#24: Having a VFX Career on Youtube w/ Clint Jones

Clinton Jones is a Youtuber (Pwnisher) with almost a million subscribers, creating tutorials and explainer videos for Cinema4D, unreal engine and 3D in general. Before that, he was part of the Corridor channel, reacting to VFX and creating short films. Most recently he created a series of community challenges that went viral, where thousands of artists create animations, and then Clint puts the best into mega montage that is incredible to watch if you haven’t seen it. In this episode we talk about how he got started in VFX and Youtube, why he deparated from Corridor, the 2022 Oscar VFX nominees, and why audiences hate CG. (all chapter marks in the description). Chapter Marks: 0:00 Intro 1:17 Making of Corridor Crew’s VFX React 3:35 Clint’s Corridor origin story 09:00 Learning to be a better storyteller 13:30 Post-Rocket Jump 14:38 Sam & Nico invite Clint to Corridor 16:45 What inspires you? 18:26 Free Guy 19:50 Watching the Oscars 21:13 Dune 23:24 VFX in District 9 27:25 VFX in Shang Chi 30:00 Top Gun 31:35 Why do audiences hate CG? 36:10 All movies are just fine 36:35 Poliigon Ad 40:57 Into The Spider Verse 41:48 How long were you at Corridor? 43:15 The Viral Community Challenges 52:43 Why are NFTs so controversial? 59:33 Kanye West and NFTs 01:04:35 Why NFTs let artists do more art