Kevin Systrom Quotes

There are some really genuinely talented people that make fan videos. They cut them really well, like, I'm amazed at the quality these editors have.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

Digital video is so beautiful. It's lightweight, modern, and it's only getting better. It's put film into the La Brea Tar Pits.

The video maker doesn't easily face a blank page. Because the videomaker can run it either any way, this way or the other way and erase it if they don't like it and so on.

When you're making video, you're giving structure to time, which is what a composer does.

I come up with the ideas for my videos, and I write the lyrics and choreograph them, and I direct them and tell everyone what to do and how I want them to sing the parts and do the tongue pops and eye rolls and stuff like that.

I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences.

On my YouTube channel, I put up 3-4 videos a week, and I spend a lot of money to maintain that content. When I travel, I travel with a videographer and a photographer no matter what.

I think all my videos suck.

When I make my own videos, I am the writer, the editor, the lighting person, everything - that's why my videos are blurry.

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

Video is crucial to the future of media: premium video in that respect.

I know the video platform so, so, so well. I know the perfect mixture of how comedic a piece has to be, what the video has to be like, what the song has to sound like, to make it successful.

A montage is incredibly challenging. When I can, I'd like to know what the music is going to be ahead of time because that will affect the beat, the pace of the montage.

We set out to capture what was happening, and then we cut that into the series.

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

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 learned from making random little personal projects, like school projects or little GoPro montages with music. Then once I made my channel, I really improved just by making video after video.

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

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.

I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

Miranda is extremely tacky. I personally want to edit my videos well, but I have to keep Miranda's character in mind, so there are bad angles, flashy cuts, and sparkles everywhere.

All of my videos, everything I upload is short and edited.

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.