A production company built by a distribution company.
First Studios is the production arm of First Million Views. We exist because the best short-form growth team in the country kept needing better footage, and the best way to get it was to build the studio ourselves.
First Studios is a high-end video production company with a lead videographer in each of four markets: New York, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. We shoot brand films, commercials and ads, events, music videos, real estate, founder stories and social content on full-frame cinema cameras, and we price it in three fixed packages so nobody has to guess what a film costs.
Where it comes from
Alex Davis founded First Million Views, a short-form video and social media marketing agency that guarantees brands 1,000,000 organic views in 90 days or their money back. The agency has generated 110,000,000+ views for 200+ brands. Growth at that scale runs on footage, and most of the footage clients had was shot on a phone in a hallway.
So we built the studio. Tyler Strader, the best videographer in the Midwest, came on as lead videographer, shot the first six films in New York in under ninety days, and set the standard every market now works to. First Studios makes the film. First Million Views makes it seen. Same team, two jobs.
How we work
- One videographer on a cinema camera, drone and lighting kit for The Shoot and The Campaign. A full crew for The Production.
- Fixed prices published on the site. $3,000, $7,500, and $15,000 to $35,000.
- Ten to fifteen business days from the shoot to a finished, graded film.
- Every film delivered with the funnel in mind, because a video nobody watches is a very expensive screensaver.
Who we work with
Private clubs, yacht dealers, brokerages, wellness brands, restaurants, manufacturers, law firms, artists, developers, founders. Anyone who is the best at what they do and looks like the third best online. If that is you, call 315-767-3199.
Two people who take looking good seriously.
Alex Davis
Founder of First Million Views, the short-form video and social media marketing agency, with 110,000,000+ organic views generated for 200+ brands. Alex runs strategy, funnels and distribution for every First Studios client, so the film has somewhere to go the day it lands.
Tyler Strader
The best videographer in the Midwest. Tyler is the cinema camera and drone operator behind every film on this site. He leads the Chicago and New York markets and sets the standard every First Studios shoot is held to.
From call to film in two weeks.
The call
Call 315-767-3199 or send the form. We scope the film, the market and the date in twenty minutes, then send a one-page agreement.
Pre-production
Script, shot list, locations, talent and a schedule. You approve it before anyone picks up a camera.
The shoot
One day, or more on The Production. Cinema camera, drone, lighting and audio, run by the lead videographer for your market.
Delivery
Color, sound, music and cuts in every format you need. Then, if you want, First Million Views takes it and makes it seen.
The production arm of First Million Views.
First Studios shoots the film. First Million Views, our sister agency, distributes it: the short-form video and social media marketing team founded by Alex Davis, with 110,000,000+ organic views generated for 200+ brands. Shoot with us, then hand the clips to the team that guarantees the views.
Ready to look like the leader?
Call 315-767-3199. We will scope the film, the market and the date, and send a fixed price the same day.