Film complex opening in Scotland

It was recently announced that plans for Scotland's first major film studio were being made. The complex would provide filmmakers with a studio for shooting movies, not unlike Pinewood studios in England and Titanic Studios in Belfast. The complex would be due to open in 2017 which for me, as someone who aspires to work in the film industry, is an exciting prospect as it could mean new job opportunities.

The studio would bring more revenue to Scotland as filmmakers would want to set up shop there for new movies as Scotland as a whole is hardly an unpopular place to set movies with recent successes like Filth, Sunshine on Leith and the upcoming Under the Skin. However, despite these successes, Scotland still isn't the main source of exports for films so our own film complex and studio could get us on the right path for becoming more well known in the world of movie magic. We'll hardly be on par with Hollywood but there will be a lot more opportunities for filming in Scotland.

While our picturesque landscapes have served as the backdrop for a number of movies and TV shows, we don't have a lot to offer studio wise. Sure, the burgh of Doune was used for the setting of Winterfell in HBO's Game of Thrones but shooting eventually moved to Ireland soon after (before I even got a chance to meet the lovely Richard Madden, I might add).

Should this plan be put into motion the studio is set to be open in 2017 at the Pacific Quay area (pictured below), near the headquarters of BBC Scotland.