- Alright, today I wanna share some love.
I love the platform of YouTube.
I think it's so crazy how many amazing creators there are
that are constantly putting out free content
for everybody to watch
that's entertaining and providing value.
You can learn from stuff.
I just think it's really, really cool.
The fact that a random Finnish-Canadian guy
living in a small random town in Canada
can make videos, put 'em on the internet,
and we can have this amazing community
of people watching the videos and interacting.
It's honestly wild and today, I wanna give some credit
to a few of my favorite channels that I watch all the time
and no, I'm not just gonna go through all the Toronto guys,
the Dope Squad and all my friends, my brother.
We're gonna ignore those channels.
We're gonna talk about some different channels.
And if you already watch one of these creators,
make sure to go and comment on their video
or send them a DM or tag them on Twitter
and just say something nice.
Say, "Thank you for creating cool content."
Say that you appreciate them.
Say anything nice.
It goes a long way
and it really does help to motivate the creators
and just makes them feel good
for putting out all this content
and sometimes you don't really get the appreciation for it.
Remember, what benefits me benefits you.
What benefits you benefits me.
If that didn't make sense, go and watch the video I posted
about happiness like last week.
Okay, so these are some of my favorite channels right now
and it's honestly so hard to choose just five,
so do not be offended if I did not choose your channel
because it's impossible.
There are so many channels that I love,
but these channels are really great for us filmmakers
to learn more about cameras and filmmaking
and even just about tech or minimalism
and life stuff that will help you in life
and to be a better filmmaker.
Alright, so first up is my friend, Potato Jet.
Gene is his actual name.
His name is not Potato.
And I just love his content.
Every time I watch it, I just smile, I laugh.
There's just these crazy, wacky moments that he puts in
for example, this one:
- Ooh.
(spits)
- Or this one:
(heavy techno music) (ladder crashes)
(heavy techno music) (strikes bat)
(heavy techno music) (ladder crashes)
Not only is he funny and entertaining,
but he really does know a ton about filmmaking.
He has videos all the way from
having kinda budget set-up stuff to the high-end,
shooting with Alexas, what Hollywood filmmakers are doing.
So there's a just broad range of information
that Gene is putting out in a really entertaining way.
There's not too many people that can do that genuinely
but I think Gene, Potato Jet, really pulls it off.
If you don't watch his content yet, you're missing out
and you should definitely check him out.
Then next up, we have Andreas Hem
and this guy is super-interesting.
I first started watching his content or found out about him
when he applied to be Jon Olsson's editor.
He's another daily vlogger,
and he makes some of the most interesting creative stuff
that's on YouTube, in my opinion,
and you often watch his content and you're just inspired
and you leave thinking, wow, and--
(exciting techno music)
(fires gun) (explosion)
(music plays through headphones)
I met Andreas in Dubai a couple months ago
and he's just a really cool guy.
A really nice guy.
A humble dude.
Yeah, I can't recommend his channel more.
It's just on a different level.
You'll understand as soon as you start watching his content
what I'm talking about.
- I'm definitely gonna make you dance in one of my videos.
With explosions.
- I have no idea what that means, but I'm scared.
Then one of my favorites for a long time now
is Sara Dietschy, and there's a lot of reasons
why I like Sara's content.
It just feels really genuine.
I think I'm drawn to a lot of creators
that make genuine, honest content
that doesn't really seem like they're acting
and putting on some sort of charade.
They're being who they are.
And I think one of the biggest things that I like about Sara
is she's a great filmmaker, really high quality content,
but she's also a hustler.
I feel like she really hustles to make things happen.
A lot of people could say that she's only big
because Casey Neistat shouted her out,
but I think she's really proven herself
in the space that she is a content creator.
She's really talented.
I don't think anybody could justify saying nowadays
that she's only big because of Casey.
She makes entertaining, informative stuff
all about technology, filmmaking,
just a broad range of stuff.
So yeah, I highly recommend watching Sara
and there aren't too many females
in this filmmaking tech area
so I just think it's really nice to have that perspective.
And then we have one of my favorite camera reviewers, Kai W.
When I think of his reviews,
I think of kind of like no-bull reviews.
I honestly can't believe that so many camera companies
give him these cameras to test out and he will literally say
whether it's a good camera or not.
- Free camera.
Enjoy it. - Some top-skill stuff.
- It's rubbish. (laughing)
- And I really appreciate that.
That's actually pretty rare, I feel like,
in the whole social media space
because usually, you're trying to please the company
that's giving you something
and you don't wanna say too many negative things,
and then you also get a lot of flack
for saying negative things, especially about cameras.
It's almost like you're dissing somebody's kid.
That's what I always say, and that's why people get so angry
when somebody says something bad about their camera,
so I really appreciate Kai W.
He makes super-entertaining reviews on all sorts of cameras.
I feel like he's tested out every single camera
that's ever existed.
I highly recommend checking out his channel
if you're looking at new cameras
and you want some sort of opinion on there.
It's definitely one of the first places that I look at
when there's a new camera because first of all,
he's got the hands-on experience right away
and then he's making these really good kind of non-biased,
or as non-biased as you can be,
of different cameras.
So yeah, Kai W.
Check him out.
He has this BBC documentary voice that's just, I dunno.
Just nice to listen to.
And then lastly, we have a channel that's just exploding,
growing so fast; Matt D'Avella
and I actually saw his documentary on minimalism
way before I saw any of his YouTube content
but I'm super-impressed with what he's able to do.
And I think, okay, his stuff looks amazing.
His framing, the shots, the color grading,
the way it's put together; everything is really nice,
but what I'm most impressed with is his story-telling.
It's kind of slow-paced,
but it's so interesting at the same time.
The things he's saying are just getting down to business
and the visuals are playing along really well in his videos.
He just makes these really interesting videos
that are kind of different from the filmmaking stuff
that I watch on YouTube a lot.
I think Matt has
some of the strongest story-telling on YouTube,
so if you wanna learn more about story-telling
or telling stories in a different kind of way,
I highly recommend watching Matt's channel
and there's a lot of good stuff on there
talking about minimalism and just life hack kind of stuff.
Just a lot of good stuff
that isn't necessarily filmmaking-geared,
but I think it'll make you a better person, I think.
I also just like that he seems like a really genuine guy.
He doesn't seem like, again,
he's putting on some sort of act.
He's just being himself and that just really shows
in his videos.
Alright, so those are some of my favorite YouTube channels
that I watch all the time.
I try to consume a lot of content because it's really easy
to get kind of caught up in the grind
and then you're not learning yourself
and you're not getting inspired yourself
and all of that stuff starts to wear on you
and your work isn't gonna be as good as it once was
because you're just not as into it
or you haven't learned new things.
There's nothing fresh about it.
You're just kinda doing the same stuff over and over again.
I always kind of laugh to myself when I ask another creator
what channels or what content they consume
and they say, "Oh, I don't actually really watch anything."
And as a filmmaker, photographer,
anything with the creative space,
I feel like you have to consume a lot.
I try to watch a lot of TV shows, movies, YouTube,
all sorts of stuff so that I can learn, be inspired,
and just be a better filmmaker in the end.
If you're not following these channels,
I'll link 'em down below and remember,
go and say something nice.
Just leave a little comment of appreciation.
What benefits me benefits you.
What benefits you benefits me.
Please, let's just appreciate each other and be happy.
Okay, that's it for this video.
I will see you guys later.
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