strategy to revive the flagging industry and the same organisation’s ongoing struggle to fill the newly created position of film director.
Production
“There is definitely a crisis in the sense that local film production has had nearly all its local sustenance withdrawn,” said Iain Smith, veteran Scottish...
- 3/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Local producers lobby government for funding while Creative Scotland struggles to attract film director.
A string of missteps have left the Scottish film industry in “crisis”, according to leading industry and politicians.
Despite generating a handful of hits in the past year and the publication of a new report highlighting the need for a major new film and TV studio, the Scottish film industry currently lacks proper infrastructure, production support and leadership, according to experts.
Recent setbacks include Pinewood Studios choosing Wales ahead of Scotland as the location for a major new film and TV studio, a damning Creative Scotland report calling for a long-term strategy to revive the flagging industry and the same organisation’s ongoing struggle to fill the newly created position of film director.
Production
“There is definitely a crisis in the sense that local film production has had nearly all its local sustenance withdrawn,” said Iain Smith, veteran Scottish...
A string of missteps have left the Scottish film industry in “crisis”, according to leading industry and politicians.
Despite generating a handful of hits in the past year and the publication of a new report highlighting the need for a major new film and TV studio, the Scottish film industry currently lacks proper infrastructure, production support and leadership, according to experts.
Recent setbacks include Pinewood Studios choosing Wales ahead of Scotland as the location for a major new film and TV studio, a damning Creative Scotland report calling for a long-term strategy to revive the flagging industry and the same organisation’s ongoing struggle to fill the newly created position of film director.
Production
“There is definitely a crisis in the sense that local film production has had nearly all its local sustenance withdrawn,” said Iain Smith, veteran Scottish...
- 3/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A long-awaited feasibility report commissioned by Scottish Enterprise has identified “a clear opportunity for a film and TV studio facility in Scotland” and pinpointed a £15m ‘Foundation Studio’ as “the strongest” of five options.
The report, carried out by consultancy Ekos, encouraged private sector bids for a studio alongside a public initiative, in part to avoid legal challenges based on commercial conflicts.
Potential sites suggested in the report are at Dalmarnock, Gartcosh, Cumbernauld, and Pacific Quay in Glasgow with building costs ranging from £15m to £74m ($25m to $123m).
The Foundation Studio site, which could be built in the Canting Basin, Pacific Quay, near Glasgow, is envisaged as a 35,000 sq ft shooting space, making it half the size of Elstree Studios.
However, the report suggests the site could grow over time.
One of the options explored is an extension and modernisation of the 140,000 sq ft alternative studio space in Wardpark, Cumbernauld, which...
The report, carried out by consultancy Ekos, encouraged private sector bids for a studio alongside a public initiative, in part to avoid legal challenges based on commercial conflicts.
Potential sites suggested in the report are at Dalmarnock, Gartcosh, Cumbernauld, and Pacific Quay in Glasgow with building costs ranging from £15m to £74m ($25m to $123m).
The Foundation Studio site, which could be built in the Canting Basin, Pacific Quay, near Glasgow, is envisaged as a 35,000 sq ft shooting space, making it half the size of Elstree Studios.
However, the report suggests the site could grow over time.
One of the options explored is an extension and modernisation of the 140,000 sq ft alternative studio space in Wardpark, Cumbernauld, which...
- 3/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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