Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Oak Room

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer and artist who became famous worldwide. His stunning architecture can be seen around Glasgow particularly at the Scotland Street School and the Glasgow School of Art.

Catherine Cranston or Kate as she was commonly known contracted Mackintosh to design her tea rooms in Glasgow.  These tea rooms were very popular in the early 1900s and loved by the people of Glasgow.

The Oak Room was originally designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1907 for her Ingram Street tearooms in Glasgow. 

In 1971 Glasgow Museums salvaged and stored the Oak Room.

And now thankfully we can view Charles Rennie Mackintosh's stunning design as the Oak Room has been conserved and rebuilt in the V&A Museum of Design in Dundee.

At STROMA Films, we were delighted to be given the opportunity by the V&A Dundee to document the process of restoring the Oak Room from very early on when the 600 pieces were being assembled during a trial hang in a converted church on the outskirts of Edinburgh. We followed the project for 2 years to help reveal how a major lost work by Scotland’s most famous designer was brought back to life more than 100 years later.

If you get the opportunity to visit the V&A Dundee, we hope our video will help you appreciate and love the Oak Room even more.  If you are unable to visit Dundee, we hope our film will help you appreciate and understand how great a designer and architect Mackintosh was and why the people of Scotland love his work so much.

Mary Quant Exhibition

The V&A Dundee is currently showing a wonderful  Mary Quant Exhibition that runs until January 2021.

Mary Quant is an iconic English fashion designer known for her youthful and fun brand, signified by the trademark daisy. She is also known for her mini skirts and short shorts.

At STROMA Films, we created a short promo film for this fantastic exhibition.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) is based in Edinburgh and is internationally celebrated.  They aim to provide as many opportunities as possible for people to hear live orchestral music by touring the length and breadth of Scotland and worldwide as proud ambassadors for Scottish cultural excellence. In recent years, the SCO has travelled throughout Europe, the Far East, India and the USA.

STROMA Films & The Scottish Chamber Orchestra

We were delighted when the SCO commissioned us to create a profile film to introduce their new principal conductor, Maxim Emelyanychev. We met up with him as he prepared for his debut performance of Haydn’s The Seasons at the Usher Hall.

After that film, we went on to create a further 2 featured artist films about François Leleux and Pekka Kuusisto.

The films can be viewed on our website or on the SCO's website - Max Emelyanychev.

Artist Films by STROMA Films

If you would like to meet us to discuss creating an artist film for yourself or your organisation, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We are independent filmmakers who have experience working with artists, designers, musicians and makers. 

 

 

Firefighter Ian's Story

Scottish firefighter, Ian McDonald had been with the fire service for 10 years. He was taking part in a training exercise in March 2014 when his hand was pierced by a high-pressure jet of hydraulic fluid.

He had 40 operations after the toxic liquid destroyed the tissue in his right hand but after a 4-year battle doctors were forced to amputate.

This film tells the story of how the amputation impacted Ian’s life and the part Digby Brown played to help with his recovery.

Ian’s Story — Digby Brown

Introducing STROMA Films

After 11 incredible years of Rapid Visual Media, today we’re excited to introduce, STROMA Films.

New name, new brand but with the same Dougie and Brian at the helm steering a somewhat shinier ship and one that we’d like to think better reflects the unique brand of filmmaking that we’ve developed over the last decade.

We hope you like our new website where you can find out a little more about us and view some of our films.

Perfect Harmony

The Royal High School Preservation Trust wants to ensure that one of Scotland's national treasures, the Old Royal High School building by Calton Hill is used again for the best possible use.

The trust was established in April 2015 and set out 5 aims for its proposed development of the former Royal High School:

1. Conservation of the main building
2. Protection of the setting of the site
3. An economically sustainable use
4. A culturally suitable use
5. A substantially public use

We were commissioned to create a video for the campaign to bring together St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh with the Old Royal High School.  The video shows the stunning location of the Royal High School building, the architectural changes proposed by St Mary's Music School architects and a few of the talented musicians currently attending St Mary's Music School.

Perfect Harmony from STROMA Films on Vimeo.

Rapid Visual Media is based in Edinburgh.  If you would like to find out more about our work please get in touch or view some of our work on our video portfolio.

Fashioned From Nature

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, otherwise known as the V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design. It's permanent collection consists of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.

A current exhibition 'Fashioned From Nature' will run until 27 January 2019. The V&A states that it is 'the first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day'. We have had the pleasure of producing 3 videos for 'The Future of Fashion' which is part of this exhibition. The Future of Fashion explores how the fashion industry uses vast quantities of natural resources, and meets some inventors, designers and companies that are making sustainable and environmentally friendly fabrics.

Pulp-It

This video gives a fascinating incite into making a new fabric based on paper that is both sustainable and environmentally friendly. It has been created by scientists and designers in Sweden and the UK.


Fashioned from Nature - Pulp - It from STROMA Films on Vimeo.

Bolt Threads

Bolt Threads is a company based in California. They have developed a fabric that mimics the structure of spider silk. It requires neither the polluting chemicals of petroleum-derived materials nor the land, water and pesticides of conventionally farmed fibres.


Fashioned from Nature - Bolt Threads from STROMA Films on Vimeo.

Diana Scherer

Diana Scherer is an artist, designer and plant root weaver from The Netherlands. She trains the roots of plants to grow in intricate structures, creating a 3D textile. When the roots are fully grown, she removes them from the soil and cuts off the plant stems. The pieces produced are not yet suitable to be worn, but hint at a potential, more sustainable future in which we grow our own fashion in the ground. This will completely change how you view plant roots.


Fashioned from Nature - Diana Scherer from STROMA Films on Vimeo.

These films have been produced by Rapid Visual Media. If you would like to find out more about our work or commission a film, please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

Rapid Visual Media's portfolio of videos.
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