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‘First Days’ – Profile of Edinburgh’s newest resident


By - Richard - 22nd January 2015

First Days is a short film documenting the first few days of life of Edinburgh’s newest resident, Jack Nicholls, who was born on the 17th December 2014.

A huge thank you to NHS Scotland, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Ward 211 of the Edinburgh Royal infirmary and all the amazing midwives.

Filmed on the Canon EOS C300 camera.

About the Author

Richard Nicholls - Managing Director

Before launching Swift Films, Richard worked as a broadcast TV director and editor, working on programmes for the BBC, ITV and Sky.

A multi-skilled and technically-minded filmmaker, Richard is equally at home coming up with creative concepts as he is on location filming or pulling footage together in the edit suite.

Richard is a member of Independent Producers Scotland and has a love of cats, football, chocolate and Film Noir (in that order).