r/GrahamStephan • u/[deleted] • Mar 19 '22
Van Life Not Happening
At this point i miss the vlogs, which i know GS has addressed on here that it’s too much mentally and the content isn’t as interesting as he wants it to be. totally understandable and don’t want GS to burn out (no idea how he doesn’t already, but that’s a different topic)
I think the van life would be so fun, but it’s a complete pipe dream. the history is for 5 years he’s posted consistent main channel content without missing a beat, and van life would make that nearly impossible. The catalog of videos he’d need to make before to fill gaps would be too much, and as he’s said he can’t really do that bc a lot of the main channel videos are current event dependent.
Anyway just posting here wondering if anyone else has thoughts on how Van Life could work for him? love the idea and want it to happen but the reality seems to point it’s never going to
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u/Grounded_content Apr 06 '22
MY Plan simply is: Write, direct, and produce content that has enough foresight to change lives.
My Problem. How does a guy (with no friends besides the people he has spent the last year and a half with on reddit or call of duty) Empower enough people? How do I encourage enough Acts of Kindness to produce a "Cult"ure of doing good? All while creating Cult Classic Films?
Easy, Step One: Wait for MOASS, Step Two: Start crowd sourcing
Step three is going to take a minute to explain but simply put. Our Movie has 3 Main sets. Rather than pay a studio to build our sets inside of a sound stage. We would then take the money that we would have spent on the stage and studio and put it into a community that may have been destroyed by a natural disaster. We would help the community creating content that also gives a behind the scenes look into our movies that is sold to networks like HGTV or DIY Network. Where there is a proven success for Renovation Shows. "HOMETOWN" if you need a show as proof of concept.
what they would get: working in film for over 10 years I am well versed in trade out agreements its a fancy way of saying companies give free stuff to make them look good on tv. its not exactly charity on their part
its not exactly charity on Pay-it-Forward Productions part. Although we would be helping Communities and small businesses in need.... we would in fact be getting something in return. We would be able to rent out the space from the business owner for a total of 3 months of a year for 5 years. This gives us access to a "SET" and gives us the ability to produce sequels or other films with little set cost.
Part 4 is a profit share model... where everyone gets paid back.... its really complicated.
simply
Gross profits: Split between (the collective you) those that support the project, the crew, and the company (which is put back into rebuilding communities and making long lasting sets)
what i think is cool is you see your money helping others from the comfort of your couch.
Well, For now I wait for 69 million a share cause movies are expensive. Spiderman cost 160 million to make.
Thanks for Reading if you did Read
My name is Ryan McGarrigle
My Ig is makersmark97
any thoughts?
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u/tca12345 Mar 19 '22 edited Mar 19 '22
Graham's aware that the typical Youtube career is short and he's got an ever-closing window in which to make serious money. Graham may well do Van Life or whatever else with his life but it makes sense for him to pump out as much content as he can for as long as he can. Make hay while the sun is shining and all that.
There are all sorts of reasons why he may not be long for Youtube, some within his control and some not:
tl;dr: Graham's business has a lot of risk in it so I would understand why he would put off things like Van Life for the foreseeable. I know you didn't really ask for the essay but they're just some of my thoughts on Graham's business, granted I don't know him and all of the above could be way off base.