As Edinburgh International Film Festival shifts its focus towards first and second-time filmmakers, there has been a collective call to encourage others to get out and make movies, regardless of financial circumstances.
Edinburgh-based director David Barras heard Shane Meadows’ call to action loud and clear at last year’s festival and, inspired by Meadows’ and Mark Herbert’s low budget filmmaking venture Le Donk, quickly began to develop a script with his co-writer Scott Mackay. Frustrated by his lack of progress in trying to get the script produced through the BBC and other channels, David struck out on his own with a small crew. The microbudget feature entitled Electric Man is set to begin filming next month in Scotland’s capital. I caught up with David to find out more about the production.
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