"Comment, like, share, and subscribe!" Words commonly heard in YouTube videos. I have been a creator on the platform for roughly two years. As such, I've had to problem solve my way out of a lot of the challenges that come with being an independent creator. Balancing schoolwork with video work. Finding creative solutions to a lack of professional equipment.
YouTube functions –for me– as my part-time independent film study while doing full-time high school studies. I learn from videos, and then create things to test my learning. Whether it be my home movie-esque videos of my friends' birthdays, or elaborately planned out short films –it's all a learning experience. I'm figuring out the best strategies for editing, for shooting, for organization. I'm building my skills with the camera, with people, with storytelling. And when I get stuck, all I have to do is some research and some thinking. Break down the problem. Find a solution. Get back to work.
Film is my passion. I want to spend my life telling stories that affect people. I spend so much time working on videos for YouTube, not because I see it as practice, but because it's the real thing for me. I'm building a portfolio of stories I've crafted and put part of myself into. I want to learn more. I want to get better. And right now, making videos is how I do that.
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