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Directors Commentary: How The Swiss Stayed Neutral

This one was a fun one to do. Thanks again to all of you, I hope this is entertaining, educational, and everything else you desire. Keep sending me messages of questions for my Directors commentaries. Very strange/fun having you guys pick my brain! Let me know in the comments of this post what yo...

SCRIPT: My Quest to Photograph a Galaxy

Hey friends. this is a messy script. partly because this video was made over the course of four months. it unfolded in real time. usually I get to drill into some research and write the whole video before I start to produce it. But for this one the story made itself and I just captured it. So you...

This week

Hey friends. I'm deep in three videos right now. I want to share with you a few things coming this week:

1. ill be releasing a still from an upcoming video

2. The script for the Galaxy video 

3. Director's commentary video

4. and Behind the scenes on a tricky animatio...

My Galaxy Shot

Here's the final shot of M101. It took me months to figure out how to get this image. For those who are really good at astrophotography they will see all sorts of issues with this shot. I'm just happy to got it despite its little flaws. Thank you all for watching the video!

-Johnny

Timeline: Galaxy Video

Here's what my Premiere timeline looks like right before I render a video. kind of overwhelming. I get a little obsessive with detail when it gets near the end. sometimes I think it doesn't make a difference. but I always am encouraged by all the comments from people appreciating all the extra ef...

SCRIPT: How the US Stole Mexico

Hey Friends. Here's a link to the script for How the US stole Mexico. I hope its helpful to see how I make these. 

Johnny

Thumbnail for tomorrow's video

Hey friends. Tomorrow a video is coming out that is many months in the making. It documents my quest to photograph a galaxy. I've never done astronomy so this was an incredibly difficult goal. 

The video will be live tomorrow morning EST. 

Johnny

Mexico Map Wallpaper

Hey Friends! Today the Mexico video publishes and I thought I'd share with you a high res image of one of the most interesting maps from the video. This map captures a moment in US history when there was a major land dispute between the US and Mexico. It's a reminder that the shape of the US is t...

Video Coming Tomorrow

Hey Friends. I'm so appreciative of your support. I wanted to let you know that I have a big video coming tomorrow morning EST (Monday). I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the Premiere timeline. 

I'll be outputting a high res image from this video later today. and I'll likely do a di...

Director's Commentary: How The US Stole Hawaii

Hey all! Here is the first directors commentary, this one is on the recent video I made on Hawaii. Let me know what you think!

See How It's Made: Map Animation

Hey friends! This is the first "see how its made" video! I hope this is beneficial to you all, let me know in the comments on this post what you think!

Oahu Map Wallpaper

This is a map of Oahu that I extruded with elevation data. it also has lighting to give is subtle shadow. I then places it on a high res scan of an old desk. 

Script: How The US Stole Hawaii

Here's the script for How the US stole Hawaii. 

Hi Friends

Thank you so much for supporting my videos. I've always felt like my best work comes when I'm connected to a community who gives me feedback and helps inspire future work. I feel excited to share with you some behind the scenes stuff here on Patreon while also continuing to make more in-depth vid...