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First Take is an award-winning independent production and training organisation, which specialises working with diverse communities and distinct new voices, creating innovative ground-breaking films and programmes.

11/09/2024

🎪BTS the First Take Circus🎪 We had so much fun filming micro short 'Petit Pierrot' complete with hula hopping crew 😂

Thank you to taking all these hilarious photos📷

09/09/2024

Over the past few months we have been working on such an important drama short right at the heart of Liverpool's theatre community; capturing the lives of Graeme (Previous Artistic Director of the Unity) and Peter ( Previous Director of the Rathbone) and their journey to show "Krapps Last Tape" again at the .

Working with now current Artistic Director of the Unity to create beautiful flashback movement pieces showing how the two first met and grew together with playing Graeme and
playing Peter complete with 80s mullet and all ✨

Also massive thank you to Paula Simms for recreating Graeme's flat as a set in First Take , with so many details from the time and a full pallet bed which we will definitely miss having in the office! And yes! We had to tape up the windows outside to make it look like a night time scene which got some hilarious side eyes, but it's all in the name of film!

27/08/2024

🎨Art Inspo🖌️second session vibes for our Art Filmmaking course took us round one of current exhibitions by an amazing installation which got all the ideas flowing💡

23/08/2024

🍬Meet Team Saccharine!!!🍬 Our beautiful cast and crew ready to make another amazing Reel Q***r shot✨

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20/08/2024

🥳🌈🎉 Say hello to our brand new logo!!!🎉🌈🥳 We felt it was time to refresh our little First Take people to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with and the stories we capture 🥰 Thank you so much to the lovely for creating this for us too.

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01/08/2024

Yesterday our microshorts crew sat down for their final session of the course 😭 Making these films was a lot of fun and everyone grew as filmmakers. We are so impressed with the quality and variety of films made, jumping from tin foil ships to sock puppets and all in such a tiny length of time ☺️ We are super excited to share them all at some point in the near future 🌈

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29/07/2024

Summer Saccharine shoots hit different in the beautiful (fleeting) British sunshine ☀️ So many stunning shots, so little time, can't wait to see them in the edit 🎬

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22/07/2024

"Babe, I know you're hurting but don't give up. Write out your pain." - Keisha played by the stunning in "Saccharine" our current Reel Q***r short.

Directed , written and started in (a moment to appreciate the talent)

This stunning photo was also taken by our camera operator

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14/07/2024

On today, International Non-Binary day our director and poet Jay Farley muses "What if" we didn't need days like this?

What If

What if money

was just bread and Economic Growth

was just growth. What if patriarchy

was a footnote and normal

was everyone. What if market forces

was a veg stall in St.johns. What if Eton

was an Ofsted requires-improvement-

Struggling-sports-academy-merging-with-its-neighboring-school

-so-it-didn’t-close-down.

What if we were taught

how to disagree with one another. What if divide and conquer was a kind of math

and hierarchy was a quaint parlour game. What if propaganda

clenched its fists, ground its teeth, and just

walked past. What if climate change

was a raincloud. What if altruism was impossible

because we live in a world where

all things are connected.

What if I bought

the ticket. What if I kissed you. What if your tears

weren’t crocodile. What if I didn’t care

what you think. What if you didn’t leave me

all alone. What if you didn’t

leave me alone. What if my heart wasn’t

evicted. What if unconditional was

unconditional. What if

hate. What if anger. What if

war. What if greed. If

pride, if money, if bull

s**t, if single-use-

lives, if

washed-up, if

selfish. What if we

were animals. What if we

were nature. What if we

were real

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09/07/2024

Behind the Scenes filming our second microshort directed and written by this time starting some unexpected cast members 😂🧦

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05/07/2024

It was great to start our new Reel Q***r Art Filmmaking course last month by looking round the exhibition by .williams.gamaker and for creative inspo ✨

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03/07/2024

Filming with back in April for their dance as part of was so much fun. We had amazing sunshine but freezing cold temperatures; your standard springtime nowadays, and got to film at some iconic Liverpool locations. Thanks to , , , and ✨

01/07/2024

Anger - (Screening details below 💕)

"Mel, a young Black woman, enraged at being wrongfully jailed, casts a spell during her overnight stay in a cell-block to tip the power balance between herself and the Police."

