How YouTube Changed Hollywood

Welcome back to The Editing Podcast! 0:00 Why filmmakers hate YouTube 2:22 Editors used to hate Netflix 3:34 YouTube’s secret advantage 4:58 Why Sven’s film students reject YouTube 6:35 How Sven started his YouTube channel 11:00 Comment “We love Stir” 11:43 Film vs YouTube intros 15:55 Why do music video work on YouTube? 17:54 How creatives use social media to tell stories 20:17 ThisGuyEdits’ biggest YouTube lesson 22:14 How James Cameron hired from YouTube 24:41 Secrets behind ThisGuyEdits Subscribe to @ThisGuyEdits https://www.youtube.com/@ThisGuyEdits Subscribe to @HillierSmith https://www.youtube.com/@HillierSmith Subscribe to @JordanOrme https://www.youtube.com/@JordanOrme Why do filmmakers hate Youtube? James Cameron has hired someone immediately after watching their YouTube video. But if you’re posting your artsy film on YouTube, and working with YouTube’s “retention rules” doesn’t that mean you can’t make your film the way you intend? We honestly don’t know if YouTube is a good or bad place for new filmmakers, but we wanted to explore these ideas with Sven Pape. He has edited films that have been to Sundance and Cannes, but he is best known for his YouTube channel ThisGuyEdits. Sven is the rare content creator who has a foot both in the Youtube world and in the traditional film world. And so we wanted to have the conversation.