 Welcome back to my brother's keeper. We're with the vibes team. We're gonna interview them about video making I'm with Jeremiah and Olivia and We're gonna let them introduce themselves. I'm just gonna give to Basha My name is Basha. Oh My name is Tanu My name is Abhishek Subha Oh My name is Milan Mugger Hi, and my name is Rohit And I'm Manos. I get I guess I'll choose myself as well I'm Jeremiah and to kind of get started. I wanted to ask you specifically Why do you guys do what you guys do? Like what makes you guys, you know want to film and make all the stuff you guys make How do I start like, you know, it's just an idea of you know doing something different than you know, other people do One thing like I used to love the movie, you know, when I was in the like, you know, Nepal like really a kid like I used to watch a lot of movie and like, you know Like thousands of movie I used to watch it and I Used to think like, you know, one day I'm gonna like, you know, do this something like that When I get like, you know, bigger and older and I think yeah, that's the thing like, you know When I started That was like, you know, I met the guys like here So I think yeah Well, like this struggles with video making like if if you're trying to think about like a scene that you want to make how How do you Put yourself in the creative space in order like to think about something creative Anyone can answer that First of all, you know, you write the story and it's all about the relatives I've been relative story for us. We came from the refugee camp. So, you know, the everything We know that everything's what it's feel like to be falling love To be fired with brothers. I mean, that's a thing. So we know it like we have our own story For us and we tell him what we felt when we like kids or when we were teenagers So and he just think about that story and he make a whole another story about that more genetic one and we just Do the movie that we just make a movie My next question is how many movies you guys already made so far and how many you guys planning to Make more Like I don't like to say like it's like totally a movie. I just a short video like, you know, that we love to make it The planning for the future is like We don't have the like, you know, right Timing right now because of the like, you know Covade and other things But we're trying to make a time and make a movies. I mean sub videos because everybody goes to school and It also winter time and yeah, I think we made almost like Seven or eight videos till now But we're definitely trying to make more in the future The next question, I know that we can't help you guys, but like what like what help you guys need Probably money and space Yeah, and maybe more cameras and more of like Needs we need I don't know Yeah cameras monies space to act and practice Maybe like other people to join maybe make the group larger Yeah, and one thing is like we are totally in the like, you know, it's starting phase right now Like most of us like, you know beginning of the acting right now, you know, we don't Like do a lot of the actings and we don't know what is acting right now What we do is like, you know, just play the some role in front of the camera So if there is like, you know a big space for us like even the smallest phase is like, you know, really big for us if you got a space and like and You know, we got a chance to do some learning things or practice Then it could be really helpful for us So During I mean, I heard I heard you said that you guys started doing the Filming videos before the Pandemic hit. How did you guys handle that going through the pandemic? How is it different so in the pandemic I mean pandemic time We did not make video at all, right? Yeah, because in 2019 and 2018 We made lots of video like every week we used to make one video and put in YouTube and After they like when the pandemic hit and we just everybody like, you know, I do nothing and he stayed at home So how And the pandemic we didn't work, I mean, we didn't film and videos but in the pandemic we used to came to his house or in Video chat like Facebook or messenger and we kind of do it like, you know, we kind of analyze our story I mean kind of We found out what types of videos we like our our audience like and we kind of try to make our I mean more and more videos with the idea that more people likes like before them All right, I guess to kind of continue on that have anybody like ever since you guys sort of filming you guys like Get emails from people that want to help or Donations and stuff like that. Have you guys received any sort of help or you guys still just on your own? We never got any Oh His brother used to own the restaurant in Uniski. He helped a few times, you know giving some donation to us Have you guys Like consider like working with you know, I know because you guys your stories are original from Nepal and like The refugee life specifically, but like have you guys considered like switching over it a little bit or like do different stories, you know About that question like we are trying to do something, you know western times But I don't know when it's gonna be We're only like seven or eight people I can join Yeah And all Nepalese All right, so I Understand you say like you get a lot of inspiration from when you used to watch a lot of movies when you're younger and I remember where we come from to in our refuge you can't be used to watch a lot of Indian movies And our favorite part mostly was, you know the action How has that impacted you guys's film like Action and stuff, you know We used to watch in the movies to you know, Bollywood movies We used to watch the English movie also like, you know, Hollywood, you're right, but like how does How do you think that has impacted the movies that you make right now? Oh, yeah Oh that Right now we're only making you know lobby story because I used to watch lots of Sarabhan movie Yeah, I'm a big fan of him and yeah, I used to watch with the family because you know, totally our family movies he used to make And yeah, I think we are totally making Love love story right So like If you guys like had a lot of people to help you guys and you had a lot of donations Which do you think it would be much better and different? To be a production your video production I Can answer that Totally, I mean we have one big script I mean that is written in like more than 20 or 