Thomas Verdi

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April 23, 2020

How to Become a Film Producer

We hate to get you down, but no matter how much Google searching you do, there’s really no straightforward way to becoming…

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April 16, 2020

Film Marketing: Not Just Your Short Film

Trigger warning: this post is going to be about… digital marketing. ?”Storytelling” twisted into a crude form of the word, right? Well,…

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How to Produce a No-Budget Quarantine Film

At The Film Fund, we offer film funding to independent filmmakers so they can make their short films. How much does it…

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April 6, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Matthew Greenberg

If you can’t get to the heart of it within a couple of sentences, then it’s too complicated of a story line,…

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Ask a DP: What Camera Is Best for a Low-Budget Film?

Many of our members in the FF Studios chat community have asked what gear they should be using on their low-budget independent…

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March 30, 2020

14 Ways to Get Your Independent Short Film Seen

We’ve added even more ways to get your film seen in our HIGH CONCEPT video below! You’ve wrapped production of your film,…

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12 Free Post-Production Resources for Motion Graphics, Titles, and More

Wrapping production of your film represents an amazing accomplishment, but many say that the film itself is really created during post-production and…

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March 23, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Don Fanelli

Writer and director of the short film “Sunday Dinner” — funded by The Film Fund! — answered some of our questions about…

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How to Minimize Sound Design Costs in Your Film Budget

Sound design can be thought of in a few different ways. What does a sound designer do in film, and what is…

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March 16, 2020

7 Post-Production Tools That Prove Video Editors Can Work From Home

This post is completely un-sponsored. These are tools we love and find useful for our post-production process! 🙂 Whether you’re quarantined because…

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Funded Filmmaker Showcase: David Oster

David Oster, writer and director of the short film we funded, “I Love Jazz,” answered some of our questions about why he…

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March 15, 2020

What You Can Learn From These 6 Films Financed by The Film Fund

We’ve been busy here at The Film Fund, and we’re finally ramping up to produce even more films to help independent filmmakers…

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