Filmmaking Tips

When I think of a Casey Neistat vlog, I think of GorillaPods, Boosted Boards, and sunglasses. Above all, I think entertaining daily movies that are undeniably full of style. But, what exactly makes a Casey Neistat vlog so special, and what can we learn by watching his vlogs? In this article, I want to break

This is a compilation of the core tips you need to know to shoot more like the tech-review master MKBHD. MKBHD, or Marques Brownlee, is one of my favorite YouTube creators and one of the YouTubers I’ve been watching for the longest. Whenever I see a new MKBHD video pop in my subscription feed, I

After watching tons of Peter McKinnon videos, I put together a list of the main ingredients that I consider to be the core essence of a Peter McKinnon video. Let’s learn how to film like Peter McKinnon. Peter McKinnon is one of the names that almost every filmmaker, videographer, or even photographer knows. He’s super

After watching nearly all the videos on his YouTube channel (and film school), here are my thoughts on how to film more like Parker Walbeck. Parker Walbeck has a successful YouTube channel with 1.5million+ subscribers and a super successful (and awesome) online film school called Full Time Filmmaker. He also used to be a videographer

After bingeing Potato Jet, or Gene Nagata’s, YouTube channel and two courses, I have compiled the main ingredients to film like him. Here they are. Potato Jet seemed to come out of nowhere. I remember watching him when he had just a (healthy) handful of subscribers and now he is closing in on the 1

I love watching Matt D’Avella. Here are some notes I’ve taken after watching tons of his videos. I discovered Matt D’Avella after watching the documentary Minimalism, the documentary he directed, on Netflix. I found him on YouTube short after and was reeled in by his authenticity, humor, vulnerability, and, of course, filmmaking talent. In this

In this article I talk about my experience in film school and thoughts on who I think is a good fit for it. I cover a range of topics in this article, so please feel free to jump around using the table of contents below. Who Am I? My name’s Daniel and I graduated from

After bingeing many of his videos, here are my main takeaways to film like Daniel Schiffer. I remember the first time I watched a Daniel Schiffer video and was just blown away. The first video I saw was actually his video on how he films epic handheld b roll which is linked below. After that,

If you are a young filmmaker or a filmmaker that is just getting started, I’ve compiled a list of 8 tips that will be helpful as you navigate through your filmmaking journey. It seems like only yesterday that I was a young boy, borrowing my mom’s Sony camcorder for the first time. I remember the