Hey Matt!
I just watched all your “Fupler” videos, they are really amazing. Very funny, and provocative.
I just wanted to ask you, I am considering entering film as my domain career, but I am worried. I just wrote an 8 page script ( drama , not comedy) and I have a vision for it ( I’m 14, but yeah, I have a vision), and I to be the director. But I found out that there are things like lighting that I have taken into consideration ( editing, filming are no prob.), but do you think I could do it, because I found out that film is the thing that really interests me.
Thx!
Thanks for the laughs!!! I stumbled onto your YouTube videos today and laughed for about an hour. You have a keen eye and a wonderful imagination. I look forward to more inspired work from you. Kudos!
I’m wondering about your article on the below link: http://mattkoval.com/picking-a-youtube-username/
I’d like to translate it to persian, but I couldn’t find any license on your contents of your blog!
=> Just CopyRight? GFDL? A kind of CC? what’s your blog’s handwriting license?
Are you willing to give me a permission for translating the mentioned article to persian?
So Matt, it’s that Ashley from 2010. Last time I contacted you, I was asking about how to start filming and such. Well, now I am a senior in high school and college applications are just above the horizon. I’m trying to come up with enough time to balance school, applications, scholarships, plus time to learn film but I’m getting quite overwhelmed.
I’m highly considering studying communications in college where I could be a RTF major. Do you have any suggestions for good film schools I should apply for?
By the way, congradulations on the new baby on the way! :)
Hey Matt!
Just watched your newest video and loved it!
Especially your outro music as your ringtone. So I was wondering… is it available anywhere in mp3 form? I would love to have it as my ringtone too!
Keep up the great work! :)
-Grace
Hey Matt,
I just discovered that you have my youtube profile blocked on your youtube. I was kinda shocked because I am a fan & watch your vids all the time. But then, I remembered that for a while, I wasnt the only one using my account. My old room-mate logged on under me all the time and he didnt get your humor so Im wondering if he made like a crappy comment or something. Anyway, he moved a few months ago & I have a new password. I was wondering if you could unblock me? I was trying to make a comment on the girls pooping vid….which was AWESOME!!! Hope to hear from you. Jeweli
Hi Matt,
My four-year-old is sitting on the couch singing, “Kevin, Kevin, if you’re able…” Not every Fupler episode is G-rated, of course, but the ones that are get quoted regularly in this house. Nice work – you’re good at what you do.
Well, it shouldn’t feel like “pressing on with it” — not at your age. If you love it, if you love the work, the craft, if you are truly passionate about it, there’s no question you should be pursuing it. If you’re only remotely interested, give it some exploration, then decide later if you want to continue.
Hey, Matt!
I can’t tell you how encouraged I’ve become reading your About page–I’ve been considering taking up film as a career (which isn’t the ideal career for a lot of parents). I’m 16, and I really would like to ask you what really inspired you to take up filmmaking and press on with it.
It’s a huge risk and a competitive industry, and there’s all these teens who have been making videos already and are amazing at it and when you’re left behind it feels like you got no chance.
Anyways. Thank you for sharing your tips and help, have a good one!
It is great that you emphasized writing as part of film making. Film is simply medium; the same way radio drama, novels, epic poetry, campfires, even cave paintings, are medium. An audience will always be looking to the current medium – but the thing they are looking for is story. Good story will always find an audience. Without story you have nothing.
(You’re a pretty fun story teller, Matt. I’ve enjoyed you very much.)
hi Matt,
this is Yuxuan from a youtube channel called ‘ ShockFilmProduction’ sending this. firstly, we can’t stress more how much we enjoy your videos, and are in no doubt of you and your future productions. now, what we want to know is if you would give us a great deal of help by making a collab video with us. doing this would help us A LOT, and i’m sure it’ll be great fun!
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I am definitely getting a cam with a removable card instead of a tape. Also, thank you for the external microphone suggestion. I will do some research on my own to make an intelligent decision at the time to make my purchase. Love your videos specially the father’s day. I relate to that one very much, especially now that I am a father myself. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Carlos. I unfortunately can’t keep track of consumer video cameras because they turn around so quickly. I want to make a post soon about what to look for in general, but for now, you really can’t go wrong with Sony or Canon. Go widescreen HD. The quality you can get with a $300 consumer camera now is THE SAME as a $8,000 camera. It’s crazy. Go removable media (not harddrive). Don’t bother with tape anymore – the mechanisms are the first things to break. Definitely get a camera with an external mic input. Hope that helps a bit.
Matt! I love your work. I can always use a good laugh. I was reading a few of the comments here and in one of them, you said “don’t get caught up in buying fancy cameras. There are $400 HD cams that work great”..So, the million dollar question is – can you recommend a “Tressla” video cam that I can check out before running to the no so “Best buy” store? Huh huh? …and, would such cam have a good audio to make a good video? I wanted to buy your old cam from Ebay but lost that chance. Thanks buddy.
