Posts By: May

Mortonhall

Posted April 7th, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

Anyone following this project on Twitter – @MyVoyageuse – may have noticed a post about my recent visit to Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh that referred to ‘a recent fire’ – something of an irony given ...more

Valentine

Posted March 30th, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

Since 1999, I’ve shot many of my own films. So when it comes to kit I’m daunted by how quickly cameras and edit software become obsolete. After last week’s trip to Edinburgh I made a ...more

Morningside

Posted March 23rd, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

“This is the strangest thing I’ve seen today,” says the man passing me on Cluny Gardens as I point my camera at the opposite side of the street. In my sights is a red pillar ...more

Kaboodle

Posted March 8th, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

Last week at a film summit at the Glasgow School of Art I was invited to contribute towards their proposal for a film course. This prompted the thought – can ‘film’ really be taught? And ...more

Darlings

Posted February 13th, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

In making a film based on a true story I’m conscious of giving precedence to certain facts over others. Here I’m reminded of the producer, Robert Evans’ quote – ‘there’s three sides to every story, ...more

Outside the box

Posted January 30th, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

Last week I attended the launch of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. Although uninvited, as a filmmaker working in my native city I took my chance. Two years ago, thanks to the GFF’s co-artistic director, ...more

A minor key

Posted January 21st, 2015 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

Lying in bed with flu, as I listen to the January storms ripping limbs from the ancient lime outside my window, I think of Erica’s journal in which she compares the ‘tossing of the trees, ...more

Silence

Posted December 17th, 2014 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

In pursuit of the seventh art, I have always paid close attention to the craft of sound. During my recent shoot I was struck by the range of noises heard in an otherwise empty house: ...more

Home Service

Posted December 2nd, 2014 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

It’s not often the planets align. Recently my neighbour, Edna – ‘the other Mrs. Thomas’ – as she never fails to remind me, kindly allowed me to film in the home she’s occupied since the ...more

Verité

Posted November 12th, 2014 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

All films are constructs, even the most verité. Among the more interesting items found while clearing Erica’s house were several reels of 8mm film dating from the 1960s. Knowing they might form part of the ...more

Patina

Posted November 3rd, 2014 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

In 1988, while moonlighting from my day job at the BBC, I produced a film for the BFI. On the list of dressing props was a set of old family photographs, so in the haphazard ...more

The Tells

Posted October 20th, 2014 by May & filed under Uncategorised.

Since 1971 I’ve kept a diary. What began as the staving-off of boredom has over the decades mutated from a ballpoint pen on scraps of paper and notebooks to typewritten sheets and computer files: millions ...more