Leo Mushet The Highland Silent Raver of Glasgow

A Film By Jamie CooperBTS Extras with Leo & Jamie

CONTENTS

2 - About Leo Mushet3, 4 - Images of Leo5 - Feature on Jamie Cooper6 - BTS pictures of Jamie7, 8 - Interview with Jamie9, 10 - Images from Jamie

L E OThe silent raver persistshonorably daily with this enjoyably hobby which he has done a multitude of good with, despite also receiving scrutiny and judgment due to the unique nature of his dancing. This film, made and produced by aspiring film maker, Jamie Cooper, will show Leo in his real and humble light focusing on the positives but also looking back to his negative past life he has come out of for the good of himself and those around him

Leo Mushet, The Highland Silent Raver of Glasgow, is a documentary film based on the life of a unique and inspirational man named Leo Mushet. Leo has endured a hard past of drug abuse, living rough and often homeless on the streets of Glasgow and enduring a tough childhood of neglect which allowed Leo to make several bad choices in his earlier life. Leo unfortunately lost his sister earlier this year to Leukemia, however, making a positive into a negative and using his raving skills to raise money in aid of researching for a cure. Additionally, due to Leo beingthe victim of a car accident, he nowsuffers with brain damage, his dancing is a way to express his mind whilst raise money in aid of Leukemia & Lymphoma Research.

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Leo on Buchanan Street, Glasgow by Jamie Cooper

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Jamie CooperAspiring Film Maker & photographer

Jamie has been interested in photography for years but his dedication to this hobby got more serious when he discovered films for the first time and saw the amazing impact a good film can have on the way we perceive film imagery through the various aspects of film theory. Jamie balances his love for photography and film well as he works part time taking club photos

Jamie additionally studies film making at Cardonald College where he bagan learning and developing the skills that have allowed him to make his insightful and inspirational film on Leo Mushet.

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Behind the scenes pictures of Jamie filming Leo.

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I N T E R V I E WInterviewing aspiring film maker and enthusiastic photographer, Jamie Cooper, was insightful and enjoyable due to the way he spoke about films and his muse, Leo Mushet with genuine passion and evident love for films and appreciation of the art of film making.

Jamie was interviewed whilst on location filming Leo, a crowd was beginning to form as Leo silently raved in the background in such an enthusiastic manner it would bring shame to even the most regular and devoted of techno enthusiasts in Glasgow.

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I N T E R V I E WHow did your interest in film first occur?

Jamie: I watched the film Gummo which is directed by Harmony Korine, and was fascinated by it; I then went into a yearlong obsession with all of his films, especially Kids. It made me want to direct and this was the first time I was really passionate about an interest.

Where have your skills developed?

Jamie: Well my brother runs a successful monthly club night in Glasgow so I sparked up a conversation about films and photography with a friend one night that shoots for club nights and he let me shadow him. I also study the course at College which has really helped me learn and develop my filming skills.

Have you had any relevant professional work?

Jamie: Yeah, I now work at Kushion, Viper and Shimmy at the weekends taking club photographs, not really my style but I get experience and the pay is really decent. Experimenting with film is definitely more my interest.

Why did you pick Leo as a subject for your project?

Jamie: I kind of made friends with him initially out on town one night because I really just speak to anyone when I am out and became fascinated by everything he was saying and the stories he told, I thought it would be a pretty interesting documentary film which I am extremely passionate about.

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Professional work by Jamie:

Jamies favourite image of Leo

Jamie works as a professional club photographer taking photos in various clubs areound Glasgow of youths out on drunken escapades having the time of their lives. As Jamie attends gigs on a regular basis he has captured some amazing artists performing live, he has also worked for Blue Cross, Leo Mushet, Mark Hamelton and assisted on shoots with lifestyle and fashion photographers in addition to being an independent film maker.

Below is Jamies favourite image he has taken of Leo as the contrast between the sullen homeless man in the background compared to a happy, dancing Leo, “I love this picture as it shows the true nature of Leo, I have never seen him looking depressed even as he tells me about his past he stays

positive and humble about everything”

- Jamie Cooper

Club & gig photography9

Mark Hamelton shoot

Club & gig photography Fashion photography 10

Film Preview showing at The Poetry Club, Glasgow4th July at 8pm £4 entry

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