Casey Neistat's SECRET to Filmmaking
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- Recently I got to sit down with Casey Neistat, and I knew exactly what I wanted to ask him about: he posted a vlog a few weeks ago that was written by ChatGPT, and it was by far the worst thing he’s ever made. So I wanted to see if we could get to the bottom of what exactly it is about @casey's storytelling that’s SO MUCH BETTER than AI. What makes Casey so freaking good at crafting a narrative? I don’t think we answered the question entirely. That might be impossible. But I think we got a good start. Hope you enjoy!
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Hey everyone! Jack here - what did I miss? What else makes Casey such a stand out? What should I ask him about if I get another chance to interview him?
Disect his other films( Me and my son, my wife candice, the vietnam notebook) where he put more effort into them
The more Casey talks, the more I listen ... he is such a genius filmmaker and a fabulous human!!!
The pros and cons of working with yourself and working with others? I know he’s talked about the struggles of working with others. I think that’s what sets him apart from other filmmakers, and defines him as a true artist to create what ever he wants
If you buy Casey,s film making course he explains a lot more
Just ask Casey to empty his mind out on camera and record it!
It's incredible to me that RUclips is filled with hours of "RUclips advice" and no one is doing stuff like this which is extremely helpful.
Try it, its hours and hours of hardwork and they make it simple. When you learn from this before putting enough work that you just require extra knowledge to be at the top of your game, you get frustated every second you fail
Gling guy
Colin and samir do it. And they do it better
Because there are very few filmmakers on RUclips. Filmmakers make movies.
Because RUclips is general information. This advise is basically pushing the boundaries of mentorship, which you cannot get through RUclips. But, this interview literally stops here and there will probably never be any other content from Casey following this particular interview.
I love how you don’t let Casey get away with the answer of, “well, it’s so obvious” - always pushing for the next “why” to get at the heart of things. This is a lesson in storytelling from Casey and user interviews from Jack
For this reason this was a very hard watch. You cant teach his creativity nor can he explain it. Its natural to him and thats why no one has managed to come even close to his vlogs. He is a 1 of 1. Some things he can say like known things about positioning the camera, framing etc. but the rest is his uniqe experience and milions of hours spent filming and editing that cant and will not ever be replicated.
Agreed!!
@@jackjackdomit's also a really interesting portayal of a creator with very obvious signs of ADHD interviewed by a creator with no sigbs of ADHD. The trust in his intuition and lack of technical prethought is so interesting to get more insight into and the interviewer pushing him to analyze his workflow really makes for a wonderful watch for me.
I personally didn't like this, the interviewer was putting words into Casey's perspective, I find it very annoying.
not at all, it was his interpretation of why he thought Casey did certain things but he was trying to get an actual answer but Casey just doesn't think that way@@travelwithfawn
I'm only 8 minutes into this video, but this is BY FAR the best breakdown of Casey's editing I've ever seen. This includes his paid course. Your attention to detail and questions to him really make this video a gem to watch. Thanks for the video, here before your channel explodes.
agreed. killer video, Jack
100%
Finished watching the video and read your comment.. wait how long is the video? Oh wait. Its 48 minutes. I've watched this whole thing. It looked like a 10 minutes video 😂
I came here to say this. If you paid for Casey's course, which is awesome, this should be required watching to tie it all together!
Did you actually pay for his course?
Even though Casey seems pissed filming it, this is an incredibly helpful video!
This is so real hahaha
Pissed because he keeps getting interrupted.
@@paret8599yeah I also noticed this, Casey wanted to explain but kept getting interrupted
Because this interviewer is annoying AF and keeps touching his arm and stuff like dude give the guy his personal space and chill out a bit
Casey: *making a video on procrastination.*
Jack: Have you got time to go through your secrets to Filmmaking with me?
Casey: Yes, Yes I do.
HAHAHAHA this made me crack up, it's so true
Casey's process is like doing improv with himself. To record, or edit, one moment, and just move straight to the next moment, trusting the process to take you to the realization of the idea you have in your head. It inspires me to ignore the inner critic, to not let overthinking get in the way of doing.
Good point
I agree, I feel that to an extent Casey is letting the inner critic be, but not giving into it. There needs to be some sort of critical "this is the way to do this," but the way to do it is to just let things flow naturally. In my eyes, it's the inner and outer struggles that bring life to his video. They create a story arc, which he packages so playfully into well executed, intriguing videos.