Ashley, I was the same way when I was 16. Just start doing everything on your own – write stories, short scripts, and then take the camera outside with your friends and make videos. Experiment. Have fun. Make music videos to your favorite song. If there are any local productions going on, intern with them. The “business” stuff can be worried about much, much later.
Hi Jay. Most of my videos don’t cost me anything except time (which as you know can be very valuable). But since I own the camera, the mic and the editing software, etc. the rest is just about the writing and trying to be resourceful with what I have around the house.
I currently shoot with a Sony FX-7, but don’t get caught up in buying fancy cameras. There are are $400 HD cams that work great.
This probably is a very open-ended question, but I am curious as to how much it costs (low to high) to produce some of these videos and what kind of camera, etc., you used for the guy advice videos…
I am only 16. :( But I’m very eager for new information, and aspire to get into the filming buisness as well as writing. I just need (since my last comment was so lengthy) some guidance to where should I head first when it comes to filming.
Matt,
First of all I’d like to say thanks.
Your videos are funny, clever, and well done. It really looks like you’ve put alot of time into your videos. I admire it. I really want to work in the filming industry.
The problem is I do not know where to start. I have written many stories and put on plays but adapting any idea into film is my deliemma. What is your educated advice on what the first step is?
Also, how do you write a script that would interest the general public ( meaning youtubers, etc.)?
Any advice you have would highly be appreciated.
Thanks. Your great,
Ashley Thomas
Don’t neglect learning how to write. Filmmaking is craft, and you can learn that craft and be great at it… but unless you just want to be a technician (camera man, gaffer, grip, etc.), you need to also study screenwriting. Good stories and good writing are what people respond to – not slick filmmaking.
Hey Matt,
So my name is Kevin Wilson, and i’ve been doing film work for about 3 years now (mainly for my counties Sheriff office) and have started to do a few short films. I also just got accepted into the Colorado Film School, and I was wondering if you had any recomendations on how to succeed in a Film School? Also i was wondering if you had any tips or hints, that you wouldn’t mind sharing to help succeed in the industry?
Thank You,
Kevin Wilson
Hi Matt,
i love your videos …!! u r awesome..!!
New joke..-
One american soldier come home from Irak after 2-3 Years….
and fist night when he slip with his wife somebody knock his door ..
then american soldier fear and wake up and say “Omg Your Husband is coming”
but then his Wife says Dont worry “He is In Irak”…..lol..!!
Dear Matt,
Here’s a joke you were looking for on Youtube:
One day a man walked into the bar. As he sat down, he opened his briefcase and took out a tiny piano and piano player. The bartender asks,”Hey, where’d you get the player?”
The man replies,”There’s a genie down the street giving out free wishes, you should try it.”
“Ok, I’ll check it out!” the bartender said joyfully.
So the bartender walks around the corner and he walks around the block, and there sits a fat, Asian man.
“I am the genie,” he says with a funny accent. “I will give you one wish. Rules: No more than one wish.”
So the bartender says, “I want a million bucks!”
Suddenly, a couple thousand deer fall out of the sky! The bartender, in rage, storms back to the bar and yells at the man with the briefcase,”That fatty is a rip off! I asked for a million bucks and I got a million antelope!”
The man replies,”You think I asked for a 12-inch pianist?”
Matt, normally people who are a big hit on medias would be too secluded from the fans or just too ‘cool’ to even reply a comment. But you’re different :)
Once you famous (even you’re already are) don’t forget who you are and where you’re from…
I like editing videos and most of em I just to some tributes about something but never a drama or story. Maybe because I’m still at my senior year and busy..
But you know what? What truly hit me was a good storyline from a good writer/producer/director…
That what kept my inspiration going… Thanks a loads, mate :)
Hi Patrick. That’s very exciting – I’ve always heard great things about that school. My advice would be to not just learn all the technical aspects, but learn writing as well. That’s how you’ll find your “voice” as a filmmaker.
hey,
my name is patrick cleere and I am a fan of your youtube channel. Im about to attend Full sail film school in the fall and im really nervous about it and i was wondering if there is any advice you could help me out with. thank you
your fan,
Patrick Cleere
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I am so frustrated over videos that wont play,stop and go is there a reason you tube cant fix problem! Thank you!
Hello,
I want to create a custom background for a youtube channel similar to this one. http://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelBubleTV#p/u
This one has a nice large header, but I cannot figure how to delete the current smaller header and replace.
Any advice of where to go to find out?
Thanks!
Scott
Hey Matt!
I just watched all your “Fupler” videos, they are really amazing. Very funny, and provocative.
