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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...

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...

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...

There's not a lot of information out there about putting together a solid Director demo reel. I see plenty of info about editing, DP, and Acting reels, but nobody seems to talk about Directing reels. So, I assume (which could lead to bad things) that most producers would want to see that a...

So, I came across this site which appears to have a bunch of industry types being connected to investors. It seems pretty legit and interesting, so I signed up for it. The downside is there is a waiting process to be accepted on the site unless you have 2 referrals, which I have 1. It looks like...

I recently signed on to direct 2 episodes of a web series for a local producer/actress. There were several red flags right off the bat... Script Format issues (ie. Scenes were labeled as EXT but read "Actor walks inside..... etc." Things like that throughout. Made no sense.)[/LIST} Didn't...

Hey everyone, I know this is the topic that literally EVERY filmmaker foams at the mouth to find answers for. Here's what I'm doing... We wrote a feature length horror/slasher flick a couple years ago for two reasons, 1. To make our first feature film along the lines of some of our favorite...

So, in no effort to see defeated, it's looking like we are not going to reach our fundraising goal on Kickstarter for my first feature film. What do you guys do when you have to bounce back from a failed project to follow your dream? Or, can you help suggest better ways of getting this funded...

I have been reading the book Directing Actors by Judith Weston lately. Has anyone else read that to the Director's Intuition? I find it to be quite interesting with how the actor's mind works and how to make a great performance come from within. Does anyone have any other resources or comments?

Hey guys, This is my latest short film entitled HUNTER. It's an homage to the classic slashers that inspired me and my writer, Halloween, Psycho, and Scream. Our goal with this short is to finish filming the rest of the feature length script, so this is the actual opening 10 minutes to the...

My name is Ryan Shovey. I just joined the forum and I'm thrilled to be a part of such a like-minded community. I look forward to joining in many topics and discussions. My main focus is Narative Directing, but I'm also an editor, motion graphics designer, and camera op for trade work...