1:13 - Narrative Structure 👈
5:46 - Archival Footage 👈
7:18 - Changing Locations 👈
10:10 - Bleak
17:24 - Shots
19:39 - Interestingness
22:48 - Mystery 👈
28:52 - Jericho
32:18 - Interviewing Jericho
35:18 - Parachutes
37:34 - The Why
40:45 - Folds of Honor
41:47 - Music 👈
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very useful thank you
@@rne1223 not all heroes wear capes
thanks bro!
I've always wondered if it slows down my process because this is exactly how I edit the videos - but it always feels good when i drop the last clip in the timeline and I'm know I'm done.
It does slow your process down and more importantly it has a lot of potential for unnecessary work. Sometimes it is better for the overal endproduct to leave some things out. If you edit those things and do color and text only to realize that it doesnt work for the story, you waste time.
Also it is always faster to batch things together. If you do text you can open a workspace that allows you to text efficiently, for color the same thing. The more you switch the more time you lose.
With that being said, you should do whatever gives you the best end result and most enjoyable experience while editing.
What a special video. Loved it every step of the way 🙌🏻🙌🏽
Thanks guys! Getting into the nitty gritty with him was so fascinating, glad you enjoyed!
This was THE MOST technical and useful breakdown of any Casey video I've ever seen. Being able to look into his mind and see his thought process to these smallest details is super special!
It's incredible how a 40-minute video of two guys talking has been the best filmmaking masterclass on RUclips for me
It literally took a genius like Jack to get through the Neistat hard shell of genius and expose the answers we've been craving for years.
But really Casey has been saying most of this since he first started giving filming advice.
@@yourlifeisagreatstory Casey has always has been open about how he does things. Him and I used to have a lot of great conversations.
@@TheSlickmicks who are you
@@kyle8575 well in relation to the subject, an old friend of Casey's. Though, in reality that is not truly who I am and what defines me.
@@TheSlickmicks Why are you lying?
These detailed and concrete convos are so helpful for creators who are learning
I don't think I've ever heard Casey get so technical about his videos. It further cements the level of artistry that he's at because he just makes it all seem so easy!
Jack, you did an excellent job of interviewing Casey. I've been making videos for 15 years, and this is the first time in a long time I've watched a video that got me excited about the creative process. Thanks for re-energizing me 🙏🏻
Favorite episode so far!! You’re doing such a great job interviewing creatives and showing them in the rawest form 😍 I had a pleasure of creating a video with Casey in NY a few years back and I saw how unapologetic he was about his process. At first it may be a little overwhelming but as day went by I started seeing how much confidence he has in his craft. Legend!
Five and half minutes in and I feel like the host talks over him and talks way too much. 🤷♂
This is filmaker gold... thank you so much to Jack for drawing out all these gems and thank you to Casey for taking this time to explain the process!!
Casey not having had learned the "proper" way to write makes so much sense for how his videos feel so unique
It does feel like it's more "organic" in a way
This is so great! Loads of wisdom here. One of my favorite lines from Casey: “So my goal is to have you never notice the cuts….when I'm editing, it's like, if you notice the cut, it's a failure on the part of the editor, and the cinematographer.” Excellent, educational video. Thankful that you made this. Awesome!
Dude, I’m pausing and taking notes.
This channel is grossly undersubscribed and I'm honestly just excited to say I was here at the beginning
Me too
Yeah I’m so confused. Instantly top 10 channels on the platform and no one knows unless your deep in the Neistat world.
Yup
Yes
me too
I think Casey nailed it when he said 'it's pure intuition'. So often we want people to tell us the how and the why but sometimes there isn't a rule or a plan or to it, it just feels right. This is where creative talent comes in and the blurred lines between understanding what works and why to a degree but not being formulaic, sometimes you just need to feel your way through a creative process.
What at first seems like a zealous fan over-analyzing/over-interpreting/overthinking every last minute detail of their idol's work and the reasoning behind it, it is actually incredibly valuable and insight-filled with the man himself explaining what is probably just intuition to him. Thanks for the work!
This has to be one of the best creator interviews I’ve seen on RUclips. Thank you both for this discussion! 🎉
Jack, this is an amazing interview. Seeing Casey break down the edit really brings into perspective how much that video making intuition matters for his style of video.
Subscribed because there are a plenty of channels asking famous creators basic questions, but in this interview you went into the technical details, things like where he gets his music or how he archives footage. These details may seem small but they are fascinating to aspiring creators. Looking forward to the next upload.
