Casey Neistat is now well known as a YouTuber with over 10 million subscribers. He is most famous for his daily vlog series which started in 2015; however, Casey started creating long before 2015. He was born March 25th, 1981 in Connecticut. Casey had a hard time in school and always got in a lot of trouble. When he was seventeen he had a kid, Owen Neistat, with his girlfriend. Shortly after he dropped out of high school to work full time as a dish washer. When Casey took a trip with his girlfriend and Owen to visit his older brother, Van Neistat, in New York City, Casey discovered film making for the first time. He decided that once he saved up enough money he would move to NYC to be a film maker. However, when Casey and his girlfriend split up, he decided to move to the city immediately. Casey worked a variety of jobs while creating short videos and films on the side with Van. Casey’s first real success came when a video he made called “IPod’s Dirty Secret” exploded on the internet.
This was the first time other people started to watch Casey and his brother’s films. Eventually Casey and Van were offered the opportunity to create a short tv series which they sold to HBO for just under $2 million. HBO premiered The Neistat Brothers for the first time in 2010.
Casey and Van took different creative paths after the tv show and after directing a few small movies, Casey decided to focus on YouTube in 2014. Casey’s cinematic approach to creating videos was unique, fresh, and ultimately changed YouTube in a large way. Today a majority of the popular vloggers and creators on YouTube have a heavy focus on cinematic shots and transitions.
All information about Casey used in this blog was found in video he created, definitely worth watching if you have the time: https://youtu.be/V6Y-ahQFQDA
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