“Surprisingly, there isn’t a specific ad, music video, feature film, or television that got me in,” says Greenpoint Pictures director Alex Fischman Cárdenas. “It was a combination of skate videos, Call of Duty, and the early 2010’s YouTube filmmaking community…
One summer, my friends decided to stop playing soccer and start skating. I became worried. I didn’t have the balance, coordination, or courage to step on the board. So, in an attempt to cling to my friend group, I decided to film them instead with my 2007 Sony Ericsson phone that could record video. I learned how to shoot and edit on that “dumb” phone. It couldn’t shoot beyond 280p and could edit only 30 clips at a time, but it was enough to get me started. I remember showing those first videos to my friends and family. It was one of the first times in my life I actually felt good at something…”
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