First Light has commissioned Nice Monster to produce a series of ‘How To’ short films.

Each 90 second film will provide top tips for budding filmmakers looking at areas such as film structure, storyboarding, direction, camera techniques, editing and sound and lighting.

The first in the series, ‘How To Structure Your Film’ looks at how to convert your story idea into a film, utilising some very basic rules.

We will also be producing supplementary resouce materials to support all of the films so make sure that you come back soon to check these out and the next film in our series.

NICE MONSTER is a film, animation & visual effects studio. Set up by Royal Television Society award winning animation director Steven Spencer. The company started with a vision to create highly original, character driven films with a unique concept and thought provoking theme behind them.

Since opening they have been commissioned by the UK Film Council to create multiple award winning short films, and have worked with high profile clients such as BBC, NOKIA, KELLOGGS, RAGDOLL and FIRSTLIGHT on projects ranging from title animations to character design.

You can watch top tips from industry insiders here

And there’s some great information on the uScreen website and also on the film street website