What's up guys? Iced coffee from Taco Bell. Not bad. I can't do hot coffee from fast food
restaurants it's just, it's just not right but the iced coffee's usually pretty good,
so here we go. Fun fact, this is the second time I've tried to record this video. Not
because I didn't like the content that came out the last time but because the lighting,
the color was just all off. It... I totally screwed up the lighting and I was trying to
color correct it, spent way too much time on it, finally decided "you know what? We just
got to, we just got to try again." Keep looking at the flip-out screen here. Much better.
Also I've gotten a lot of new subscribers lately, so if you're new here my name is Jay,
I'm a vlogger and my whole deal is to help you become a better version of you, no matter
what that means. I want to help you live your best life, hence the Best Life Squad hoodie.
Link in the description. So if you want to live your best life I put out vlogs on Monday.
If you want to become a better video creator I put out videos on Friday, and that's my
whole deal. So if that's something that you're interested in go ahead and subscribe, hit
the bell, do all the things that would be super awesome. And usually Mondays I'm not
sitting here. I'm usually out doing something, but it's cold, it's winter, so we have entered
the era of me vlogging at home. Sometimes around the house, today is from the desk cuz
I got something I want to talk about. So there's this thing that's been happening lately that
I've noticed happening on YouTube and in a couple of the Facebook groups that I hang
out in and just across the internet that I just... it's been... it's been eating away
at me. And I've actually wanted to make this video for a while. I just wasn't sure how
I was going to approach it, how I was... what I was going to say, I just, I wasn't sure,
I wanted to make sure that my thoughts were 100% clear before I sat down and turned on
the camera and started talking about this. I wanted to talk about b-roll and slow motion
and all that stuff, which, I know, I know it's generally a thing that I would talk about
on Friday cuz Fridays is for the creators. But this actually contains a pretty powerful
life lesson, a little rule of thumb that I try and follow as I go throughout my days
and I'm giving people advice and I am listening to whatever is going on with them and I'm
trying to help them. There's a rule of thumb that I'm going to tell you about at the end
of the video. But first let's jump into the issue. There are... there are some people,
quite a few actually, out there that are talking about b-roll and slow motion, cinematic sequences
saying that they're played out that they're over-done that they're tired of seeing them
all over the place that, like, they don't need to be used, and all that stuff. And I
get why people are saying that. They are used a lot, especially since Peter McKinnon came
along. He kind of changed the game when it came to making videos on YouTube....cat. So
I get why people are saying what they're saying, really I... I totally get it but I think it's
unfair to say, especially if you're talking to new creators, people who haven't really
been in the game that long, people who are still learning still developing their style
I think that telling them not to do something because it's been overused because it's been
overdone, I think telling them that is probably the worst thing that you could tell them,
short of "just give up you're not good enough." And here's why. Actually, there's, there's
two reasons why. Number one, everything creative is subjective. So no matter what Medium you're
talking about, whether it's video, or photography, or music, or pottery, or sculpting, or whatever
it is, anything creative is subjective. Which means what you might be sick of seeing or
listening to or watching it doesn't necessarily mean that everybody else is sick of it. Jumping
over into my other favorite medium, music, there are songs that will come on the radio
and I will be like, "This is so overplayed. I'm so burnt out on this I don't want to hear
this anymore. It's totally overdone. Stop playing this song," but the person next to
me in the car may love that song and they'll turn it up to 11 and sing at the top of their
lungs every time it comes on. And personally, I'd do that too if it was something like Laura
by Flogging Molly or Los Angeles is Burning by Bad Religion. I would totally just
scream that at the top of my lungs no matter how many times. I would listen to it for an
hour straight, over and over and over and over again, easily. Without a question. So
whether or not something is overdone or overplayed or whatever is completely subjective. There's,
you just, you can't make that decision. I'll just level with you right now. Personally,
I love watching cinematic sequences. I think they're great. I love slow motion. I like
watching it, I like creating with it I I absolutely love it. Every time Burke Cullinane says let's
get it going I get so pumped up. I live for that stuff. Another thing that people can
say is overdone is that teal and orange look. Those cooler shadows and warmer mid-tones
that is like a staple cinematic look. You can easily say that's over done but still
every Netflix show you're going to watch in the next year is going to have that same exact
look. So that's reason number one. Everything creative is subjective. Reason number two,
and this one is a lot more important actually, so if you weren't paying attention then make
sure you're paying attention now. When I first started making videos I tried to make everything
look like a Casey Neistat video. I used time-lapses all the time. Everything... everything I did
was because I was so inspired by Casey Neistat. He's the one who really inspired me to start
doing the style of videos that I do today. And then I got into, like, Peter McKinnon,
cuz I was watching his tutorials and then I started watching his Vlogs and so I started
doing a lot of cinematic sequences, a lot of slow motion. A lot of bad slow motion,
but a lot of slow motion. I started doing it a lot. Totally overdoing it. Just throwing
it in wherever I could. But along the way as I figured out what I like, what I don't
like, and what I wanted to make a part of my own personal style, I learned how to do
those, those time lapses and those slow-motion cinematic sequences... I started learning
how to do them better, and to do the more effectively, so figuring out how to actually
make them a part of the story instead of just thrown in there all willy-nilly because I
thought they look cool. But it took me over doing it in order to learn how to do it correctly.
Does that make sense? So when you sit there and say, "This is overdone, don't do it,"
you're discouraging people from figuring out their own process, and figuring out their
own style, and that's just not cool man. Bro. Cheif. It's just not cool. Stop it. I know
it's cool to crap all over b-roll now, it's this new trend that's going on, but it's not
doing anybody any good. Let people find their own process. And the life lesson in here,
the reason why I wanted to make this a Monday vlog, the life lesson in this, that I told
you I was going to tell you towards the end of the video is this: Stop stating your opinion
as fact. Everybody's got an opinion and that's totally okay. It's fine to have an opinion.
It's okay to state your opinion, but make it clear that it's your opinion, because somewhere
out there there's somebody that looks up to you and listens to what you say, and if you
start stating your opinion as a fact you're going to seriously screw up somebody's life.
I know that sounds harsh, but it's the truth. So to all you newer creators that are still
trying to figure out your style I say this: Go ahead and copy Casey Neistat, and copy
Peter McKinnon, copy Cody Wanner, copy me. It doesn't matter. Just copy away. Emulate
your favorite creators, because it's honestly the best way to figure out your own style.
Alright guys, like this video If you enjoyed it, share it if you think your friends will
enjoy it, and don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell if you haven't done so already.
I will be back Wednesday for the live stream. I think we're going to do something a little
bit different this week. But until then thanks for hanging out, keep living your best life,
and I will talk to you later. See ya.
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