Dana Brunetti Quotes

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

People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.

TV has been my goal since before I started YouTube.

'Content is King,' and with more screens needing entertaining content now than at any time in history, that statement is truer than ever.

Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself.

I'm a YouTuber; I want to share my information. I want to share my tips and tricks and hacks and everything I possibly can with my audience because they've done so much for me.

I've just always been making videos. And then I just put them online and, luckily, they all took off.

I'm transitioning to television and film, but ultimately, I want to have a stronger presence on the web and be able to curate the content that I want to see. To bring attention to other filmmakers and writers.

I really grew my own fan base. I started posting videos on YouTube with the help of my parents.

Viral videos aren't just about being funny. They're about identity creation.

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

I have 60-plus videos on YouTube and over 30 million views. Of those 60, only three or four are branded videos. I built that audience by telling stories the way I like to tell them.

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

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.

Even in the days of early YouTube, we always focused on narratives, and we always focused on franchises. We didn't do a lot of vlogging and stuff like that.

I think the advent of things like YouTube have made it possible for creators to tell stories cheaply and efficiently and to have a built-in audience.

When we started out doing YouTube videos, I think we were very, very early on in terms of people doing a behind-the-scenes component.

You basically do have a TV show when you're making stuff online. You have an audience that you make stuff for regularly.

I have a channel on YouTube called Buckshotwon. It started off as a kind of joke, just behind-the-scenes goofs.

I want to get in on how the media business is changing, how people are telling stories in new ways.

With social media, you take the good and the bad of it. You have to make the most of the opportunities. You can use social media to your benefit to expand your character and gets eyes on you and what you're doing.

It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have.

If you want to keep on being relevant as a director, I think you have to embrace the times. And with the times come technologies and formats.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.