So excited to be following this channel at the start, these conversations with some of my favourite story tellers and youtube artists are incredible.
This video is incredible. It shows that Casey wasn't eager on the interview and was trying to skim off things at the start but your digging deeper into his psyche helped reveal a lot of what goes behind the scenes. It's highly relatable because as people who made a conscious decision to make films and learn about the process are mostly insecure about whether they have what it takes. Hence, the pursuit to find what drives creative people to do what they do starts. This is an exceptional class in intuitive film making and as he says, it comes with years and years of experience - there's no secret sauce, only pure intuition refined over time
Great video, you've earned a subscriber!
Best Interview on RUclips. Period. Love that you didn't let him of the hook and love that Casey talks so openly abouts his process. Thanks for the video 🙌
Soooo good. I've been letting go of scripting videos lately to get a more engaging video style - it def takes practice and way more editing but I'm loving it. This was reassurance that I'm on the right path.
PS. I love that Jack was willing to be humble enough to ask these questions and point out it isn't intuitive for everyone. Thanks Jack!
This is just phenomenal, you asked so many interesting questions. I watched the whole thing without realising. Amazing work
Great video! At the moment I’m just trying to record a lot and the editing part gets to me. Editing is sooo much work and time! Respect to both these guys. Casey is so talented.
This is simply fantastic. Marvelous job of pausing, asking good questions, digging in, and helping get at his process. What a treat to hear him walk through his process.
This was such an incredible video / interview, it's so interesting to look more into Casey's mindset and intuitive process / lack of pause that clearly comes from experience and pursuing purpose. Jack, your passion made this video so engaging, you really asked the right questions! I'm not a film maker but I am creative and I feel really inspired and enabled by the substance here!
This is an unbelievably well done video, format, conversation… everything.
Love it. Kudos.
Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video. One of the best technical interviews I have ever seen with Casey. So funny that he let you interrupt his procrastination video. But he is a true master of his craft and your well crafted questions made good on the promises you made at the onset. I don’t often comment, as that feeling of it’s already been said is so strong, but your likability and genuine interest kept me watching even through my own interruptions on this end! Subscribed!
I swear, I don't know what it is but every video I've seen where these 2 interact it seems like Jack is so interested and star struck by Casey's art but it honestly just seems like Casey is just annoyed by him and not really into it. At least, compared to how he interacts with other people he seems genuinely happy compared to this when it's I just like he's over it and putting on a mask because the cameras recording. I kinda feel bad for Jack like he doesn't get the credit he deserves for his art, music and businesses (one of them being that he created patreon).
Dude you absolutely killed this. This was my first introduction to your content and as a big fan of Casey you asked so many questions I always wished I could ask. I’ve pondered many of these questions you got answers to and this entire interview was exceptional. Looking forward to diving into more of your content. Cheers 🎉
Thumbnail was genius too!!!!!!
@@EmefGriffin excellent thumbnail for sure. I need to go back to this video and take some notes on it lol
I'm only 11 minutes into the video, and this has already helped me immensely. You ask great questions at the exact right moment to help dig into people's heads and ideas. Looking forward to learning more!
OMG! Jack, you continue to pop up into my digital life in the most amazing ways. Looking forward to seeing this channel explode like all your other amazing creative projects!
RUclips has been recommending this video to me for a couple weeks and I kept skipping past it because the length intimidated me. But I'm so glad I finally watched it. This was so good! It's an absolute masterclass. You've got a fan. I'm going to watch every video you put out from here on. :)
I always wondered why I loved Casey's videos so much and why they are so engaging. This interview where he breaks down every frame really helped me better understand! Great content!
I've been following your work for over a decade at this point, Jack. Watching your evolution of styles and projects has been so fun and this is my favorite so far, these interviews are killer. Keep doing your thing, man!!
i had no idea what i stumbled upon, but i saw Casey in the thumbnail and figured what the heck. then i see Jack in the opening sequence and i am hooked. 48 minutes later here we are. you’re like the people trying to record an ancient language that only exists between its speakers, before the last speaker is gone. thank you for this awesome and important documentation.
It's so funny to see how Casey really does not care.
He is sitting on where he is now, just because he's not afraid of sharing his thoughts.
I'm saving this to watch again. This guy’s a legend for sure.
