Revealing the mysterious process of being extraordinarily creative. Each weekly newsletter includes a magical video and the creative secrets of how it was made.
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by Kevin Parry
Revealing the mysterious process of being extraordinarily creative. Each weekly newsletter includes a magical video and the creative secrets of how it was made.
This week's creative tip: have a place to ask for constructive feedback. Earlier this month, Hashtag Paid hosted a creator marketing event and they were kind enough to let me try out my whacky idea of animating stop-motion live. I posted the animation on my free Patreon page and asked for honest feedback - good and bad. I received about two dozen really insightful, constructive comments that helped me see a few blind spots in my work. I've been singing the praises of having a small community...
This week's creative tip: start with what you have. When I first made short form video 9 years ago, I didn't have any film equipment. That meant I couldn't do elaborate setups or anything beyond what I could capture on my phone. And that was a good thing! I had to use what was around me - like good lighting in my bathroom mirror, which was also an obvious setting to make something magical. What started as using what was around me became a trademark style: boringly average, realistic clips...
https://youtu.be/1EoGX6bT21w This week's message - think big and then figure out the details. Ten years ago, I got really into the hyperlapse technique. It's basically a timelapse, except you're introducing camera movement over sizeable distances. I had recently moved to Portland, Oregon, and thought, "What's the largest thing I could move a camera around?" The answer was Mt Hood. A lot of creative endeavors start like that. Think as big or outlandish as possible and then try to make it a...