Alan Taylor's Reel

The Edinburgh Cine & Video Society capturing the events of a highland gathering in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh s part of the Homecoming Scotland celebrations. Ever since Scottish clans have existed, they have given Scotland a sense of identity which has been passed down from generation to generation across the globe. The clans combine to become the Clan Chiefs where each clan is recognised by their individual coat of arms. Most of the clans have their own unique tartan patterns which date...

Montage of Auld Edinburgh's museum, Gladstone's Land situated on the iconic Royal Mile in Scotland's Capital City. In October, I collaborated with pupils from St.Thomas of Aquin's who worked on a class project presentation, a day in history for kids where they learned about the Old and New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city. The house history project was produced in association with Edinburgh World Heritage who were behind the event. The filming took place at Gladstone's House on the...

TV students report from Dalgety Bay, Fife and say their last goodbye to the iconic ship, the QE2 as she makes her final voyage to Dubai. The QE2, also known as RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is an ocean liner run by liner company, Cunard QE2 which operated the cruise liners ship between 1969 and 2008. After she retired post 2008, the ship now belongs to Nakheel, a division of Dubai World. Originally she was designed to operate a transatlantic service from Southampton, her own port in England, to New...

Making of behind the scenes video from the production of Mind of Obsession, filmed on location by Jewel & Esk College TV students. Behind the Scenes Video Shot on JVC GR Series Cam SD 16:9 Anamorphic Location Guide: Edinburgh Cine & Video Society - Many short scenes were filmed at ECVS, the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society, the oldest amateur filmmaking society in Scotland. In it's early days, it was known as the Waverley Cine Society which became the Edinburgh Cine Society in 1936....

Outtakes and bloopers from my two year long HND in Television Production at Jewel & Esk College featuring footage of a short news report and inside the green screen studio. I really enjoyed my time at Jewel and Esk, one of Edinburgh's Scottish community colleges; the lecturers are really funny and share their experiences of working withing the industry which gives you a good understanding of what it's really like in the real world so put together this TV bloopers outtakes reel. We learned...

Selected highlights from an event showcasing the mysterious Mitchell Hedges skull, notable for appearing in the latest installment of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. In 2008 as part of my HND Television course, my class were given the opportunity to film an event showcasing the mysterious Mitchell Hedges skull, notable for appearing in the latest installment of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. We filmed a large conference event using three large PD400 DVC Pro cameras with a small...

The Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums perform live at the Edinburgh Mini Tattoo in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. The Middlesex County Volunteers is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit fife and drum corps that plays music from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Founded in 1982 at the end of the United States Bicentennial celebration, the group is composed of musicians, Color Guard and Support, sixteen years and older. The group was originally composed of young musicians from other...

The Massed Bands of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Royal Artillery and the Light Cavalry Band perform live at the Edinburgh Mini Tattoo in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. As part of restructuring in the British Army, the Royal Regiment of Scotland's creation was announced by the Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon in the House of Commons on 16 December 2004, after the merger of several regiments and the reduction in total regular infantry battalions from 40 to 36 was outlined...

A celebration of sport and fitness celebrating the announcement that Scotland will be hosting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014. Despite the popular success of the previous 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, the 1986 Games are remembered with considerable notoriety due to a large political boycott and financial mismanagement. The Games were boycotted by a majority of countries, largely African, Asian and Caribbean states, and making it appear as a whites-only event. Of the 59...

Produced for Media Rumba.com, an experimental film put together for fun on a sunny weekend while experimenting with my Hi8 camera. Well there's not much I can write about this video. In animals, sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, and inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, and it is more easily reversible than being in...