{"id":1780,"date":"2021-08-17T16:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2024-01-10T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:13:10","slug":"van-neistat-youtube-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/van-neistat-youtube-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Channel Breakdown: Why Van Neistat Is a Filmmaking Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Casey Neistat moved to LA, his output on YouTube significantly dropped, much to the disappointment of his 12 million + subscribers. For years, we have wandered aimlessly through the YouTube wilderness, discovering other fantastic creators but&#8230;nothing quite like Casey. Nothing that itches that particular Neistat scratch. Until now.<\/p>\n<p>When Casey uploaded a film titled &#8216;My Brother Van&#8217;, something in the YouTube universe shifted. Suddenly, overnight, we had another expert Neistat storyteller &#8211; someone we previously knew little to nothing about. This discovery was something of a revelation. In the words of Yoda, &#8220;there is another&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable embeditem\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HgYVuXaihNs\" data-embed-height=\"384\" data-embed-width=\"800\" data-embed-constrain=\"true\"><iframe id=\"768605074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HgYVuXaihNs?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnew-blog.artlist.io\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1_19=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-2140032_148=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Since he started his channel earlier this year, Van Neistat has very quickly and deservedly built up his own loyal fanbase. He&#8217;s a (spirited) man who somehow seemed right at home on YouTube from day one. Here&#8217;s why his channel is so good.<\/p>\n<h2>At a glance<\/h2>\n<p>Van Neistat is an American filmmaker\/storyteller living in Topanga, California. His films tell stories that revolve around the concept of being &#8216;spirited&#8217;. What does it mean to be a spirited man or woman? The episodes frequently focus on fixing something that is broken, questions about life and philosophical thinking, travel and nostalgic stories from earlier years or&#8230;a combination of everything! Let&#8217;s see what his channel description has to say:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1784 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6bb60337d9466036f975d38d907982fb78a01612.jpg\" alt=\"701\" width=\"700\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6bb60337d9466036f975d38d907982fb78a01612.jpg 700w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6bb60337d9466036f975d38d907982fb78a01612-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Intriguing&#8230; let&#8217;s dive into what makes this spirited man and his YouTube channel so special.<\/p>\n<h2>This is an extension of the Neistat universe<\/h2>\n<p>Ask the top dogs in Hollywood what makes a successful franchise, and they&#8217;ll tell you that it&#8217;s all about building out the universe in which your stories live. Whether it&#8217;s Star Wars, Marvel or Game of Thrones, they are all set in universes that are constantly growing and being built upon, garnering a huge fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>Inadvertently, the Neistat brothers are busy doing the same sort of thing. And Van&#8217;s YouTube channel is an unexpected extension of the Neistat universe. It&#8217;s an extension we didn&#8217;t know we needed or wanted, but now very much a part of our favorite corner on YouTube. It&#8217;s really fun to analyze Van&#8217;s work and compare the similarities with Casey&#8217;s films. You start to realize that Casey learned a lot from his brother, and there are all sorts of little crossovers that are kind of like easter eggs for the &#8216;true fans&#8217;. They even have the same laugh!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable embeditem\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K65UQy6t6KQ\" data-embed-height=\"384\" data-embed-width=\"800\" data-embed-constrain=\"true\"><iframe id=\"796238708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K65UQy6t6KQ?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnew-blog.artlist.io\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1_19=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-2140032_148=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>He&#8217;s completely original<\/h2>\n<p>Yeah, okay &#8211; slightly juxtaposed with what I just said but, Van Neistat is one of the most original YouTubers I have watched in a very, very long time. Despite being a Neistat and inevitably having some relation to Casey, Van is very much his own man. There&#8217;s nothing else like this on YouTube! Note: there probably is, now that people have been influenced by Van.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dfc7fa41a876e071e2a97909837a0e770340e29a.jpg\" alt=\"800\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dfc7fa41a876e071e2a97909837a0e770340e29a.jpg 800w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dfc7fa41a876e071e2a97909837a0e770340e29a-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dfc7fa41a876e071e2a97909837a0e770340e29a-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken from &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rTYH943jiEo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-anchor=\"?v=rTYH943jiEo\">2 Things to Know About Women<\/a>&#8216;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a world where everyone believes that to be successful on YouTube you need to copy the people at the top and do everything\u00a0<em>exactly<\/em>\u00a0how the most popular channels do it, there&#8217;s an overwhelming amount of copycat content that all feels the same and ultimately becomes mundane. The space feels over-saturated. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m drawn to the breath of fresh air that is Van Neistat. He&#8217;s doing things so differently.