DALLAS — Film Riot and Triune Films’ founder/creator, Ryan Connolly are partnering to launch “Film Riot’s Epic Summer,” a three-month film project designed to showcase the work of three up-and-coming indie film directors. Connolly is teaming up with Andrew Kramer (known as the creator of Video Copilot) and Seth Worley, who’s earned acclaim for his work with Red Giant Films and such viral indie films as Plot Device and
Old/New.
The event begins in April and will showcase three new films from each of the three directors. In addition to the premiere of these new films, Epic Summer will dive into the process of each filmmaker to see how they made their film, with each film being accompanied by a month-long series of behind the scenes films that will dive deep into the techniques and challenges of making each film.
On April 2nd, Connolly will kick off the event with an original new short film, followed by an entire month of behind-the-scenes shorts. On May 7th, Worley’s short will be released, followed by a month of behind-the-scenes/how-to episodes. And on June 4th, Kramer’s short film and subsequent behind-the-scenes series will be released.
All short films and their behind-the-scenes series can be viewed on the Film Riot YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot
The main idea behind the event is rooted in the original mission of Film Riot, a popular YouTube channel for DIY filmmaking.
"I got the idea for ‘Film Riot’s Epic Summer’ while on-set of a friend’s latest film,” Connolly explains. “I’ve always thought that observing an individual filmmaker’s can be extremely educational, so why not contrast three different filmmakers and their individual process, one month after the other. Seth, Andrew and I all have somewhat similar styles, but we all have very different voices and completely different methods for approaching an idea — and that is what’s most exciting to me. We won’t just be releasing three great short films, we will also be showing the blood, sweat and tears that went into it and how each filmmaker dealt with the difficulties that inevitably come from any creative endeavor."