Eat Your Crust Art Imitating Life (ft Jason Poon, Mood Infinite)
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Feb 14, 2024 LA filmmakers Jason Poon & Jeff Wu discuss their journey from making anime music videos to directing exciting music videos. They talk about taking emotional moments from the day-to-day and translating that into content. They explore how personal experiences shape character development in a love story and how media consumption influences motivation and emotions. They also reflect on the evolution of YouTube and the impact of platforms like TikTok on young creators.
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From Anime AMVs To First Jobs
- Jason and Jeff began filmmaking in high school making anime and MapleStory music videos and learning editing by hand.
- Jeff landed his first post-high-school job through a quirky Craigslist ad that required being Asian and having a camera.
Learning Editing On VCRs
- Jason recalled seeing an early Premiere edit by a friend that made filmmaking suddenly feel possible.
- They taught themselves editing on VCRs and spent hours manually recording and re-recording tapes.
Viral Lip-Sync Before YouTube
- Jason made a pre-YouTube viral lip-sync where he cropped multiple self-shots into multi-cam edits.
- He jokingly called it “TikTok 20 years before TikTok.”