Kirk Watson films
I am a freelance filmmaker, based in Scotland. I can self shoot promotional, documentary, educational and narrative content and edit into a final film. I am also a fully licensed, CAA approved drone pilot and cinematographer. Perfect View Productions has all their own equipment to complete a project.
Whatever your story be it commercial, documentary or fictional we can help you get your message across in a high quality and professional manner.
A day out with cameras and drone to film a few adverts on FAQ’s for mountain bike courses at Glenmore Lodge. We spent the morning filming near Aviemore the actual biking part then we filmed indoors with interviews of the guys chatting about the courses. A fun day out, a few pics from the day below.
A fun couple of nights filming some pub promos for www.oppositelandproductions.com in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Sam who runs Opposite Land is one of the top companies covering pubs, restaurants and building in the UK.
The day and evening involved getting shots of the empty pub then trying to capture the atmosphere in the evening. Pretty easy as the pubs were both busy. Amazingly the folk in the bar all seemed happy to be filmed each time I asked. I finished up each day around 9-9:30pm just so no one is drunk on camera hahaha. Few screen grabs below.
What an awesome venue for a concert in the heart of Stirling. Great to be filming great mates as they sell out concerts. Andrew is keen to make a bit of a documentary of this year as Beluga lagoon start filling bigger venues. I pop along to enjoy the music and film a little bit of BTS as the band gets ready and then during the performance and them coming off stage.
Nerves within the band seemed less that Aviemore at this gig. Not that you’d notice from the audience:) Had a friend shooting some wides for me while I did a bit of steady cam and just hand held. Andrew wanted a bit more crowd in these shots so got in amongst the crowd. The crowd was a little more sober than Aviemore and most likely because Scotland had just won against England in the Rigby moments before the Aviemore concert lol.
Lovely interview with Iain ‘Fingers’ after the concert. Mainly unusable footage from Gregor and Willy after the concert lol:)
Very good vibe in this venue and a great night for all:)
Beluga Lagoon in Stirling
A fun day out seeing round the factory where they make the famous shortbread. Donal MacIntyre was the presenter who is a great laugh and Will Thomas was directing.
The factory is in Aberlour so a job pretty close to home. The smell all day was amazing. Made you so hungry.
Aberlour
Donal, Will and myself outside Walkers shop on Aberlour high st.
A freebie from our day out:)
A great few days over on the Isle of Arran with Countryfile as we do a piece on the poor state of the CalMac ferries. Bit of touring round the island speaking to different business’s. Great bunch of locals, from hotels, farmers, shop owners, cocktail bar etc. We got some good weather too so was a fun journey. Tom Heap was presenting, Becky Whitefoot directing/producing and Martin McNair on the sound:)
We also had a bonus day out on a rib filming the calmac ferries by drone. This was great fun and always a bit more adrenaline flying from small boats. But a smooth day at sea:)
So continuing filming with G2 Outdoor for their new website. getting out Tubing, Zipping on both self guided and the big guided zip and also their Gorge which lies below the Zips. Was a fun few days always a great fun team at G2 and with good weather for the filming. So busy just now though be a while before I get to editing these together lol.
More BBC education stuff where I take a train south and then North to Oban another day to look at the Geography and take plate shots for animation:)
A day filming 3 films to make some Kayak rolling films as part of Glenmore lodges youtube channel. A channel which I have made over 100 films for and has several million views.
Had a great weekend visiting Isle Martin for an episode of Countryfile all about islands. An island I’ve never been to before so always good to visit. Stayed overnight in the house there and was looked after by the Island caretaker. Arose the next day before sunrise to catch the sunrise with Oli helping me with shots. This started a very busy day with interviewing people about the sea and seaweed, and seaweed tasting, interviewing the island guardian, doing some conservation, boat riding, scallop free diving and then a cooking show bit at the end. Not sure if it would be possible to pack more into a day. Fortunately with a good director, sound, assistant camera and all my light mobile kit we got it all done.
The team
A few days filming in lovely weather in Edinburgh and Portebello for ITV Competitions. these are for pre recorded pieces to go out on Lorraine and ITV ‘This Morning’. Our presenter was Craig Doyle, super nice guy and used to play for ireland at Rugby. Adam Young directing and Matt Sharp on sound.
The team on the Royal Mile interviewing a Queen:)
Edinburgh from Holyrood Park