- A disturbing look at racialised misogyny and it's violent counterpart through a Black female gaze.

This and all our other Q***r Insight films will be shown as part of the final event of festival; Poetry Factory at on Sunday 7th July, 12pm - 6pm. Please come and support our amazing q***r poets and the festival.

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20/06/2024

🌈It's Pride Month so we thought it was time for a First Take bath 🫧

Thank you to artist and photographer for having us today at the Pride Bath , which will go on to be shown in St Peters Square at Manchester Pride and then sold with the proceeds going to 💕

❤️🧡💛💚HAPPY PRIDE MONTH🩵💙💜🩷

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19/06/2024

🎬PRODUCTION MEETING 24/04/24 - PALACE AT THE END OF THE WORLD , REEL Q***R SHORT🎬

"It's hard to put into words just how brilliant the entire Palace team is. I had been working on this story for about a year; for so long it existed only in my head. That's why it was so important for me to put together a cast and crew who had the same level of passion and excitement to tell this story.

I was riddled with nerves as we assembled everyone together for our cast and crew table read. Yet as each member of the team arrived, those nerves diminished. When everyone was finally sat around the table and started making their introductions, I knew we had something special here. There was a level of joy and excitement that cemented my belief that we were making something truly magical.

As the cast brought these characters to life, the crew brought their own expertise, each department working incredibly hard to tell this story.

As a director, I truly could not have achieved what was achieved without this amazing bunch of people. As with all great projects this has been a team effort...

and what a team it has been!"

Bradley Wilson , Director, Writer from Reel Q***r

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12/06/2024

Eviction of Body - ( Screening details below ✨)

"A dystopian reimagining of the body's extinction, through the confrontation of intrusive perversions and excavation of the body."

In 2022 we partnered with ***rbodiespoetry to create Q***r inSIGHT, a fusion of spoken word, film, visuals and music to explore the changing landscape of Gender & Sexuality with 10 Q***r artists from around Liverpool.

All our Q***r inSIGHT films will be shown as part of the final event of festival ; Poetry Factory at on Sunday 7th July , 12pm - 6pm. We would love if you could come along and give them all a watch as well as supporting all the other amazing stuff going on that day at the festival.

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10/06/2024

With our new Art Filmmaking course starting next week, we took the opportunity to watch the screening of "The Thief of Bagdad"(1940) and Q&A after with filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker , who has now retold the film on fantasy fashion with her film "Thieves"(2023)

Michelle's current exhibition at The Bluecoat "Our Mountains are Painted on Glass" will be part of our inspiration for the course. We are all very excited to see it and learn from it, and bring other perspectives of filmmaking into our work!

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07/05/2024

🚀IT’S FINALLY HERE🚀

We’re very proud to finally announce that our Q***rovision Documentary, filmed last year, is coming to a cinema near you for its first official friends & family launch!!

⏰5-6PM
🗓️SAT 11TH MAY
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🎟️ FREE ADMISSION
(booking essential as limited capacity)

See our LINKTREE in our bio to book your seat!

With special performances from;

Can’t wait to see you there…✨🌈

17/04/2024

🎬SOUND RECORDIST COURSE🎬

(Sounds great, we’re in!)

Massive thank you to our gorgeous tutor for our amazing Saturday Sound Recording Session!

Missed out on this? Be sure to keep an EAR out 👂 for more upcoming opportunities with First Take including…
- MICRO SHORTS OPPORTUNITY
- CASTING FOR SACCHARINE & other upcoming RQ films
- MORE COURSES ANNOUNCED SOON!

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03/04/2024

Day ONE 🎬ON SET🎬
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03/04/2024

Very exciting table read for …👀🎥

03/04/2024

Working Harwood or Harwood working?! 🐶🎥

14/03/2024

🎹SYNTHS AT THE READY🎹

We absolutely cannot WAIT to start our double whammy composition course next week with our gorgeous participants!

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29/02/2024

🎬REEL Q***R EDITING🎬

Completed it mate!