This is a mini-master class and extremely helpful in understanding story and how to edit. Fantastic tactical information. More of these, please.
Brilliant stuff here Jack. The moment @ 24:47 is very vulnerable and what makes this video incredibly valuable. You were asking Casey for yourself just as much as us and it makes for a great interview! 48 minutes (at 2x speed) flew by. Lots of gems here.
One of the best videos on storytelling and editing I've seen on RUclips! Thank you for amazing work!
Man.. not even finished watching and I have to rate this as one of the best interviews with any cinematographer let alone the best interview with Casey Neistat; one of the World’s Best Cinematographers! Great work and big credit to Casey for being so candid. Goldmine for newbies.
Love that he keeps emphasizing most of his work comes naturally. Too many people overthink when they are creative and it shows in there work. Just be yourself and don't worry what other people think.
This was awesome to hear Casey break it down. I have seen videos of other editors breaking down his edits but this was great insight to his mind. I wish he did this with more videos.
“Go, you have to leave”. What a perfect way to end the video. Your interview was amazing! Learned so much
One of the rawest, straight forward Casey interviews I've seen. Incredibly well done interview. Go Jack!
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 854 subs and > 400 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
This channel is unbelievably underrated. Brilliant production quality, amazing guests, and interesting questions. I'm certain this channel will explode soon.
Jack I absolutely LOVE this format and I love your interview style. Instant subscribe.
Thanks for this video, Jack!
Casey was one of my biggest inspirations when I started experimenting with the vlog format. And to see him breakdown his process with you was very interesting and insightful. Thanks again!
I am in NYC right now. Made an effort to meet Casey.
Seeing what you have created feels like I have just met him myself and asked all the questions that are important from a creative standpoint. Thank you so much!
I will use some of this for my next video if that’s ok with you (and of course give you all the credit)
Really great!
Fantastic interview! There is a way of telling "how" you do something, and a way of "showing" the viewer how's it done, and you've accomplished that. Agree with Casey on so many things. For instance, locking down a shot may be boring for viewers with a short attention span, but it's critical. I remember the Bourne series switching from Liman to Greengrass. Both are great storytellers, but Paul can't lock down a shot for the love of God. It's difficult to watch in a theater. Something I learned while constantly talking to writers about story when I worked for the Writer's Guild, was that yes, story is #1, but #2 is overlooked quite often as an afterthought. Number 2 is music/score. It's so important and most don't know how to use it to tell the story. Casey constantly nails it. Thanks again for this interview.
Thank you Jack! This was amazing, hopefully, you will make more of those. Absolutely love your mind and style, have watched your "The ONLY question I ask to stay INSPIRED and MOTIVATED" video dozens of times.
It seems that everyone who creates something-writers, musicians, filmmakers, artists of any form-has their own process and way of attracting the muse. Not everyone can understand the internal process, but it’s fascinating to hear how another creative interprets it. Really great video, thanks!
AHHHH I LOVE THIS!!!!! So glad you are doing these Jack!!!!!!
That was incredible, so well done and so many questions I've wondered about watching his videos. Now I'm curious about how much prep and planning you put into pulling off this video!
I clicked onto your video this morning, it's taken me over 8 hours to get through it, i just couldn't click away, I had to keep pausing and had to keep comming back... Very few vids do that these days. Great great job 👏 thanks to you both
I have seen countless people trying to capture Casey's "secret sauce" and they always boiled it down to black and white rigid steps (probably how AI functions). But by doing that you really miss the "secret" of the sauce.
But YOUR video is amazing, because it shows how much of what Casey does, capturing and telling a great story, has become intuitive to his thinking. And the fact that he does not calculate everything, proof of how doing the work and practicing the craft, allows it to come out of him in such a natural and entertaining way.
Great video and a masterclass on the difference between learning a craft and just trying to imitate one.
What makes this guy a success is that he really lives in the moment and he uses technology and video skills to help you live in his moment. Excellent! I’m a new fan ❤
This was so special to see. I have always wondered about the editing process and how Casey’s brain works. I am also so grateful that you chose to go through a video with my tunes in..!! ❤
This was extremely well put together. Really gives an insight into the filmatic "rules" and how much Casey knows about them, thinks about them and doesn't care about them while still caring. Great interview really made 40 minutes fly past!
This is gold. It takes a true creative to ask a creative what their process is like. Literally the best Neistat breakdown I've seen.
