How I Became a Fulltime Filmmaker - From Beginner to Pro

Over the last few years here on YouTube we've come a long way. I think it's time we break down how we got here...





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[RyanKao]

Thank you all for being apart of the journey. I’m forever grateful to have such an amazing community of creators 🖤 What projects are you working on?? I want to check out some of your guy’s work!

[YCImaging]

Idk what this is, but I’ve been waiting for it haha.

[Carlito_MD]

The shocking part was that after describing all those life experiences you say “I’m 23 years old..” Dude, WHAT?! good for you. You got a lot coming for you.

[montanavlog]

Motivational ! 4 moth ago I worked for Amazon. One day i said to myself: I want to make my dream come true ! I eant to make a movie. And I did it ! 4 episodes. And it is a succes ! Live your dream ! One life, one love !

[CaseyHardman]

“I feel like I’ve almost lost my character in search of the story.” Damn.. that hit hard man. Loved this!

[kaiwan]

Man, I admire your storytelling, So much inspiration in this video! Thank you for making this!!

[KYLERHOLLAND]

Love seeing your progress man! Totally had the same mindset!

[ThisIsTechToday]

So stoked to hear your story and watch the journey!

[CreativeTechLab]

You're a natural storyteller, so keep at it. As someone who's older than you, I can tell you you're doing all the right things at this stage of life. Can't wait to see what you do in the next 5 years.

[SurajBoddu]

YO THIS WAS SO SO SO SO GOOD. Can only imagine how much time, effort and planning went into it.

[dylanjohndickerson]

Absolutely loved hearing your journey brotha. It’s a shame that people may click off early on, because this whole video was true quality stuff. The big takeaways were that not only does it take thousands of hours of practice to get where you want to be (you shooting constantly throughout your life), but also the courage to follow your passion (you quitting jobs and moving to achieve why you want) and having your eyes open to acknowledge when an opportunity could really be beneficial for your career (your journey with the pro-athlete across the country). I hope everyone watches this because although it’s personal, the messages throughout are so crucial for every creator to hear. Thanks for the reminders brotha 🤙🏼

[Ben_here_b]

This really hit home with me, especially the part about perfectionism holding you back from doing anything.

[Tushar-piqf]

You've come a long way... & absolutely loved hearing about your journey so far.
I gotta admit the video was so fluid & well structured

[legend]

I love how you refer yourself as a filmmaker instead of another selfclaimed "cinematographer". Keep doing what you are doing mate and all the best!

[toosharp]

Life happens and changed drastically. I can’t even imagine the person I was 2 years ago. Embrace the change you have and move on with the creativity you got. Excited for new moves!

[KevinLoganShim]

I literally just dropped everything I was doing to watch this and just finished the video. And holy. You literally KILLED this video dude, the shots, story, montages, everything was done so well. I'd love to potentially see a breakdown of this video or of your "Stop being a perfectionist" video (since that was the first video I ever saw on your channel after it showed up in my recommended and felt it resonated with me on a deep level), but other than that so impressed with this man! Crazy inspiring!!

[joenicklo]

Good to hear your story. Really nice to see that you saved videos from your childhood and earlier in your career.

[MaxNovakTutorials]

Love these vids man I respect the courage you have to voice your passions / struggles. Subject matter that's on everyone's mind but not talked about enough

[OliverJanShD]

I actually gained a lot of inspiration for my own channel from your video on how you filmed your videos. Keep up the great work!

[reedz]

Ryan! I've loved watching your journey. I remember meeting you as an 18 year old kid, visiting my Verizon store with an Acai bowl in hand from Jamba Juice. I never knew if you were actually going to buy anything from me but I always appreciated your curiosity about technology and just enjoyed conversing with you about life stuff. Happy to see things are going well and always look forward to the project. Cheers to you my dude!