Billie Eltringhams’ new digital thriller This Is Not A Love Song wrapped in July after twelve hectic days of filming. Written by Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty) the film’s shoot proved to be a fast piece of work reliant on the latest digital technology and tireless cast and crew to keep the pace.

Originally the film was due to shoot in Cumbria, but the foot and mouth outbreak put the original locations out-of-bounds. A relocation to Settle was then planned, but foot and mouth struck there as well, scuppering the planned move.

With shooting dates getting closer the production office had sense to call Scottish Screen, where the locations service was able to pull out all the stops to get the film relocated before the crucial dates fell.

Shooting started on 5^th July in Aberfoyle with round-the-clock action to deliver in digital format.

The story deals with two men whose friendship is tested to the limit when one of them accidentally shoots a farmer’s daughter. The brutal death leads to the community, bitter for revenge, seeking their own justice in a hunt across the mountains.

The shoot made full use of the Cromer Estate near Ben Lomond along with the Finnich George and the Bar-L, not a Ponderosa-style cattle ranch as one might assume, but the nickname of a slightly less attractive Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow where open ranging is normally seriously discouraged.

This Is Not A Love Song is one of the first investments made by the Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, set up to champion new forms of filmmaking using innovative and cutting edge production techniques. The fund is committed to pushing the boundaries of what digital filmmaking can deliver.