Mate! This is a masterclass! Thank you so much for having the conviction to persist with the questions you (and we all have) with Casey’s iconic style and process. Truly, thank you 🙏
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL, what a great idea, it has the vibes of Colin and Samir but with much more in depth analysis of individual work instead of business, perfect!
I've watched a lot of Casey interviews, and this is easily one of the most useful for aspiring filmmakers. Wonderful work! Thanks for asking all the right questions!
This video shows you how important it is to ask the right questions. This a masterclass for anyone who wants to make good videos. Liquid gold for story tellers I would say. Thank you so much for doing this.
listening to people talk about things they are passionate out like this inspires me so much
GREAT VID! Love the dual perspectives on editing, KEEP IT UP JACK ❤
Sick video! ❤. I'm gonna watch some of the other interviews tomorrow
I found this video at exactly the right time. Thanks so much for making it. I learned a ton. Casey seems like an ADHD guy like me, the satisfaction of getting a video shot and edited in a day is great.
I've always edited like Casey (chronologically) it feels more organic to me, almost like playing an instrument. Thank you for this convo - M
This interview is incredibly helpful! Thank you Jack for creating this and Casey for explaining a bunch of things! Looking forward to see more of you Jack 🤝
Jack!! I am so glad RUclips suggested this. Seriously my favorite newest channel discovery this year.
after working with casey the last 6 months... heres a few things, film in order, edit in order and do one thing only at a time ALWAYS. when filming a scene, only film 1 scene until good, next scene, and so on. edit, one video at a time. focus on thing at a time. btw glad you enjoyed the chatGPT video... the motion work took a while
I love this content! At times, Casey looks like, "How long are we going to do this?" Superstars are hard to pin down. Their talent is so ingrained. It's like asking Tiger how to play golf. He's done it since he was a kid. "You walk up and hit the ball, find it, hit it again." That's how you get good at something. Great interview. I took Casey's course and I thinki like this better.
This is what I wanted to comment here, but you said it perfectly. It seems like this was a hard interview to make, and that Casey won't give him any other interview ever, but it was worth it.
I was glued to the whole interview even though it took me 3 times to watch. But the ending. "Alright go. You have to leave" Boom end titles. I love this kind of endings.
25:00 reminds me of the training I had in martial arts. The saying goes something like this: "I am not afraid of 1000 punches, I am afraid of that one punch that was practiced 1000 times." 100,000 hours of editing? Jack you did such a great job interviewing Casey, I learnt so much from this video, this is invaluable. Thanks Casey, Thanks Jack!
I was really hoping he was gonna say yeah I use iMovie
This interview is like him asking Casey how he breaths, and Casey appears to be having trouble explaining how he does it. Man I love this interview so much. Thank you so much for your insane curiosity of follow up questions.
Possibly the best breakdown of how Casey edits especially since it was Casey sharing and not someone else adding commentary. Thanks for sharing.
History will show this to be an extremely important video.... Got to thank Casey for taking the time to show us up close how he works... A great scoop on your part. Well done.
Why does this not have a billion followers? This was so well done and captivating. I look forward to more of your content!
great to see old
school authentic content 2015ish videos, almost inexistent nowadays. Thank you!
Happy to hear such a legend edits in sequence, I've watched so many "how I edit" videos and felt like I was doing it all wrong . He has had such a huge influence on how I edit and I cant thank you both for this video. Cheers!
Wow. What a great video. It really makes me appreciate the gift that Casey has, this intuition to make great video. I don't know if you can train it or copy it thinking your way through it (sorry Jack...), but it just really elevates Casey's work so much more, being able to deliver good films on a regular basis...
This interview clearly identifies a person who lives by intuition and another who overthinks about everything.
Casey you’re the real deal
Great video idea! Big thumbs up! So many interesting behind the scenes informations. Would like to see more of this!
Awesome video, thank you so much for this! Always wondered how these videos are planned out.
Pretty cool to know it's almost not planned out, I edit in the same sort of way.
Would love to see more videos like this interviewing RUclips film makers like him!
32:00 just blew my mind ... Casey is so into the process
Thanks for this great interview, it gave me chills and motivation at the same time
The best Neistat interview ever. So many ‘secrets’ revealed. What a master of his craft.
This. This is why RUclips is an amazing place to learn. Thank you Jack & Casey. This was pure gold.
You are a fantastic interviewer … the inquisitiveness, curiosity, passion and preparation are all inspiring!