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Old 02-01-2008, 14:51   #1 (permalink)

 
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Can anyone suggest a place in Scotland that could be hired for a high quality video shoot.

Must have a grand piano and room for three or four musicians.

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Well there's many things you've got to take in to account for example, if you want the video to have a certain meaning or feel to it or if it has a running theme throughout or if you're just looking for a room to record your band playing in it.

I could suggest asking to use community centres or town halls for a spare room but I couldn't see them having a grand piano in them.
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Elphinstone Hall at Kings - Grand space, grand piano, small stage & full AV system support. Think there are one ot two other smaller rooms with grands round the Uni as well



Contact this lot in the first instance:

Communications: University of Aberdeen

Otherwise, people like the National Trust For Scotland have properties with grands etc. Castle Fraser & Haddo House round here OTOH & many more nationally. Think they have a national marketing officer for location work so try Charlotte Square.
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kathryn sawyers back garden. plenty of space for 3 or 4 musicians. seriously. ask her.
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Thanks to all three of you for the suggestions.

I am trying to find a place where a professional video could be made. This enquiry is for a friend of mine called Kyle Esplin. He is a pianist/singer who plays boogie woogie style. I run a website for him.

We want to update a video that he made on a standard camcorder four years ago. Back then he was a teenager performing on a ship.

Now he is four years older, playing with more drive than ever, and we want to put his current stage show on video.

Finding a suitable venue has been very difficult but I do like the look of Elphinstone Hall and I will check out the other properties mentioned tomorrow.

This is a link to a home video of Kyle playing a Ray Charles number - "Mess Around" at his home in Forfar a few weeks ago.

YouTube - Kyle Esplin home video playing Mess Around

This is a link to the old video from four years ago

http://www.kyleesplin.com/9minshowreelh.wmv


Again many thanks for the very helpful suggestions.


keep rockin'

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My goodness, he's brilliant!

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions regarding a location...
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He's really good!

I'm pretty sure Cafe Musa have a baby grand if that counts. Might not suit if you're going for the Elphinstone Hall look, and I'm not sure how feasible a video shoot would be in there. It probably wouldn't hurt to ask though.

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You're right....Musa have a baby grand, but the stage is tiny, so I doubt a band will fit on. If it's a video shoot with a small audience the band could be offstage I suppose.
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and I'm not sure how feasible a video shoot would be in there.
It would be perfectly feasible - Several media companies have made use of it for different things in recent years.

You would need to be able to fit into their schedule for other events/exams etc tho.
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