rosie

bruce

photographer & videographer

Here you’ll find a selection of my work in film photography and filmmaking. I’ve been shooting film for over 10 years and have experience with videography and content creation of my own projects, ss well as experience working as 1st Assistant Camera, 2nd Camera, and as a runner on projects, and a long list of future projects I plan on bringing to life.

As I currently have more to showcase in my photography, I’ve chosen to present this in greater detail. However, I believe it directly translates into how I want my future film projects to feel. My focus has typically been on Scotland, queerness, girlhood, and youth, and I feel I will continue creating under these umbrellas.

Film

Here you’ll find a selection of films that I have either created or worked on.

Jac’s First Tattoo - youtube.com/@rosiebruce

A short film I made to test out a camera I’d just bought, documenting my friend Jackie getting her first tattoo in our hostel in Mexico from someone was also staying there. I put this together on a long bus journey and loved doing so.

Maclean & Bruce - Copper Sprocket

A short film by the production company Copper Sprocket for their client Maclean & Bruce, showcasing luxury travel and tourism in Scotland. On this project I worked as 1st AC and a runner. Working directly with the DoP, Richard Jackson, I assisted with every aspect, and learned as much as I could. Richie taught me so much and was an incredible mentor throughout this project.

UK Farmer Protest - Pigeon Network

Pigeon Network are an independent group of journalists focused on documenting out of the ordinary mass gatherings. For this project, I operated camera 2.

Summer 2017 - youtube.com/@rosiebruce

This is one of my decade’s worth of “home videos” which can be found on my YouTube. They’re silly and lighthearted and capture the beauty of my friendships. It brings me great joy to create these and to have documented so much of my life so far.

photography

My work has always been inspired by the people around me and the places we find ourselves, and so the majority of photos are of young queer people in Scotland. I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by captivating and unique individuals who have allowed me to use and abuse their likeness in the name of my art.

Youth and the messiness that surrounds growing up as a girl is one of my favourite things to see represented in media, and a lot of my earlier photography is reflective of that. I spent those years trying to capture and document my friends and I chasing that initial freedom you find in your teens.

A natural progression from here was shooting nightlife and so as I left my teens my focus shifted towards queer culture. This allowed me to produce some of my favourite images and lead to the start of having my work published. From drag queens to DJs to party goers, my catalogue of nightlife is vast.

Here are a selection of photos I’ve had published, shown in PDF form. Many of these I also own physical copies of, along with other features and posters. Most of my published work can be attributed to the magazine QMUNicate, a University of Glasgow publication which I regularly contributed to. To be attached to such profound articles over time has been an honour and inspiring, and the collaboration allowed me to further shape and visualise the future of my work.

published photos

(Below is the original image which became this QMUnicate issue 149 cover)

future plans

Here are some of my many pages of plans for future projects. My phone’s notes app is similarly populated. I have one screenplay complete, and am working on several shorts with a fried in the industry. Combined with my photography demonstrating the vision I have in my head for my films, I will continue to create as much as possible and am excited to see what the future holds.