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“I want to see more people push what it means to be a web show... because it's very difficult to make a living making those types of shows.”
“Thanks to Netflix and Hulu, people are getting more and more used to consuming longer stretches of content on their televisions or computer screens.”
“If it doesn't feel organic to the audience, you gotta trust your gut.”
“We are video consumers first and foremost, and we hate anything appearing in the videos that isn't organic.”
“Online is another way for all of us to reach people.”
“Hollywood is just a bunch of middlemen, people trying to facilitate content transfer between creators and viewers.”
“The Lionsgate deal came at an opportune time. It allows us to get our projects financed and create long-form content without needing to be reliant on brand deals or crowdsourcing for external financing.”
“Content financing is a difficult beast no matter what era of Hollywood we're talking about.”
“Deep engagement is much more powerful and valuable than fleeting mass market engagement.”
“A vlog look is a very specific look, and it's basically a phone look.”
“We take a lot of pictures with fans, and when they walk away, their parents say, 'Who was that?'”
“Venture capitalists don't pay attention to you unless you have an app or a widget.”
“I have to credit high school for allowing us to mess around with movie stuff at a time when it was a novelty. Experimenting with that and having a very good group of friends to work with made it a very easy decision that this seemed like something I wanted to do with the rest of my life.”
“YouTube is the place where people go to consume advertisements willingly. It's some capitalist dystopian nightmare.”
“We're able to push the envelope with what we're doing, both on a technical and artistic level, which is the most that any filmmaker can ask for.”
“We always said that directors work their whole lives to get final cut on a movie. We have that. So why would you want to run away from what every other director is sprinting toward their entire careers?”
“If you can't answer the question 'What is VR adding to that experience?' - and it should be more than just a gee-whiz thing - then that project shouldn't be in VR. You're not taking full advantage of your medium.”
“A better quality of video is better for everyone.”
“I don't think any reasonable person would object to you, as the advertiser, having say in who and what you want to pair your ad with.”
“Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible.”