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is perfect, from the industrial style that doesn&#8217;t shy away from showing the nuts and bolts of filmmaking and rarely looks to achieve the &#8216;perfect shot&#8217;, to the clattering of the old-school typewriter in the intro. From the very first upload, it was clear that Van had his very own, original style.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s no real surprise. The guy has been a filmmaker for decades now. Remember &#8211; he and Casey had an original series air on HBO &#8211; &#8220;The Neistat Brothers&#8221; (2010). So Van has been around the block and knows how to make good films.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, his originality stems from the fact that he doesn&#8217;t watch YouTube and generally seems to steer clear of all social media. As a result, he hasn&#8217;t been influenced by anything online, which is incredibly rare. In an interview on the Rich Roll podcast, he even confessed to not watching too much of Casey&#8217;s work out of fear he may subconsciously steal ideas for stories and be influenced by his brother.<\/p>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"124\" class=\"elementor elementor-124\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb95c5f elementor-section-full_width cta-middle external elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb95c5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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Sales<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>This is storytelling at its finest<\/h2>\n<p>If you try to describe the concept of Van&#8217;s films to your friends, it&#8217;s not going to sound very exciting. &#8220;It&#8217;s about this guy who&#8230;fixes things&#8230;&#8221;, &#8220;that&#8217;s it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yep. That&#8217;s it. Yet somehow, through brilliant storytelling, Van has this ability to turn the seemingly mundane into something exciting and interesting. In a world with Google and fast consumerism where the easiest solution is often to just buy another one, it&#8217;s oddly satisfying to see someone have such an intimate knowledge of how to fix things and repeatedly practice their craft so well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1786 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/f7a1c44aea207fb9e504c394a1a41562423746d4.jpg\" alt=\"from van neistat youtube channel\" width=\"798\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/f7a1c44aea207fb9e504c394a1a41562423746d4.jpg 798w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/f7a1c44aea207fb9e504c394a1a41562423746d4-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/f7a1c44aea207fb9e504c394a1a41562423746d4-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken from &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-4zC8phWZ30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-anchor=\"?v=-4zC8phWZ30\">Fixing the Zip-Line Without Permission<\/a>&#8216;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Van does this by following the classic 3-act structure &#8211; something we picked up on in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/beau-miles-youtube-channel-breakdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beau Miles&#8217; work<\/a>. Many of Van&#8217;s videos play out like this:<\/p>\n<p>Act 1: there&#8217;s a problem. Something needs fixing. Van&#8217;s the man to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Act 2: we follow Van on his journey to fixing said thing. There are problems encountered along the way, moments of comedy and serious lessons to be learned.<\/p>\n<p>Act 3: the resolution to the story &#8211; Van either succeeds in his efforts or fails. Both offer important life lessons and interesting takeaways.<\/p>\n<p>His film about protecting his family from speeding cars outside the home driveway is the perfect example of this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable embeditem\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ytwi6JBsk4Y\" data-embed-height=\"384\" data-embed-width=\"800\" data-embed-constrain=\"true\"><iframe id=\"993591302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ytwi6JBsk4Y?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnew-blog.artlist.io\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1_19=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-2140032_148=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>You can see it again in this simple, 4-minute feature about fixing a car door lock:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable embeditem\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bI2yADkRf2A\" data-embed-height=\"384\" data-embed-width=\"800\" data-embed-constrain=\"true\"><iframe id=\"970751739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bI2yADkRf2A?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnew-blog.artlist.io\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1_19=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-2140032_148=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>The series format is a winner<\/h2>\n<p>Lastly, the success of Van&#8217;s YouTube channel comes down to how he&#8217;s rolling out his content. He&#8217;s opted for an &#8216;unlimited series,&#8217; which is genius because it keeps bringing us back again and again. We&#8217;ve previously talked about this as a great way to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/how-to-grow-your-youtube-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grow your YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Very quickly, the core audience base has understood what to expect with Van&#8217;s videos and how the format of each episode plays out. You&#8217;re always left wanting to watch more stories and see little snippets of this man&#8217;s universe. 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