About Us
Goat & Drum are an independent film company based in Glasgow.
Compassionate, sustainable practice drives our creative ethos.
The company incorporates a pluralistic counselling model in its work with actors and crew. The director style is visionary, informed by Meisner, Gestalt and Animistic principles. We work closely with Creative Scotland's Sustainability in Screen to ensure best practice in environmental care. We utilise a Care in Screen framework to provide the best conditions we can to meet the needs of our cast, crew and contributors.
Creative Ensemble
Photos Sweeney Pix
Creative Ensemble film and performance event, Saviours Studios, Govan, May 2024
with Claire Gorman, Choir leader and Karen Caddell Walker
Artistic Director
Well Being
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gestalt based director styles
Creative Ensemble promotes inclusive and collaborative filmmaking practice, with well-being and innovation at its heart.
Some of our provisions are:
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Supervision for setting up spaces for wellbeing (well being co-ordinator training)
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Classes in innovative actor-crew director styles (gestalt director practitioner)
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Creative Ensemble pop up events
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Duologue Film festivals (film with conversation and consultation at the centre)
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Opportunities for in house experience on set
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Live research on set
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Interviews
Behind the title Goat and Drum are the Kukera. They are the beings of shamanic theatre extraordinaire. Also in here is the mountain of Goat Fell. The founding place of Goat & Drum's filmic mythologies is the Isle of Arran where Goat Fell is situated. And the drum? Well it is the heartbeat through the cosmos and the opener of the realms. Filmmaking can be felt as a heartbeat of consciousness awakening dormant themes to bring them through in the creation of new stories.