Recent content by Fdprod

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! I have actually dealt with Louise Levinson before in creating a business plan for a feature I was going to direct a few years ago. In efforts of being educated before contacting her, what would I be asking her to do? Develop a biz plan for the shorts? Or...

Hey all, my name is Ryan Shovey. I'm a Director, and have won a few awards for some of my short films and a music video. I recently moved out to Los Angeles to pursue my directing career and take everything I do up a notch. Of course, especially being new to town, funding is hard to come by. So...

I am all for that. I am indeed no salesman, haha. I've tried crowdsourcing unsuccessfully a couple times. I'm not letting that one feature hold me back, though. We are going though a rewrite stage and working with some producer friends of mine to make it happen. That doesn't really help about...

Oh nothing has held me back at all outside of getting the money we need. I have been hitting up investors for the past several years. Nothing has really moved forward on that on, so we are re-evaluating the script and project, yet not letting that hold us back from future projects. This post...

I do have all of my short films on youtube. The are mainly horror based. Right now, that's the best way for me to display them. Here's the link to my Short Film playlist Short films on YouTube I have been wanting to do a feature for a few years now, and have one completed script with a few...

Hey gang, I have been pondering lately about my different short film scripts as a viable way to get noticed professionally and how marketable they could be. Here's the issue, I don't fancy myself a writer. I like what I write, such as the ideas and action/visuals, but I would much rather...

Hey LA filmmakers. I'm Ryan Shovey, indie director. I just moved to LA a few days ago to tackle this industry and give it my all. I would love to meet with more film makers and get into the local scene, especially producers. The goal is to create some great content. I've attached my demo reel to...

Well, the problem is that she really is the type of person who has been on very few actual sets, and created a few 48hr projects, and thinks that every film set should run the same way as a 48hr project. Yet, refuses to take the time to actually learn the craft. So, all of my suggestions, even...

OK, totally get the point. I appreciate the feedback, guys, honest. This is why I reach out to the indiefilm crowd. I got the honesty that I needed, haha.

No... just an honest opinion. That is all. The only way any of us can be better is through total honesty from our peers. Not trying to bash anyone. But my film school was totally a lesson in thick skin building, which ultimately leads to creatives really trying hard to strive to be better...

Very good point, and I appreciate the honesty. My goal is to have honest feedback, no matter what my opinion is at all. I'm not saying my way was totally perfect at all, I did what I could within the parameters of the budget, time, etc. But what is disappointing is I, along with the majority of...

Hello my fellow indie film people. I have an interesting situation, here. A few months back I directed 2 episodes of a web series called Government Lies. To make the story really short, the producer, who was also the lead actress, and I did not see eye to eye at all. So, after I really helped...

Thank you. We had very little money, enough to rent a little bit of gear. A lot of the quality comes from knowing how to shoot within the limitations. Since I come from a post background, I'm able to figure out what I need for post on set. But, the most money spent was in the Hunter clips...

Well, any criticism is appreciated, but when you can't afford to pay actors, that's what happens, haha. I'll definitely agree about some of the actors. I guess we gotta start somewhere.

Thank you. I like to think that my work is broad enough to play for wide audiences. Lane Davies. Yes, he was on Seinfeld and one of those popular soap operas from the 80's. You've definitely seen him on tv.