BBC Film Network

The BBC film network publishes short films from people around the UK on their website, this is promoting the production of short films for people to watch online. The BBC's website shows not only their main feature films that are most recent to the company but also a list of new short films that have been uploaded by them.

The photo shows the front webpage which is promoting the new feature film they have produced but underneath there is a list of new and recommended short films. They are promoting these films by genre grouping them making it easier for people to watch them on the internet, which is why they have been uploaded in the first place.

The BBC are the most well known television company in Britain and with its other company focusing on film it is about helping independent writers and producers to create the short films they want, with competitions and helping schools around Britain. It gives the opportunity for people to watch videos of the production process, different case studies on producers and
directors and even a how-to guide on working in different aspects of the film industry. You are able to submit your own short films and create a profile, this shows that the BBC a
re dedicated to giving every opportunity to people interested in the business.

The BBC not only promote the up and coming directors and writers of short films and feature length films however they are also promoting and creating their own for example The Nativity and The Men Who Stare at Goats, however they also co-produce with Warner Brothers and other large film companies, the BBC's film base has been growing for years focusing on dramatic film to comedy and historic. The films that they produce are typically English locations and actors. The Film branch of BBC was created in 1994 however didn't take off until 2000 when they began making more than a few films a year, also the company isn't run by the public instead is owned by a private company but is controlled by the BBC.