Institutional Research

First Born Films

 

I think in the 'real world' my short film would suit First Born Film Company because they produce and distribute a variety of types of film, including short films. Therefore I think my film would fit this company.

 

Who are they?

 

First Born Films is an independent film production company founded in 2006 and based in London. The company was founded by Carey Born and Darren Heath.

Carey Born is an award winning filmmaker. Her 2002 film 'Shadow man' won many awards. Since 2002, Carey has produced 6 and directed 4 films.

Darren Heath was a media/IP lawyer for a number of years, he also took a job as a writer and presenter of legal films. Following the collaboration on 'Shadow man', him and Carey formed First Born Films.

 

What kinds of texts do they produce?

 

Some examples of films they've produced are;
 

-Love For Sale is a short silent comedy. It is about a young woman descends into a jazz club looking for her blind date organised through a dating agency. She is unnerved to find herself in a weird underworld where the clientele scrutinise her every move.
-Shadow Man is about a little girl who spies two men breaking into a derelict house. Fascinated by them, she brings herself to the men's attention and a friendship blossoms: but the little girl is unaware she may be crossing dangerous boundaries.

-Compartment is about a society driven by targets, a train guard must ensure his train stays on time or risk losing his job. As his troubled home life impinges on his work the pressure builds to a climax where he witnesses, via CCTV screen in the guards' compartment, an incident that spirals violently out of control.

-The Curious Brain In The Museum is about a Neuroscientist Professor Uta Frith exploring how the brain makes sense of art and discusses with her nine-year-old companion the psychology of how museums support learning and inspire creativity.
 

How do they make money?

First Born Films distribute their films onto different websites. A few of their films are put onto a website which you have to subscribe to meaning they'd have to pay for access. Another of their films is put on a website where its a youtube video link, this video has adverts so they may make money from different advertisements. They may also make money from working with youtube. First Born Films also take part in short film festivals and awards, this may earn them more money as their films will be used.

Their texts and mine:

The film Shadow Man has similarities to the short film I'm going to make. Both films have clear aspects of danger. The Shadow Man presents crime as its about people breaking into a house and my short film presents crime when a man is murdered. I think these crimes give the films dark and sinister atmospheres as well as a lot of suspense.

The film Love For Sale has similarities to my short film. Love For Sale has a plot twist and a change in tone, it shifts from upbeat tone at a blind date to a 'weird underworld' which appears more negative. My short film has a shift when at the begining it appears to be a happy family in a manor home but actually turns out to be the scene of a murder and kidnap.

I think my text is appropriate for First Born Films because it is a short film. The films on First Born films also include many short films. My film similarly has a plot twist as their films seem to have. They all have a sinister or negative feel as mine does. The short films for First Born tend to have minimal characters which is the same as my short film. These similarites show me that my film would suit this institution.

I think that my short film would be shown in cinemas, more specifically I think it would be shown at film festivals along with many other short films. An example of a film festival that may show my text would be raindance film festival because they show a variety of short films. The cinema 'Vue' also work with raindance film festival as you can buy tickets through their website. I think this would suit my short film perfectly as it fits the conventions of popular short films.