Film Riot

Film Riot

I've read one or two posts that mentioned Film Riot, and I have been ever so inclined to share it with you all. Film riot is a Bi-Weekly web-series run through Revision3.com and Youtube, and I must say, if you are interested in, majoring in, or just curious about live action film making, you should check out Film Riot. Every week, there are two episodes uploaded, one on Monday and one on Thursday. It's hosted by Ryan Connolly. This is one of my biggest resources for tutorials, tips, tricks, and often plain old entertainment. Film Riot is a (mostly) clean and fun way to learn film making techniques that everyone can watch. 

Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly is the host of Film Riot. He attended Full Sail University Film School and he has degrees from there...I just can't remember what degrees he has. He writes the scripts for each episode, directs the shorts that appear in many episodes, helps edit, and is in charge of Film Riot. 

Josh Connolly

Josh Connolly is Ryan's brother. They do Film Riot together, and he appears in just about every episode, often as an actor or test subject in an effect test. He has helped ryan with Film Riot since the beggining, over three and a half years ago.

Bruno Vieyra

Actor, editor and assistant, Bruno helps out with Film Riot and works with Ryan and Josh on everything else they do. He often runs camera, sound, and other tech related jobs of filming each episode.

Besides Film Riot, all three of them run a web-series called Film State, where the review movies, rumors, news, and previews. As well as Variant-Comics where comic related material is discussed. Ryan also created a production company named Triune Films.

Film Riot originated in Florida, but the crew recently relocated to Texas.

Monday Episodes

Every Monday, they relase their "Monday Episode". It's a lesser episode to the main ep on Thursday's, but its often just as informative. On the monday episodes, Ryan answers questions from the audience that are posted on his facebook wall or on twitter. These are often very informative and can help with little, specific problems. The Monday Episodes is also home to the....

Monday Challenge

 The Monday Challenge is a contest much like a timed essay. You are given the prompt on the monday episode, as well as a time limit to complete the video. (Determined by a due date). Once that is announced, any video that is created within that week or two can be submitted if it falls under the prompts or guidelines. Pre-existing videos do not count. Once the videos are submitted, the put what they feel were the best on their episode on the next monday and it helps those people out with feedback, video views, and ways to improve their video. 

Thursday Episodes

The Thursday Episode has been around since the beginning. Its the main episode filled with a skecth, a tutorial, and often random bits of humor and quick tips. Its very entertaining and you can learn quite a bit at the same time. An example of one of the most basic episodes would be this one here:

This episode is very simple and even kind of short, yet it clearly shows how simply you can learn from this web-series.

There is so much to say about Film Riot, yet the best way to learn more about the webseries, would be to expereinence it for yourself. To check out film riot, click here. Have fun, and enjoy!