That’s a WRAP on another brilliant course. Massive thank you to for their excellent teaching and facilitation skills!!

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25/02/2024

First Take are looking for a Production Assistant for a 5-week paid work placement to assist on a series of short films working with people from the LGBTQIA+ community on the Reel Q***r project. more info @ https://firsttake.org.uk/rqplacement

If you are from the LGBTQIA+ community and are keen to work in film then please fill out our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion form here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0tCUrqF9gRRrnOHVMaCbTKJuvR9jjXU_hyxqx7FiA_Ilcdg/viewform?usp=sf_link

And APPLY NOW via https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IaOSN0LDmhDe8ppOUh0Ni_HIL7LzFZAAzsQAtyYZ29s/edit

Liverpool Film Office

22/02/2024

When is the next filming starting I would like to help out I miss doing the boom operating and a bit of editing

21/02/2024

🎬EDITING SESSION 2🎬

Learning how to J & L cut today in session with the brilliant 😍

Super exciting courses coming soon…👀 keep your eyes peeled for some emails ***r

15/02/2024

🎬REEL Q***R EDITING🎬

Full swing into our first Editing session last night led by the fantastic ✨

Some very serious concentration faces! 😍

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29/11/2023

🎉WE MET JOYCE!🎉

During Q***rovision we would always hear gorge stories about our ‘s fabulous Nan and grandad, and today we FINALLY got to meet the legend herself that is JOYCE!

Thanks so much for all your time and contribution! ❤️🌈 ***rovision

26/07/2023

DAY 1 🌈🎬PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT🌈🎬

Super exciting to start the first of our two day courses on Production Management as part of our REEL Q***R project!

Workshops generously hosted by the lovely and facilitated by the WONDERFUL !! 🥰

We can’t wait to get rolling…🎥

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Since last month as part of our Reel Queer programme, we have been running a Microshorts course; teaching the entire filmmaking process from pre production to post to create one minutes shorts. @bradleywils idea was first up to be filmed, and we were so impressed with how well the team worked together on such a tight shooting schedule. We can't wait to see the results in the coming weeks! #LGBTQ #firsttake #liverpoolart #Liverpoolfilm #queerfilm #microshorts #filming #onset #BTS

QUEEROVISION THROWBACK: 🏳️‍🌈TOM RASMUSSEN🏳️‍🌈🎬 Remember that time our fab @cloacamyndiuk interviewed the incredible @tomrasmussen performing at Homovision with @homotopiafest ?! #f*ckinlookatme #queerovision #LGBTQIA+

Can you believe it's been over a week since QUEEROVISION? 🎬🏳️‍🌈😱 We may have wrapped on filming, but we've been hibernating away at First Take as our Editor @writerdirectorlynne makes her way through our many reels of gorgeous footage...🙊 #QUEEROVISION #LGBTQ

DAY 12: I M PACT 🏳️‍🌈🎬 @y.andass @stylezconteh #queerovision #eurovision2023 #LGBTQ #dance

DAY 11: DROSS 🏳️‍🌈🎬 @drossqueen_official @culture_liverpool @dollmansdollars #queerovision #eurovision2023 #drag #dollmansdisco

DAY 10: CRAWLERS 🏳️‍🌈🎬 @crawlers @culture_liverpool @hollyminto @jessmeadephoto #firsttake #queerovision #crawlers #creepycrawlers #crawlersfanpage #eurovision2023

DAY 9: Felix Drives the Blue & Yellow Submarine! 🏳️‍🌈🎬🇺🇦 @felixmufti @culture_liverpool #queerovision #underthesea #weallliveintheblueandyellowsubmarine #eurovision2023

DAY 8: When Becky Met JAKE SHEARS 🏳️‍🌈🎬 @jakeshears @vestatilleymint #dreamsreallydocometrue #queerovision #jakeshears #scissorsisters #eurovision2023

DAY 7: HELLEROID 🏳️‍🌈🎬 @oanawhoama @stealingsheep @culture_liverpool #queerovision #ukraine #eurovision2023

