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" I don't think a lot of people really know what goes into something that they see. "
Freddie Wong
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" Visual effects have always been a part of this art form. And CG is simply a tool on the filmmaker's tool belt to tell a story, but when the end result is bad - maybe it's not the tool's fault. "
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" I think some people have a vague idea, but the general public has no clue what the actual behind-the-scenes of filmmaking is and what this profession is. "
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" YouTube is the place where people go to consume advertisements willingly. It's some capitalist dystopian nightmare. "
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" I get occasional tweets from people asking what shampoo and conditioner I use. I go straight for the Costco brand, Kirkland brand, the bulk shampoo. That's as far as I go. "
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" We have an audience, the ability to fund our own projects, own our own projects, the ability to display our projects unencumbered by any middlemen. That's the perfect scenario. "
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" We take a lot of pictures with fans, and when they walk away, their parents say, 'Who was that?' "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" We have full creative control, we have a giant audience that loves what we do, and we can make whatever we want. "
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" You have to figure out some way of making money without relying on video ads or people paying to download. "
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People
" Straight-up digital delivery will be the way the future works. "
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" We were looking for representation that was creatively and commercially in synch with our core DNA. The team at WME understands where we're going, and we're looking forward to taking our company to the next level with them by our side. "
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Forward
Looking
Team
" A user who essentially costs YouTube money has very little say. The way to have a say is to concretely support the creators and channels you watch directly by giving them money. "
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Giving
Support
Say
" The consumer is the absolute king in everything you do. "
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You
Consumer
Everything
" Online is another way for all of us to reach people. "
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Reach
People
Way
" Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible. "
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Doing
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" When you have a home and create a brand people believe in and want to support, it makes it easier for you to control merchandise and sell it. "
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People
Control
Believe
" I'm not even very good at most video games. "
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Good
Games
Even
" When we started doing YouTube, the goal was, hey, let's make stuff that we want to see, that entertains us. "
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YouTube
Want
Started
" 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. "
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Content
Without
Time
" A lot of people have difficulty wrapping their heads around what VR is good for. And the direction people go first is wrong. The wrong place is always: How can we do something we've done before, but on this? "
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Direction
" Youku Tudou gives us the reach into China that we've been looking for, and we look forward to sharing even more content with international audiences in the near future. "
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Reach
Looking
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" YouTube's a funny place because so many creators fall into their aesthetics out of necessity and the visuals are driven out of an urge to create. You get a lot of interesting examples of interesting design choices that have roots in practicality as well as an artistic sentiment. "
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Funny
Roots
Design
" There's a lot of history here. In terms of Asians in this country, you have a big influx after the Cultural Revolution, a big influx after the Korean War, a big influx after the Vietnam War. "
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Revolution
War
You
" When we think about a great movie, I mean, what do we think about? We think about story, we think about character. And when the visual effects aren't perfect, we forgive it. "
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Perfect
Character
Think
" 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? "
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Said
Run
" Deep engagement is much more powerful and valuable than fleeting mass market engagement. "
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" At the end of the day, we still make the things that we make. And we found that the best strategy in this very fluid marketplace is to not be tied into any given platform, but to be able to make good content, and good content will be able to live anywhere. "
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Strategy
Day
" A better quality of video is better for everyone. "
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Quality
Video
Everyone