Simone Giertz Quotes

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

I am a professional creator of online video and I have had that job since the moment of its existence. I'm also something of a professional advocate for, and follower of, online video.

When we started doing sketch comedy - actually in '91 in Chicago - making your own videos, which we did, took forever. It would take like, a year to make one video. It was just so difficult to edit and just do everything you had to do.

The thing to keep in mind is that's how I started long before MTV and Twitter and Facebook. I studied at broadcasting school so I could learn how to shoot and edit videos, and tried to create my own television show so we could see through these wacky visions we had of funny bits we wanted to shoot.

I really missed what I'd done on Rogers Cable, which was shooting and editing all my own stuff.

I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing.

I want to put some effort into a bunch of different types of videos. I don't think I'm gonna do 'Man On The Street' messing with people, I don't think I'm gonna do over-the-top wacky comedy.

You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too.

I love making videos on my couch. You can put those on the Internet fast. I can express myself.

More than simply capturing brief moments in time, MixBit helps people bring stories to life.

TV has been my goal since before I started YouTube.

My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking.

I knew I could make a living doing my own videos instead of making them for someone else.

I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.

I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything.

I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.

If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.

Eight years ago, if I wanted to do a YouTube video, I broke out my camera and filmed everything myself and learned how to edit and kind of become a one-woman studio. But we're living in an era now, thanks to ICON, where any creator who is online, they can create in their own space.

Your YouTube channel is your show. I think it's a wonderful platform for anyone who wants to have stronger creative control over their content, their message, their vision and their branding.

I carry my camera with me everywhere. I'm a vlogger!

I'm a professional maker of online video and I love platform diversity of every kind.

As soon as I starting making YouTube videos, I received so much positive feedback from the online community and a demand for more content. As time went on, my filming schedule became more consistent, and it made sense to hire some help and upgrade my equipment.

With my YouTube videos, I used to edit a lot of my own videos, so I've gotten used to seeing myself on camera.

As someone who started in the digital background, it's an easier, better, faster platform to bounce off of. You already have so much momentum, and you already have the experience. You're already comfortable being in front of the camera.

I love online video. I've been obsessed with it since day one.