BFI PLAYER

 

Whilst looking through emails I have received from the BFI (British Film Institute) I came across the BFI Player. I subscribe to the BFI newsletter and events advertised at the BFI Southbank. I have also been on two study days at the BFI and intend on making a trip in the future to the BFI to attend lectures, go to the mediatheque and watch film screenings. 

 

 

The BFI is a leading organisation in the UK with the main focus of creating a 'flourishing film environment in which innovation, opportunity and creativity can thrive'. It is now a Government body and distributor of Lottery funds for film. It serves the public including cultural, creative and economic areas of film in the UK. 

 

I aim to make use of this platform by subscribing. I will use this platform when editing my film trailer as I can view footage of professionals on-demand using this as inspiration to make my film trailer professional, slick and fluid in turn attracting and addressing my target audience. 

 

 

The BFI does this/aims to: 

 

 

1. Connect audiences to a wide variety of British and World Cinema 

2. Preserve, maintain and restore the most significant and abundant film collection in the world allowing future generations to view the texts. 

3. 'Championing' new, emerging and 'world class' film makers in the UK

4. Investing in 'creative, distinctive and entertaining' material/texts. 

5. Promoting British film. 

6. Promoting British talent including new British directors and actors/actresses globally. 

7. Increasing the next generation of audiences, film makers and film lovers!

8. Providing Lottery and Government funds for film across the UK - HERE is a blog post I wrote about the successes of the BFI when distributing lottery funded village made film Tortoise in Love.

9. Working with partners to further progress the role of film in the UK and globally. 

10. Mainting a Royal Charter since 1933.

The BFI Player, similar to the popular BBC Iplayer, 4OD and ITV player, enables you to view a variety of films of different genres, release dates and storylines without subscription (depending on film at BFI archives - you have to pay if they don't officially own the footage). It is a video on-demand service from the BFI that contains classic and contemporary films from popular film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival (a list of 4,000 Global Film Festivals is found HERE). 

Below is a video of the role of the BFI in Britain preserving film. 

Below is trailer of BFI player.