DAY 6: EURO FAVES 🏳️‍🌈🎬 @culture_liverpool #favouritesongs #eurovision #eurovision2023 #queerovision #bop #throwback #LGBTQ

Culture Liverpool still have events and exhibitions on throughout November as part of Black History Month. For more info check out: cultureliverpool.co.uk/bhm Two years ago we created the 1919 Race Riots Augmented Reality Trail, with audiences following the route taken by Charles Wotten as he was chased to his death by police and mobs. Here is the final film in the series! COoL Collective Tmesis Theatre Pagoda Arts Writing on the Wall Liverpool Irish Festival . #WeAreFirstTake #1919RaceRiots #LiverpoolFilm #AugmentedReality #BHM2021

Culture Liverpool still have events throughout November as part of Black History Month, including exhibitions on the L8 Uprisings and talks with BAFTA winning filmmaker Professor David Olusoga OBE Edge Hill University. For more info check out: cultureliverpool.co.uk/bhm Two years ago we created the 1919 Race Riots Augmented Reality Trail, with audiences following the route taken by Charles Wotten as he was chased to his death by police and mobs. Check out the fourth film in the series below! COoL Collective Tmesis Theatre Pagoda Arts Writing on the Wall Liverpool Irish Festival. #WeAreFirstTake #1919RaceRiots #LiverpoolFilm #AugmentedReality #BHM2021

Culture Liverpool still have events planned throughout November as part of Black History Month, including Movema's panel on the 9th discussing barriers within the dance sector. For more info check out: cultureliverpool.co.uk/bhm Two years ago we created the 1919 Race Riots Augmented Reality Trail, with audiences following the route taken by Charles Wotten as he was chased to his death by police and mobs. Check out the third film in the series below: COoL Collective Tmesis Theatre Pagoda Arts Writing on the Wall Liverpool Irish Festival #WeAreFirstTake #1919RaceRiots #LiverpoolFilm #AugmentedReality #BHM2021

Culture Liverpool still have events planned as part of Black History Month, including exhibitions on the L8 Uprisings and talks with BAFTA winning filmmaker Professor David Olusoga OBE Edge Hill University. For more info check out: cultureliverpool.co.uk/bhm Two years ago we created the 1919 Race Riots Augmented Reality Trail, with audiences following the route taken by Charles Wotten as he was chased to his death by police and mobs. Check out the second film in the series! COoL Collective Tmesis Theatre Pagoda Arts Writing on the Wall Liverpool Irish Festival #WeAreFirstTake #1919RaceRiots #LiverpoolFilm #AugmentedReality #BHM2021

1919 Race Riots Film 1

Culture Liverpool still have events planned as part of Black History Month, including exhibitions on the L8 Uprisings and talks with BAFTA winning filmmaker Professor David Olusoga OBE at Edge Hill University. For more info check out: cultureliverpool.co.uk/bhm Two years ago we created the 1919 Race Riots Augmented Reality Trail, with audiences following the route taken by Charles Wotten as he was chased to his death by police and mobs. Check out the first film in the series below and watch out for the others coming soon on our socials! COoL Collective Tmesis Theatre Pagoda Arts Writing on the Wall Liverpool Irish Festival #WeAreFirstTake #1919RaceRiots #LiverpoolFilm #AugmentedReality #BHM2021

WeAreFirstTake

We Are First Take – film and digital art with, for and about community 📽️ Over the next few weeks we will be showcasing recent projects here on FB as well as on our Twitter and shiny new Instagram page (@WeAreFirstTake). Here’s a little taster of what we’ve been up to! Look out for our future posts, including our Reel Recovery short films and collaborations with Tmesis Theatre, Urban GreenUp, dot-art and Open Eye Gallery 📷💃🎨 🌱 COoL Collective Culture Liverpool Liverpool City Region Combined Authority V.D : Fast paced clips from First Take productions including: Woman scratching the camera lens, dancers hold signs reading ' I am not ok', young girl rolling eyes at camera, man in cell with the window latch opening to reveal the guard behind, a protest with the crowds waving flags and banners, young boy walking away from a car on fire. Clips layered with graphics which say 'for, with and about community'.