{"id":11005,"date":"2023-06-13T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/?p=11005"},"modified":"2024-01-01T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:22:23","slug":"how-artlist-helps-sam-newton-create-without-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/how-artlist-helps-sam-newton-create-without-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"How Artlist helps Sam Newton create without limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creatively speaking, Sam Newton<\/a> and Artlist couldn\u2019t be more intertwined. Since the two joined forces in 2019<\/a>, their paths have been linked, taking Sam to places he\u2019d always dreamed of.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam\u2019s journey as a filmmaker began in his freshman year at UC Davis in northern California. He took his dad\u2019s GoPro to college, filming daily life on campus and making monthly round-ups. \u201cWhen you have a GoPro, you need to film cool things,\u201d Sam says, speaking from an Air BnB in Bali. \u201cSo we went out, did 18-year-old kid stuff, and I\u2019d make monthly films.\u201d His round-ups soon picked up steam amongst his community, and then he started making films for different student bodies on campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, there was no infrastructure for filmmaking at UC Davis, so Sam had to be entrepreneurial in order to build momentum. He knew he wanted to travel and make videos, so when he graduated in 2016, Sam took the money he\u2019d saved from filming weddings and bought flights to Europe with a friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before the trip, Sam emailed about 500 companies, asking if he could film their products in exchange for freebies. The only companies to get back to him were the European Rail System, Wombat City Hostel, and a clothing company from Sacramento. That was enough. The pair bagged free rail and accommodation for the entire trip, and Sam got to experience first-hand what it\u2019s like to work with big brands. He also learned an important lesson: \u201cIt\u2019s a numbers game,\u201d he says. \u201cNo matter how new you are, someone will eventually say yes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A year later, he emailed another thousand companies and got free flights and accommodation to Guam in exchange for filming a reggae music festival. Then he was off to Vietnam to film a promo for a pharmaceutical super-fruit startup, then to Kenya to work with an NGO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat trip opened many doors for me because it gave me a proper portfolio in the travel space,\u201d Sam says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam went to Thailand on a third expedition, where he met a travel photographer called Luke J Clark. \u201cHe was the first person I met who had the same goals and dreams as I did,\u201d Sam says. One evening, Sam sacked off plans to travel with Luke to the famous Thailand Full Moon Party in a remote part of Thailand. It turned out to be the best decision he ever made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThree weeks later, Luke and I were in Iceland, and that\u2019s where we decided to start a travel production company together.\u201d For the next three years, Sam was neck-deep in <\/span>Move To Create<\/span><\/a>, jetting around the world to work with some of the world’s biggest travel brands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n