#bruntsfield

[scotianostra]

A very kind guy gave me a camera he no longer need, it;s a proper DSLR, Canon, with a lens that can be added, with super zoom, I need to get the hang of focusing though, was out at Bruntsfield Links today trying it out and a number of the zoom pics are blurry, I think these two came out ok though.

[embraphotos]

Montpelier Park, EH10

[thilleshiem]

Repost from @korabytk • Great to recently welcome our friend @samheughan to KORA, meeting the team, sampling our @sassenachspirits cocktail and enjoying an evening meal.. Photo credit 🎥 @samheughan .. #korabytk #samheughan #kitchingroup #neighborhoodrestaurant #bruntsfield #korabytomkitchin @tom_kitchin #tomkitchin #fromnaturetoplate https://www.instagram.com/p/CodTNKQyMAr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gaytobymeres]

Parts of Edinburgh are so gentrified that you can’t even get a deep fried pizza in a chippy and if you dare ask for one you get heavy judged by the guy behind the counter. What the hell??

[sgiandubh]

Anon rebelde.

Muy buenas noticias para los negocios de Sam. Su asociación con una estrella Michelin para su ginebra y su whisky es todo un acierto. Restaurantes de nivel superior con clientela selecta que pueden apreciar la bebida sin la sobreetiqueta OL

Dear (returning) Anon Rebelde,

Siempre es un placer leer tus preguntas/comentarios. Y gracias por venir aquí tal como eres, en tu idioma nativo: ¡esta página se enorgullece de recibir a todos los shippers con los brazos abiertos, en cualquier momento!

Y ahora, por tu pregunta, que en realidad es un comentario, muy bienvenido:

'Some very good news for Sam's business ventures. His partnership with a Michelin star for his gin and whisky: now, that's quite something. High-level restaurants, with a select clientele who can appreciate his spirits without associating them to OL.'

Yes. These are very good news, indeed. As far as I could check tonight, the gin is still not on the online menus of any of the four venues Kitchin owns in Scotland (The Kitchin, the Scran & Scallie gastropub, Bruntsfield restaurant KORA and The Bonnie Badger Inn in Gullane). However, the whisky is, except for KORA - with a rather steep price tag and exclusively served at the bar:

At least two of these are on a personal to-dine list and I whistled in awe at the spectacular French wine selection of The Bonnie Badger. On the UK's hospitality scene, Tom Kitchin is a bit of a superstar, since 2007, when he got his first (and, to date, only) Michelin star at just 29 years old - youngest chef ever to get it, worldwide - and after being in business for just about 6 months. That also means he's somewhat controversial, being accused of digging in the staff's tip box from time to time or shouting and banging pots and pans - the usual cantankerous demeanor of a true hands-on chef, a notoriously demanding job. He can't be worse than Marco Pierre White, though (whose memoir, Devil in the Kitchen, I warmly recommend, by the way).

That being said for pure context, I am over the moon for S. Great job and so well deserved! As for OL, well: I found it very interesting that the farther we go away from the EDI flagship restaurant, the less relevant and present it is -"in collaboration with SH from OL" at The Kitchin, then 'The Sassenach by SH' at the gastropub (EDI aswell) and then just 'The Sassenach' at the inn (coastal village). And that, Anon, is a very clever strategy: it means the locals will appreciate it for what it really is - a probably excellent blend.

Grandma's bragging about his 500-ish bottles first white label bourbon batch sounds ridiculous, when compared to this:

Eres siempre la bienvenida, Anon Rebelde!

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

As chef Tom Kitchin comments, the restaurants of his Kitchin group such as The Kitchin, (in Leith) the gastropub The Scran & Scallie (Stockbridge neighbourhood) and the KORA bar (Bruntsfield neighbourhood) and The Bonnie Badger (located in the heart of East Lothian) will be the first venues in the UK to serve SH's Wild Scottish Gin. There is no mention of any other restaurants in Edinburgh or in the rest of the UK serving or promoting SH’s alcohol.

