SchyGuyy's Key to Surreal Cinematography

In this episode of Shot by Shot, Zach Schy (AKA @SchyGuyy ) breaks down his most iconic videos to teach us the magic of masking, practical effects, and transforming everyday locations into dreamlike scenes.

Featured videos:

00:00 Introduction
00:18 The Root of All Suffering
00:29 How Did He Get Everything to Float?
03:07 Making a Country Road into a Liminal Space
05:00 Using Match Cuts and Practical Effects
07:48 Turning a Door Into a Portal
09:49 Transforming a Parking Lot Into a Dreamscape
11:53 Two Hands Touch in the Darkness
12:39 Making It Look Real

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Digital Spaghetti is hosted by musician, filmmaker, and CEO of Patreon, Jack Conte. We sit down with the best creators to dive deep into their creative process and find out what motivates their work.

[SchyGuyy]

Hoping I inspired some people with this! Thanks Digital Spaghetti for letting me share the sauce :)

[Im-a-student]

I love how this guy is showing the potentials of small creators

[haydenmchugh]

This is in-SANE to see really creative use of all the tools!!

[carolmarianunez]

OH MY GOD i am so glad this video exists. a couple of weeks ago i went down a rabbit hole trying to find out how SchyGuyy makes his stuff. never clicked on a video so fast

[mateostabio]

This is gold! I love to see the “how” and the “why” behind things. I learned a lot from this one.

[jmg]

That optical flow was nutts. Looks so natural and smooth, like if those frames were actually taken in the video and there was no effect at all.

[alextully]

bruh litterally been racking my brain for that first shot, the amount of clarity i got from this breakdown is insane

[nikhil_menda]

2 min in and I'm already blown away. That optical flow trick is insane!!

[showaninja]

Honestly probably one of the best creative vids I’ve watch in a minute. Thank you for not gate keeping as well

[cyberspace.mp]

I've learned a lot recently and grown a lot as a cinematographer. Shyguy was a great source of inspiration to make more of my abilities and my motivation. I keep looking up at him. Keep the great work up man <3

[noahtherockstar]

I WANTED THIS VIDEO SO BAD THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS

[mech]

The last clip has to be my favorite of all time, it is amazing

[thcrtn]

Simple tools and ideas, big labor and vision... Always a good recipe for dopeness

[dinhtuananhvnu]

Thanks for bringing this wonderful conversation.!

[cliffsaitotti]

This is truly amazing! Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

[FlorenceRyan]

Zach his was soooo fascinating to watch!!

[Becca_Blankenship]

You know Actors say that if the character holds back from crying it allows the audience to cry for them? I think the same thing is happening now that I’m just hearing the creator explain their process uninterrupted 🤩🤯 Jack I love seeing your face, but I didn’t realize you were speaking for all of us, and this format allows me to geek out and freak out the way you do in person!
THIS IS SO FUCKING

[adamraynes]

Thank you so much for making this video and explaining how you made these different shots!

[AlperPeker]

his work is amazing, mesmerized by every one of them

[HPRshredder]

Super inspiring. Loved the breakdown. FX3 looks amazing too.