Ryan Connolly (presenter)

Ryan Connolly
Ryan Connolly while shooting PROXiMITY (2013)
Born (1982-02-25) February 25, 1982
Nationality American
Alma mater Full Sail University
Occupation Writer, director, and presenter
Known for Film Riot
Parent(s)
  • Judith Connolly Sr.
  • Timothy Connolly Sr.
Relatives
  • Josh Connolly (brother)
  • Tim Connolly (brother)
  • Emily Connolly (sister)
  • Ondrea Connolly
Website Film Riot Website Triune Website

Ryan Connolly (born February 25, 1982) is an American filmmaker, Internet personality, and presenter best known for his web shows Film Riot and Film State.[1][2] He often works with Andrew Kramer, Ryan Booth, Seth Worley, and Todd Bruno. His show Film Riot is an online filmmaking education series that is hosted on YouTube, and has just over 1,000,000 subscribers as of April, 2018, and is affiliated with Seeker.

Early life

Connolly attended Full Sail University's film program, where he met many of his future collaborators.[3] After graduating from his course, Connolly worked in construction and 2 other side jobs so he could get enough money to buy some gear.[4] Connolly after around a year[4] was employed to produce advertisements and product videos for companies including Dell and Alienware. He also founded Triune Films, a production company under which he became involved with multiple film projects.

Film Riot

Connolly was first noticed by Revision3 when he began making Making the Film, a YouTube show documenting the process of producing a movie. They approached him, and pitched the idea of a higher-budget version of the same premise. Connolly signed up to their team, and began producing Film Riot. The first episode was released on May 27, 2009, and made available on both the Revision3 website and the Film Riot YouTube channel.

Film Riot Mondays

In the years of Film Riot, Connolly began uploading episodes of Film State to the Film Riot YouTube channel. Later Film State became a separate entity, and Film Riot Mondays was introduced. Episodes are shorter, less resource-heavy, and take less time to produce than their standard Film Riot counterparts. The first episode was made available on July 5, 2011.[5] The majority of these episodes consists of fixed camera footage filmed in a physical studio, rather than the chroma-keyed studio used for Film Riot. This speeds up production, and significantly reduces post production effects work.

Other channels

Pimp Your Production

Pimp Your Production, an internet series created/ produced by Eric Kessler, was also hosted by Connolly. Similar to Film Riot, the program focused on more professional filming techniques, and therefore utilised more expensive equipment and techniques. The show followed a much more sporadic release schedule, with a total of 8 episodes from its launch in April 2011 to its discontinuation.[6] Connolly featured some of the effects shown in Pimp Your Production episodes on Film Riot, where he explained alternative, cheaper techniques that could be used to achieve a similar outcome.[7]

Short films

Connolly runs Triune Films, an independent production company. Through it, he has released multiple short films.

Losses (2011)

First short film produced by Triune Films. Intense action film starring Josh Connolly and Todd Bruno.

Tell (2012)

Tell is a 2012 psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Connolly. It is loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Tell-Tale Heart".[8] The production of the film was the subject of many episodes of Film Riot, and many of the Film Riot crew also worked on Tell. Compared to Connolly's earlier work, Tell took a longer period of time to write and produce. It is significantly longer than his earlier shorts, and required 8 days to film.

References

  1. ↑ Royal Palm Beach filmmaker and YouTube star builds his career far from spotlight, by Staci Sturrock, in the Palm Beach Post; published October 11, 2011; retrieved March 17, 2015
  2. ↑ What Do You Do When Your Funding Falls Through? PROXiMITY, by Michael Murie, at Filmmaker; published December 5, 2013; retrieved March 17, 2015
  3. ↑ "Hosts > Ryan Connolly". Revision3. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  4. 1 2 Film Riot (2016-05-09), Mondays: Audio Recorders for Cheap & Steps After Film School, retrieved 2016-05-14
  5. ↑ "Surround Sound in Film!". Film Riot. Episode 108. 2011-07-05. Revision3. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  6. ↑ "Pimp Your Production". Kessler U. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Ryan Connolly (2013-05-02). "how to Freeze Time Cheaply!". Film Riot. Revision3.
  8. ↑ Connolly, Ryan. "About TELL". Triune Films. Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
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