It is a friendship based on mutual interest in benefiting: “I promote your drink, and you promote my local restaurants in Scotland.” Since MiK1, when Tom Kitchin and his restaurant were part of the show, Tom has tried to attract his new diners - Outlander fans tourists visiting Scotland - by offering Sassenach whisky cocktails 🥃 in his restaurant, and now will be promoting a new cocktail with Wild Scottish Gin 🍸 This is about how SH's booze came to the UK by Tom Kitchin’s hand in Scotland; otherwise, nothing would be known about SH’s Gin in a universe of over 110 Scottish gins and over 60 distilleries currently producing gin in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Scottish Field

By the way, michelle_methven_productions and its team were in charge of SAM HEUGHAN x SASSENACH GIN. SH forgot to mention it. - Photographer @dave_foster_ - Camera and drone @johnduncanfilmmaker - Camera @jonnielewisfilm

[sshannonauthor]

Sorry this is really random. I’m going to Edinburgh soon and recently saw on your Instagram story you were sharing about a bookshop there, I’m pretty sure you’d written on the wall or something? I’d love to visit but couldn’t remember what the shop was called!! Thanks so much.

The Edinburgh Bookshop on Bruntsfield Place – it's lovely.

[abbiesfilmblog]

Meeting the Cast

This was super exciting!!

I started by gauging the main actors availability and due to Dorian being out of the country until the 22nd, we decided to host a meeting online to discuss where we were at in the project and let the actors meet each other. This occurred over zoom and was a really lovely experience. We got to know the actors and it felt like their energy was really great. Ivan got to ask them what they thought the script was representing on a deeper level which was a nice way of starting the process of working through the script with actors.

The next meeting we had was with Arzaneira, Ivan, and I. We met at Seeds for the Soul on Bruntsfield place for some lunch and started breaking down the script. Although this was a very valuable process, I felt the direction of the meeting was more on the personal side and less about the script. I think it is great to learn more about your actors, however after about an hour, we had basically only read through the script once and hadn't elaborated further. I didn't know how to communicate that the direction of the meeting wasn't very productive, but I feel I would be able to do it next time.

Me and Ivan met up with Dorian a few days later in Squarehouse Coffee. This was a lovely experience and was great to get to know Dorian. Again, I'm unsure how productive it was in relation to acting and the script.

After this meeting, as a three we met up with Arzaneira and Cara to have a bigger group meeting. This meeting involved script read throughs and acting exercising to test the actors energy. This was super fun to watch this over.

Next time, I want to encourage the director to meet up with the actors more as this feels super beneficial when working with people for the first time. Overall, was a very pleasurable experience.

I didn't get to meet Daniel before seeing him on-set, but Ivan and I discussed how we would run the set while he was there. We agreed to find someone with a PVG, this ended up being our friend Cate, who would be with Daniel at all points to ensure his safety. Daniel's dad also is going to be on-set.

[liliandherblog]

Charity Shop Excursion with India! (BHM)

02/03/2024

Today India and I hit the charity shops across Tollcross and Bruntsfield to track down the perfect costume for Mr Balloonheadman. To our surprise, we found the best trenchcoat! It was long enough to conceal Lev beneath and would still allow room for the helmet rig to remain hidden. We purchased it as well as a red scarf.

Later in the day, I went to Poundland to buy the final items I needed such as sponges, rubber gloves, and tape.

[passiveagressiveukulele]

Who's afraid of 1080p?

Last semester we walked away from the test shoot with two technical concerns - is my Canon C100's 1080p enough or should we opt for a 4k camera and how do we get a sturdier slider, that will still be just as easy to transport.

The 1080p resolution and a bad slider are in a symbiotic relationship - if the slider is janky and unreliable, the footage will have to be stabilised in post, resulting in cropping which reduces the quality. So really only one of the variables needs changed - either we get a 4k camera or a better slider.

Paul suggested testing out the Sony FX6, which I used previously and am pretty comfortable with. Not to be that YouTube bro though, when compared to the colours Canon gives straight out of the camera, Sony is just oversaturated and too high contrast for me. And in theory, this shouldn't be a concern because, hey, colour grading is a thing, but in my case, being the project's DoP and editor I know I won't have the energy to spend countless hours grading the footage to get the look that my Canon delivers. I'm expecting to spend 3-4 weeks editing the film on top of the two weeks that I will be shooting it in Poland. I'm aware I won't get much, if any time to step back from looking at the images I captured if grading requires just that - a rest for the eyes. Nonetheless, there is no harm in giving Sony a go and trying some of the push ins in the edit. Katie wanted to try the camera out herself for Saint Catherines so we joined forces and I had the pleasure of working with the best cinematographer model in the game :))

Colours aside, I think this test really solidified the fact that the slider was the culprit all along - not the camera resolution. The push-ins in post really aren't what we're going for, as they merely work as zooms. Sliding the camera on a tripod means that the background, foreground and middle-ground are moving silmoutaneously, and there is a potential for panning too. On top of that, the kit store only has one E mount zoom lens for the FX6 and I would prefer to work with primes, as I would have more F stop range. Between myself and Natalia we have all the lenses we could possibly need and given the film's more abstract style, I know we will need lenses that can open up more than F4.0.