I just wanted to ask you, I am considering entering film as my domain career, but I am worried. I just wrote an 8 page script ( drama , not comedy) and I have a vision for it ( I’m 14, but yeah, I have a vision), and I to be the director. But I found out that there are things like lighting that I have taken into consideration ( editing, filming are no prob.), but do you think I could do it, because I found out that film is the thing that really interests me.
Thx!
Matt,
Thanks for the laughs!!! I stumbled onto your YouTube videos today and laughed for about an hour. You have a keen eye and a wonderful imagination. I look forward to more inspired work from you. Kudos!
Regards, Tom M.
Hi Matt
I’m wondering about your article on the below link:
http://mattkoval.com/picking-a-youtube-username/
I’d like to translate it to persian, but I couldn’t find any license on your contents of your blog!
=> Just CopyRight? GFDL? A kind of CC? what’s your blog’s handwriting license?
Are you willing to give me a permission for translating the mentioned article to persian?
Best Regards.
Hi I am curious as to how much it costs (low to high) to produce some of these live stream videos and what kind of camera, etc
Thanks!
So Matt, it’s that Ashley from 2010. Last time I contacted you, I was asking about how to start filming and such. Well, now I am a senior in high school and college applications are just above the horizon. I’m trying to come up with enough time to balance school, applications, scholarships, plus time to learn film but I’m getting quite overwhelmed.
I’m highly considering studying communications in college where I could be a RTF major. Do you have any suggestions for good film schools I should apply for?
By the way, congradulations on the new baby on the way! :)
Hey Matt!
Just watched your newest video and loved it!
Especially your outro music as your ringtone. So I was wondering… is it available anywhere in mp3 form? I would love to have it as my ringtone too!
Keep up the great work! :)
-Grace
Hey Matt,
I just discovered that you have my youtube profile blocked on your youtube. I was kinda shocked because I am a fan & watch your vids all the time. But then, I remembered that for a while, I wasnt the only one using my account. My old room-mate logged on under me all the time and he didnt get your humor so Im wondering if he made like a crappy comment or something. Anyway, he moved a few months ago & I have a new password. I was wondering if you could unblock me? I was trying to make a comment on the girls pooping vid….which was AWESOME!!! Hope to hear from you. Jeweli
Hi Matt,
My four-year-old is sitting on the couch singing, “Kevin, Kevin, if you’re able…” Not every Fupler episode is G-rated, of course, but the ones that are get quoted regularly in this house. Nice work – you’re good at what you do.
Hi Matt. I watched some of your videos and I liked them. Oh, and by the way, you have a great smile!
Jenine
Thank you! Keep up the awesome work!
Well, it shouldn’t feel like “pressing on with it” — not at your age. If you love it, if you love the work, the craft, if you are truly passionate about it, there’s no question you should be pursuing it. If you’re only remotely interested, give it some exploration, then decide later if you want to continue.
Hey, Matt!
I can’t tell you how encouraged I’ve become reading your About page–I’ve been considering taking up film as a career (which isn’t the ideal career for a lot of parents). I’m 16, and I really would like to ask you what really inspired you to take up filmmaking and press on with it.
It’s a huge risk and a competitive industry, and there’s all these teens who have been making videos already and are amazing at it and when you’re left behind it feels like you got no chance.
Anyways. Thank you for sharing your tips and help, have a good one!
It is great that you emphasized writing as part of film making. Film is simply medium; the same way radio drama, novels, epic poetry, campfires, even cave paintings, are medium. An audience will always be looking to the current medium – but the thing they are looking for is story. Good story will always find an audience. Without story you have nothing.
(You’re a pretty fun story teller, Matt. I’ve enjoyed you very much.)
Hi Matt,
I was wondering what is the ending song to all your Fupler videos. I wanted to use it for one of my own videos but was unable to find it.
hi Matt,
this is Yuxuan from a youtube channel called ‘ ShockFilmProduction’ sending this. firstly, we can’t stress more how much we enjoy your videos, and are in no doubt of you and your future productions. now, what we want to know is if you would give us a great deal of help by making a collab video with us. doing this would help us A LOT, and i’m sure it’ll be great fun!
thanks
Yuxuan
ShockFilmProduction
Thanks a bunch matt. :) I probably will have many more questions in the future so this might not be the last you hear of me.
You bet!
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I am definitely getting a cam with a removable card instead of a tape. Also, thank you for the external microphone suggestion. I will do some research on my own to make an intelligent decision at the time to make my purchase. Love your videos specially the father’s day. I relate to that one very much, especially now that I am a father myself. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Carlos. I unfortunately can’t keep track of consumer video cameras because they turn around so quickly. I want to make a post soon about what to look for in general, but for now, you really can’t go wrong with Sony or Canon. Go widescreen HD. The quality you can get with a $300 consumer camera now is THE SAME as a $8,000 camera. It’s crazy. Go removable media (not harddrive). Don’t bother with tape anymore – the mechanisms are the first things to break. Definitely get a camera with an external mic input. Hope that helps a bit.
