Zach Anner Quotes

I prefer making videos to making music.

Video is just exploding on Instagram - motion is the new filter. We're going to help people use visuals to tell their stories.

Go home, pick up your video camera, and make a film.

Whether it's an ad or organic content, video provides a new creative dimension for storytelling on 'Instagram'. Video lets people convey the power and beauty in a moment through sight, sound, and motion.

We brought what we liked from the real world into our videos.

The big thing on the horizon for me is video. I feel like it's the closest thing to a perfect mix between music and design, because it has the motion and it has the dynamics of music, while at the same time having the aesthetic components of design. It's a nice mix.

Don't worry about getting final cut, worry about making the best possible cut.

I don't really do too many interviews - I like creating and being visual, shooting videos and movies. I just like showcasing my skill and challenging myself.

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

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

For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil.

When you think about it, media's the intersection of content and technology - it's all about storytelling, like photography and the camera.

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 wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something.

Movie-making is a very creative medium of expression.

I would rather explore the medium of films than television.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

I'm a very visual person, which is probably why I make videos rather than write scripts.

I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV.

In making YouTube videos, you can't just be an actor, you have to also know the shots and how to write.

I always see the filming as basically going to the grocery store and buying a bunch of ingredients and that's about as far from having a dinner as you can possibly be. Then editing is the cooking, the preparation of the meal and if you don't edit it you've just got a pile of raw meat.