So having diagnosed the real issue, the question remains - how do we go about the slider? The kit store slider was definitely not going across the border. I spoke to Andrew and he offered his old slider for me to test out, but sadly couldn't find it in the end. Back at square one I started toying with the idea of making my own slider.

Down the YouTube rabbit hole I went, choosing between the pvc pipes, dolly wheels and many, manyyyy screws. Hours later I thought. - might just be easiest to buy a second hand slider, so down the Facebook marketplace/ebay rabbit hole I went. After having compared the prices I concluded the best way to move forward is to find a healthy medium.

On my morning stroll across Bruntsfield, a piece of metal perfect for the slider found me - it was meant to be! I'm pretty sure it was once part of a clothes drying rack, but in its broken state it only had two metal pipes connected on either side by metal rectangles I could drill into and mount onto a tripod.

I knew I couldn't build a ball head for the tripod so might as well order one off Amazon and return if it's not adequate. Whilst scrolling I came across Neewer's skater dolly and upon inspecting it I noticed its width was perfect for the width of my makeshift slider. And given I opted for my camera which is much lighter than any other cinema camera, the dolly head could support it. Sometimes the universe just looks after you... If the budget allows, I'd also like to order this bad boi (yes, the YouTube bro got to me):

My prediction is that I will be changing set-ups on the go, during takes, and having a dolly which is just an extension of the tripod would mean I could easily slide from one corner of the room to the other, without causing too much disturbance. Based on the photos of Natalia's grandparents' home, it seems like all the floors are wooden and this tripod dolly could glide smoothly across the rooms, allowing me more fluid movement than the slider. While the slider can only go left-right, forward-backward, with this dolly I could go in semicircles if necessary. And just like that - my Amazon search was complete and order placed. I will burn in hell like the filthy capitalist that I am.

Once the evil goods have turned up on my doorstep it was time to turn to a man for help. My boyfriend studies sculpture at ECA and has access to metal work so he offered to create walls for the slider that could further stabilise the dolly head. He added pieces of felt to make it more smooth sailing too (and a smiley face because what's a slider without a smiley face). He was also able to drill the holes on either side so I can mount the cheese plates on the slider and secure it between two sliders.

Here's Adam, myself and our baby Janusz (yes we named the slider after Natalia's grandpa). Definitely sturdier than what we used for the test shoot, much longer and equally as transportable, I feel confident in saying Janusz is built for the task ahead. I only wish I had more hands to help me assemble him when we're there...

[scotianostra]

Bruntsfield Crescent.

The houses here were designed by the duo,  David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross, who  perhaps are more famous fro their Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland books. 

The street full of imposing Baronial villas. has had some alterations over the years, but nothing major, one architect involved was  Robert Lorimer, who also used the Baronial style in his work, so they work was in keeping with the original concepts, Lorimer designed  Scottish National War Memorial and The Thistle Chapel among other things.

Professor James Lorimer father of the aforementioned Robert lived at No 1 Bruntsfield crescent form 1873 until his death in 1890.  James  was an authority on international law and was Regius Professor of Public Law at the University of Edinburgh from 1862 till his passing.

The house was acquired by the hospital towards the end of the 1920s. The terrace is outstanding for its impressive sweep, good quality design. 

The properties in Bruntsfield Crescent had an overall average price of £650,000 over the last year, so they’re not cheap! 

A wee bit history on the area, the original name for the area was "Brounysfelde" or Brown's Fields, after the owner of Bruntsfield House, built on a pocket of land granted by the Crown within the Burgh Muir, which nowadays is split between, and known as The Meadows, and Bruntsfield Links.

A note in appendix 2 of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1306–1424, records a 1381 charter from the reign of  King Robert II, which grants to William Lauder the lands of "Burrowmure in Edinburghshire", which had previously belonged to Richard Broun of Boroumore.

Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Provost of Edinburgh, acquired from his father, Sir Alexander Lauder of Haltoun, Knt., in August 1497 "the lands of Brounisfeld, with the manor-house and gardens, park, herbarium, etc., except for one perticate of land at the east end, adjoining the ditch thereof, in the common muir of Edinburgh.", that now being The Meadows and links.  In 1603 Sir Alexander Lauder sold it to John Fairlie of the family of Braid. Fairlie carried out extensive work to the original building, which is incorporated in the present mansion

The manor house,  known as Bruntsfield House, still survives but is much changed from what it once looked like. The following two pics are less than 120 years apart.

William Fairlie of Brounsfield, was still in possession after the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. He sold Brounisfield to George Warrender of Lochend, several street names bare the name Warrander in the area, indeed in my last post from my pics, the former church was once Warrander Church.

Bruntsfield House passed into Council ownership and since the 1970s has been incorporated into James Gillespie's High School as the school's main admin block. The house was categorised as a Listed Building by Historic Scotland in the early days of that agency.

[embraphotos]

Bruntsfield Place, EH10

[platosshadowpuppet]

Ban: to officially or legally prohibit

Please could residents of the Bruntsfields area please stop writing in about the banshee. We are aware that she is contravening noise pollution guidelines and staff will serve her an injunction as soon as we locate effective enough ear protection.

[craigieblogexclamationmark]

Makes The Whole World Kin - Synopsis and my thoughts on potential adaptation

A burglar enters a home through a window. He lights a cigarette, he doesn’t rush his job. He takes care and time to assess his options. There’s a dim light coming from a nearby room. He hopes to find something valuable there. He enters to find a man asleep but who soon wakes up. The burglar points his revolver at the man and asks him to raise his hands. The citizen only puts up his right hand, explaining to the burglar he can not lift the other due to inflammation in the shoulder from rheumatism. This surprises the burglar. The burglar reveals that he also suffers from this in his shoulder. 

They then compare their injuries; how long they have had it, and the various different medications they have used to combat the injury, the time of day it affects them most. Just general complaints they have about the injury. They get so comfortable the burglar sits down on the edge of the bed and puts his gun down. Eventually, the burglar asks if the citizen wants to leave and go for a pint, even offering to help clothe the man struggling to do so because of his injury. The citizen accepts and the burglar says he will pay for the drinks as they walk off into the night. 

Notes

I think this is a very funny short story with a clean and simple twist.

It reminds me of the short stories in The Acid House by Irvine Welsh, which I am a big fan of. I think it could be adapted to be close in tone with this and also in the setting. I imagine the home being one in Morningside or Bruntsfield. With the characters even talking in Scots dialect.

I think the first half could play out in a tone similar to The Killer dir. By David Fincher, especially the first scene in that film. No dialogue, slick, exciting. 

The second half flipping on these expectations and taking the story down another path.

[thomasfilmblog]

Exercise 2

The location I visited was Bruntsfield Links Playpark. While walking through the meadows I came across a park that instantly transported me back to my childhood. Sitting in the deserted park I took in the scene, the weathered equipment, the graffiti covered benches, and the distant sounds of swaying swings and cars. It was an overcast day and the soft light added an eerie atmosphere to the place. 

Being there made me reminisce about simpler times, where I'd play with nerf guns and capture climbing frames as if they were space stations. The wave of nostalgia was powerful, and I realized how many other had shared the same memories in that park and others like it. But there was also a tinge of sadness as I vividly recalled those moments of jumping off swings and stomping up slides. It hit me that I could never go back to those days. My 20 or so minutes in this time capsule prompted me to reflect on my current experiences, living in halls, the routine walk to Merchiston, and more. This place reminded me to make the most of where I am now because one day il look back and be unable to relive these moments.

[weegiewargamer]

Exercise 2

  The location I visited was Bruntsfield Links Playpark. While walking through the meadows I came across a park that instantly transported me back to my childhood. Sitting in the deserted park I took in the scene, the weathered equipment, the graffiti covered benches, and the distant sounds of swaying swings and cars. It was an overcast day and the soft light added an eerie atmosphere to the place. 

Being there made me reminisce about simpler times, where I'd play with nerf guns and capture climbing frames as if they were space stations. The wave of nostalgia was powerful, and I realized how many other had shared the same memories in that park and others like it. But there was also a tinge of sadness as I vividly recalled those moments of jumping off swings and stomping up slides. It hit me that I could never go back to those days. My 20 or so minutes in this time capsule prompted me to reflect on my current experiences, living in halls, the routine walk to Merchiston, and more. This place reminded me to make the most of where I am now.