25 people's and for that movie and we need more money and Different places for that movie. So we are kind of into that movie. Well, we Quite didn't start it because of the money and the people we didn't have it and the place right now is always no We're looking forward to do that Yeah, yeah, we needed like, you know, 30 people for the only for the you know Actors and we don't have that much, you know right now I have you guys like do you guys just like oh we need people where we're not gonna do anything about it Or do you guys like reach out like Talk to other people that also make films in the community like maybe like BTC or something We reached out with the few you know, they play communities people like I think we Talked with like five or six people But later on in the you know, like process time like you know production time We found out it can not gonna be possible because the script is all about the Nepali people like it was Idea of the refugee camp, you know, how they survive and what's gonna be like, you know If they got the problem in the refugee camp It was like, you know impossible to do over here also got you got you got you Also, by the way, feel free to ask us anything I got last question. Yeah, we you guys I know that you guys need the help like we like money stuff and donation if you guys like ask ask other people for help or For that. Yeah We kind kind of collect ours. I'm like Everybody brings like $20 per month or something of our films like to produce our film and especially Milan died his father help us for the movies like every movies his father give us some money for the Producing movie like finding out the place eating food and that type of forces his father to kind of Give you give us the money lend us the money. That's that's basically your budget How much would you say it's like your average per movie? How much money you spend like on one movie? What do you how much would you say? Depends on the like, you know, what kind of like video it is sometimes probably Roughly around like it's not too much, you know It's like around like three to four hundred dollar Yeah, that's Like since most of your actors are like still students How do they manage to balance? acting and school For the time managing It's kind of hard because you get lots of homework and plus you have to like know your script and Plus their school so We don't even have time for it Sometimes we be coming into for practice and I don't even know my line Like it's that hard and we have to keep a retake and retake and retake and there's extra one hour right there and for the practicing I Don't we don't practice a lot. I mean like in our own We don't practice in our own because there's lots of time managing because I have to do my homework a lot and school It's hard to manage our time because of school and homework we get There's like less Practicing practicing in our own. Yeah, it's just going into the group and he's gonna help us DJ Read your script ahead of time, but it's hard to memorize Yeah, and if you can't remember he's gonna change the whole script like just add another word I've seen a lot of the film that you're in well, how would you say it's different for you? When you have school and then you have to come make the film and you have to read this great Like it's called Yeah homework and like it's cool time. We have to go like eight hours and we have to come like like almost four o'clock Basically school work and we have to do also like at house. We have to do something work, you know We are Nepali, so we are originally from Nepali and English is our second language. So We have to go to the school like eight and come at three and after that we have a homework and To understand the homework first of all, it's really hard. I think you can relate that Yeah, and to understand our homework then after sometimes late So we have to give some time to our family and because my mom is single single parents or I have to give my time to my parents and To this this people to the I also have a family we need their time. So we only work like On Sunday and Monday in the weekend We can only we can so now we only work weekends That's all Just one or two hours now. Yeah, so in that You know, sometimes I got the script for like, you know five or six pages I don't know how they read it or no. Sometimes they like, you know, just come without even reading any lines, you know And I ask them why and they are saying I got a homework and do works, you know, other things I'm like, okay Okay, you're gonna take a whole day for this one now I was gonna get I was gonna ask like what are some supposed roles because I Seen some of you guys in the movie and I know you like kind of right and direct But like some of you guys I don't see in the movie. What is everybody's role? My role is just Driving them out and carrying camera setting off camera Sometimes if they need the people like in the back of the actors, I just walk Back of the characters. That's my role My role was acting actor we have to do in front of the camera Sonu Barry Yeah, I'm also acting Actress Yeah, everybody, you know, do the acting as they got the role So the stories you come with you come up by yourself or is it like does everybody have their own little ideas? Then you put it into a bigger thing or is it just totally from your head? So it's about, you know, like I got the one idea Suppose, you know, like I got one idea and share with them And if they like it, then, you know, we discuss brainstorm and you know, do the whole brand of products on thing Like process by process. I'm gonna film it. You know, how are you gonna act? Why are we gonna do it? So we do it as a group But this group and other thing So He kind of brought up about the question thing and he kind of fizz you guys out So do you want to ask us any questions? Yeah, yeah, so how you guys started like My brother keeper The program was here Okay, so the program was here I was doing the ice program on my freshman year for high school and We did we did work with the city hall and stuff and We're learning about Ballington and how the city the waterfront is and everything and from from like the early 1980s how Ballington evolved and how they improved from from from eight from eight from 1980s to 2019 and we were doing the video production Stuff and we got here and I wanted I was so interested in cameras and They asked me if I wanted it to do my