SHORT FILMS AND NARRATIVE CONTENT BUILT TO LAST.
Scripted short films, documentary content, and long-form narrative work for directors, creators, and brands with something real to say.
Narrative work is the hardest thing to do right and the most powerful thing in the pipeline when it lands. MindOfDerby approaches every scripted or documentary project with the same rigor as a feature -- location design, performance direction, cinematic coverage, and post-production discipline that respects the story being told.
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Know Everything before Shooting the Film
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Cinema Camera Coverage
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Cinematic Color Grade
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THE STORY IS THE ASSET. EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN SERVICE OF IT.
Production value without a clear point of view is just expensive footage. We develop narrative projects from treatment through final cut -- directing, shooting, editing, and delivering work that has an actual reason to exist. If the story isn't there, we'll tell you before a camera ever rolls.
HOW WE MAKE IT
Every narrative project follows the same disciplined process. Nothing improvised.
DEVELOPMENT
Treatment, script, or documentary brief refined until the story is airtight before production begins.
PREPRODUCTION
Location scouting, casting, shot list, production design, and schedule built around the story's requirements.
PRODUCTION
RED and Sony cinema cameras. Performance direction. Multi-camera coverage. Sound production on set.
POST-PRODUCTION
Assembly cut, picture edit, color grade, sound mix, VFX if applicable, and delivery master.
SOUND DESIGN
Original score options, sound design, dialogue edit, and final mix handled in-house or with dedicated partners.
DELIVERY
DCP for festival, ProRes master for broadcast, compressed web delivery, and vertical social cut if needed.
What You Get
A finished film. Not a rough cut with a delivery problem.
DIRECTOR-LED PRODUCTION
One creative vision from treatment to final cut. No committee. No competing aesthetic opinions.
CINEMA-GRADE COVERAGE
RED camera, cinema lenses, controlled lighting, and production sound. Festival-ready from frame one.
IN-HOUSE POST
Edit, color, VFX, and sound design under one roof. No handoffs between post facilities.
MULTI-FORMAT DELIVERY
DCP, ProRes master, web-optimized H.264, and vertical social cut. Every format your distribution needs.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHORT FILM THAT GETS INTO FESTIVALS AND ONE THAT SITS ON A HARD DRIVE IS EXECUTION.
What most indie productions deal with.
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Crew pulled from five different networks with zero shared aesthetic
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No development process -- script goes straight to production
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Post-production split across three different editors and facilities
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Delivery formats figured out after the film is already locked
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A finished cut that's technically fine and creatively forgettable
What MindOfDerby delivers.
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Single director with full pipeline ownership from brief to delivery
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Development process that stress-tests the story before any money is spent
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In-house edit, color, sound, and VFX with no quality handoff loss
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Delivery formats built into the production plan from day one
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A finished film that has a clear reason to exist and looks like it
EVERY TOOL YOUR STORY NEEDS
We built the entire production pipeline in-house so nothing gets lost between vendors.
SCRIPTED SHORT FILM
Full narrative production. Development, production, and post. Festival and web-ready delivery.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Interview, observational, and hybrid documentary production. Research through final cut.
BRANDED NARRATIVE
Long-form brand content that tells a real story and functions as editorial, not advertising.
EXPERIMENTAL + VISUAL ESSAY
Non-linear, experimental, and essay-form visual work. Abstract, poetic, or concept-driven.
PREVIZ + PROOF OF CONCEPT
Narrative proof-of-concept films for features, series pitches, or funding applications.
POST-PRODUCTION ONLY
Color grade, edit, sound mix, and VFX for projects already shot. Bring us the footage.
Packages & Scope
Choose a structure. We scope the production to match your story's scale and your timeline.
Script or treatment development plus a proof-of-concept shoot. For projects in active development.
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Add-ons: Original score, DCP mastering, festival submission strategy, EPK production, additional shooting days, VFX sequence, behind-the-scenes content.
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FEATURED WORK
Explore a few of our recent narrative projects, then let's talk about yours.
READY TO go?
Send us the treatment, script, or concept. We'll map the cleanest approach and get you a quote within 24 hours.
Working with independent directors, creators, and brands with stories worth telling. First-time collaborators receive a complimentary development consultation before any production begins.