- All right, everybody.
We are back.
And you might remember about a year and a half ago,
I spoke with an amateur filmmaker,
who is helping small businesses go viral
with clever Tiktok videos.
Here's a reminder.
- They were a little bit confused at first,
'cause it's just like a random person comes up to them like,
"Hey, do you want to create promotional video?"
And after explaining,
they agreed and I posted it on my social media,
and the response has been amazing ever since.
(audience applauding)
- We actually wanna help you keep helping people get back
to business Jake.
So, we reached out to our friends at Sony,
and they're hooking you up with an Alpha 7S III,
I'm sure you know what that means.
The ultimate tool for content creators
and video professionals.
Has amazing low light capabilities and we'll take your work
to a whole new level.
I love it.
I'm happy to say over the past 18 months,
Jake shot hundreds of new videos,
helped even more small businesses.
And along the way, he's formed partnerships
with some of the biggest brands out there.
We have him here for an update.
Welcome back to the show.
- Hey.
- All right, so it looks like you put the camera to good use
since I've seen you.
- Yes. So, you know, first and foremost, Kelly,
I just have to say thank you and to Sony
for gifting me that camera.
- Yeah.
- That camera actually allowed me to produce
higher quality videos for small businesses.
And it allowed me more flexibility for my creativity,
with all the additional features that it came with.
So, thank you again for that.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, I mean,
we finished off the year producing over 200 videos
and that consisted of videos for small businesses,
videos for strangers promoting their self-confidence,
videos for our military.
And also, I think one of my favorite ones
has been filming videos for little kids
dressed as their favorite superheroes.
- Yeah.
- I just love being able to like.
- My son would love you.
- Yeah, yeah.
- He loves dressing up as superheroes.
- Yeah.
So, I mean, I just love making them feel like
they're actually that superhero, you know,
And I think it's really cool just to see
that other people outside of myself also enjoy
to watch these videos that I create.
- Oh my gosh!
It's amazing.
Let's take a look at that video right now.
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- And that's so amazing.
(audience clapping)
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- Oh my God, hope my children don't see this.
They're gonna be like, " I want a video."
That's amazing.
- Yeah he-
- You probably made him feel so cool.
- Yeah he actually called me on the phone.
I got a phone call like later that night
and he was like, "I love the video."
And I was like, "oh my gosh."
Like, "you're welcome." - Oh my gosh!
- Yeah, it was-
- That's something so special that you do for people.
- Yeah.
- It might seem like a small thing, but like, oh my God,
that probably made...
I have a five-year-old son that loves being Spider-Man
or black Panther for Ironman,
he does them all.
- Yeah.
- And now it's ninja turtles, but yeah,
he does them all.
But it's so fun 'cause it's such a creative place.
- Yeah, and you know what?
I would say that, I feel like, you know,
I love filming videos for strangers and like adults,
but I feel like it does have a bigger impact on little kids.
Just being able to see that video and it's like,
'oh my goodness" Like I actually, you know, I-
- You did something...
Yeah, that's an amazing thing to be a vessel for.
- Yeah.
Exactly.
- Oh man.
Well, you're now taking your skills to the next level.
So, who have you worked with?
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- Yeah. So, you know,
I've actually been blessed with the opportunities
to work with some brands that I love.
Those brands consist of, Grubhub, Fortnite, Sony,
and McDonald's.
- Oh my gosh, Fortnite.
You really are getting all the kids.
- Yes.
- They love Fortnite.
That's amazing.
And you have a goal this year, right.
So what is it?
- Yes.
So, I have two big goals this year.
The first goal being is, I want to produce 100 videos
for small minority-owned businesses.
- Yeah.
- This has always been a big mission of mine,
and I wanna continue it.
I grew up personally eating at these small businesses
and a lot of these businesses,
they have great food and great products,
but unfortunately they just don't have the budget to-
- The marketing budget, yeah.
- Yeah, exactly.
To hire videographers.
So, I wanna go in there and I want to do my part, you know.
Just last weekend, I finished up a video
with South LA Cafe.
I surprised them with the free video.
And so, I'm gonna continue to do that.
Its my number one goal.
(audience clapping)
My second goal is, I've always had a passion for writing
and directing my own short films and one day my own movie.
So I think, this year I really want to come out
with a short film that I think is gonna connect
with a lot of people.
- Oh my gosh!
I'm so excited that tease, I got you.
You're already working on it.
Well, before the show,
we asked Jake to make one of his hype videos
for our ultimate hype man, our warm-up guy, Ruben,
whom we love.
The results are amazing.
You have to head to our Instastory right now to see it.
It's amazing.
Thank you so much for doing that.