brother's keeper and I was like, yeah, sure Why not and I kind of brought my friends into it and they liked it and then they stayed Yeah, pretty much does a we do a lot of community work by me personally. I just I want to be real heat Krishna, that's why I'm here I watch a lot of Bollywood movies and I've always been interested in just kind of just you know opening camera or big or Being in front of the camera and stuff, you know, that's pretty much what I'm here. I just like doing this stuff Yeah, for me, it's also the kind of same I've been also interesting like camera stuff and both of my friend They started them too. Yeah, so I they asked me for an agenda. I'm like, why not? That the best thing being in front of camera. Yeah We're a classmate, you know, and why didn't you invite me for this First I could have I could have the thing is like we had the same chemistry class and I was still in you there and We didn't we were not really best friends at the time We just classmates and it was just like a little bit difficult. Well, it's not too late. You can join us Yeah, we didn't talk anything about videos, but now you're welcome. You can join us. It's not too late Welcome you Just got a new cameraman. Oh, yeah, I'm good at really behind the camera Question What motivated you to do this kind of thing I was just inspired. It's just like I wanted I'm never really that get on interviewing people and I want to improve my skills People skills. I don't have the much people skills and I wanted to experience. That's why I Joined my brother's keeper Honestly what inspired me to you know, you get to talk to different people every time and like you can really ask anybody anything you want to ask Yeah, pretty much that you get to learn a lot of We're all new here. We're all from a different country here So being here it kind of helps us give us the opportunity to talk to the people that pretty much run the community around us That's cool. And also just like you said earlier. Generally where we come from we all like movies We all watch movies and at some point or another we all wanted to be in those movies So this kind of just helps me get uncomfortable being in front of the camera and yeah We just wanted to see what's behind the scenes Yeah, I'm the same But since since movies inspire you so much, why would you say it's like your favorite movie and stuff, you know Like one movie was like damn. I want to do that so bad. I'm gonna go make my own movie now Yeah Okay, like they don't ever like what Sarbhan My favorite DDLJ Okay, no, I don't think I'm familiar with that. I know like Do you ever like saw the any trains if sequence like I know it's running. Oh, yeah Something like that. I was I seen that where he like runs. Yeah, so yeah That's a particular scene like you know when the girl is running and the boy is giving hand to girl to You know get on the train. Yeah, I think that scene was like, you know, best one in the whole movie also And until now that's a base in like, you know in the like Do you ever try to recreate a set in your movie? I Never tried but you know the feelings that guy has and the you know girl has I try to recreate it I What about you guys what what makes you guys want to do this what makes you guys want to make movies Because it's fun and he explains it in our language and we make the movies in our language, so it's very fun I Know I came in America like 2018 all in January, so I was bored and I didn't have any friends that time and I Need to go somewhere else to be a kind of happy Thing yeah Right word is happy. So I was finding like friends. Well, I'm kind of like introvert version I don't speak much. So Yeah, now I'm really scared. That's why nervous. That's what I'm speaking lot So that times my friends I'll be sick and this friends kind of like Come to my house and ask me about you want to join this group We're just gonna make a movie and I said I'm I'm not good at camera and any speaking type But I can help you with the stop that I can carry in my back Then so that's my story Have another question for you guys Since you said that you guys made like about a video now, right? What kind of feedback have you guys been getting from people? From the from your fans Some people say it's really good and we should keep making movies. I'm in short movies and Some people like discourage us like oh the editing is bad Speaking is bad. So some likes it some don't I think which is fine because in Social media, it's right. Yeah, it's pretty much normal. Yeah, some people Some people don't like it. Some people hates it. Some people loves it And what about you since you come up with all these stories like While people tell you about the stories in particular So people like To be proud of the like, you know any videos that I made it will be like, you know the camera work That every people say like, you know, that's a good camera work. That's good scenery, you know sins and other things But sometimes, you know people are talking about the acting script and also, you know dialogue some We deliver and we read it Yeah, yeah, sometimes, you know, you get the bad things from the people, you know, but it's okay like, you know You just keep making it and yeah Keep doing your things So So like to wrap everything up this was Really nice interview and I'd love to get another one Parts are coming soon I guess to kind of wrap it up I was gonna ask what is like the message of your guess is film? What are you guys are trying to tell people that are watching the movies whether it's about Nepal or here? so Depends on the like what kind of video we're gonna make again, you know, like it's not always the same message but The vibes official is all about, you know, making people happy, you know and sad, you know at the same time We make comedies, you know, love stories, you know, so yeah Sometimes scary also so, you know just we just want to, you know Keep people entertained and keep make them smile, you know Okay, love story keep bringing that up a lot you like making love story why is that? Why love stories why love story I don't know like, you know, I think it's a base feelings you ever have Yeah, of course it is, you know, like if the people are, you know, heartbroken and they want to be like, you know You know feel something then, you know, you want to keep that, you know, make a videos about it How you feel it about you know Well, that's a rough