What does it mean,
“First Tone”?
Its elegant simplicity provides an easy yet satisfactory entrance to a rich culture. First Tone aims to unlock barriers to easier, smoother, more accessible communication between the video production and film industries in China and the UK.
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Founders
Hui Zhang
Hui Zhang graduated from London Film School with distinction in 2021. She then worked as a freelance production designer before the launch of First Tone.
Before moving to the UK, Hui worked for seven years in China as a producer-director. As well as sharpening her skills to communicate and plan, such experience also trained her to become a detail-oriented person.
With a creative problem-solving mind, Hui has managed to produce lots of high-quality output while working within challenging circumstances, which includes short films, HETV, commercials and documentaries.
Hui loves travelling and exploring other cultures when not at work, which always sparks inspiration for her.
Zhizi Hao
Zhizi Hao is a Chinese writer/director based in London. In 2017, thanks to the BAFTA China-UK Scholarship, he moved to London to pursue an MA in filmmaking at London Film School. There, he refined his voice as a storyteller and sharpened his skills as a writer/director.
Born into a military family as an only gay son, raised in a place where neither of his parents came from, and now living abroad, Hao is familiar with the feeling of being an outsider. This rootlessness defines his perspective and has become a motif in the stories he tells.
His previous works have been included in and awarded by various international film festivals, including Shanghai International Film Festival (2021), London Short Film Festival (2019) and Scottish Queer Film Festival (2019).
Hao is experienced as an assistant director and a sound person.