Matt! I love your work. I can always use a good laugh. I was reading a few of the comments here and in one of them, you said “don’t get caught up in buying fancy cameras. There are $400 HD cams that work great”..So, the million dollar question is – can you recommend a “Tressla” video cam that I can check out before running to the no so “Best buy” store? Huh huh? …and, would such cam have a good audio to make a good video? I wanted to buy your old cam from Ebay but lost that chance. Thanks buddy.
Ashley, I was the same way when I was 16. Just start doing everything on your own – write stories, short scripts, and then take the camera outside with your friends and make videos. Experiment. Have fun. Make music videos to your favorite song. If there are any local productions going on, intern with them. The “business” stuff can be worried about much, much later.
Hi Jay. Most of my videos don’t cost me anything except time (which as you know can be very valuable). But since I own the camera, the mic and the editing software, etc. the rest is just about the writing and trying to be resourceful with what I have around the house.
I currently shoot with a Sony FX-7, but don’t get caught up in buying fancy cameras. There are are $400 HD cams that work great.
Hello Matt,
This probably is a very open-ended question, but I am curious as to how much it costs (low to high) to produce some of these videos and what kind of camera, etc., you used for the guy advice videos…
Thanks!
I am only 16. :( But I’m very eager for new information, and aspire to get into the filming buisness as well as writing. I just need (since my last comment was so lengthy) some guidance to where should I head first when it comes to filming.
That’s quite an involved question, Ashley! How old are you so I can have a better understanding of where you’re coming from?
Matt,
First of all I’d like to say thanks.
Your videos are funny, clever, and well done. It really looks like you’ve put alot of time into your videos. I admire it. I really want to work in the filming industry.
The problem is I do not know where to start. I have written many stories and put on plays but adapting any idea into film is my deliemma. What is your educated advice on what the first step is?
Also, how do you write a script that would interest the general public ( meaning youtubers, etc.)?
Any advice you have would highly be appreciated.
Thanks. Your great,
Ashley Thomas
Don’t neglect learning how to write. Filmmaking is craft, and you can learn that craft and be great at it… but unless you just want to be a technician (camera man, gaffer, grip, etc.), you need to also study screenwriting. Good stories and good writing are what people respond to – not slick filmmaking.
Hey Matt,
So my name is Kevin Wilson, and i’ve been doing film work for about 3 years now (mainly for my counties Sheriff office) and have started to do a few short films. I also just got accepted into the Colorado Film School, and I was wondering if you had any recomendations on how to succeed in a Film School? Also i was wondering if you had any tips or hints, that you wouldn’t mind sharing to help succeed in the industry?
Thank You,
Kevin Wilson
P.S. Keep up with the great videos!!
Hi Matt,
i love your videos …!! u r awesome..!!
New joke..-
One american soldier come home from Irak after 2-3 Years….
and fist night when he slip with his wife somebody knock his door ..
then american soldier fear and wake up and say “Omg Your Husband is coming”
but then his Wife says Dont worry “He is In Irak”…..lol..!!
Dear Matt,
Here’s a joke you were looking for on Youtube:
One day a man walked into the bar. As he sat down, he opened his briefcase and took out a tiny piano and piano player. The bartender asks,”Hey, where’d you get the player?”
The man replies,”There’s a genie down the street giving out free wishes, you should try it.”
“Ok, I’ll check it out!” the bartender said joyfully.
So the bartender walks around the corner and he walks around the block, and there sits a fat, Asian man.
“I am the genie,” he says with a funny accent. “I will give you one wish. Rules: No more than one wish.”
So the bartender says, “I want a million bucks!”
Suddenly, a couple thousand deer fall out of the sky! The bartender, in rage, storms back to the bar and yells at the man with the briefcase,”That fatty is a rip off! I asked for a million bucks and I got a million antelope!”
The man replies,”You think I asked for a 12-inch pianist?”
Get it?
Sincerly
Sean
Matt, normally people who are a big hit on medias would be too secluded from the fans or just too ‘cool’ to even reply a comment. But you’re different :)
Once you famous (even you’re already are) don’t forget who you are and where you’re from…
I like editing videos and most of em I just to some tributes about something but never a drama or story. Maybe because I’m still at my senior year and busy..
But you know what? What truly hit me was a good storyline from a good writer/producer/director…
That what kept my inspiration going… Thanks a loads, mate :)
Hi Patrick. That’s very exciting – I’ve always heard great things about that school. My advice would be to not just learn all the technical aspects, but learn writing as well. That’s how you’ll find your “voice” as a filmmaker.
Matt
hey,
my name is patrick cleere and I am a fan of your youtube channel. Im about to attend Full sail film school in the fall and im really nervous about it and i was wondering if there is any advice you could help me out with. thank you
your fan,
Patrick Cleere