 Hi everyone, this is Jack and this is going to be a video that it's gonna be tough to make I'm just gonna be as honest as possible I wanted to talk a little bit about I guess the history of this channel What's coming next and kind of the reason that something's been happening over the past couple of days because I mean It's gonna be different than what it has been in the past So basically I'm just gonna be as honest as up front as possible. I began making these videos when I was in high school It was something that I love talking about movies I didn't really have friends who shared that same passion that same love for movies I started off making a website and writing about movies I didn't really get the traction that I wanted over there So instead I moved to the internet and remove over to YouTube and found the success that you see here today 100,000 101,600 and something it's insane. It really is It's one of those things where I cut when I made the channel I always kind of hoped that I'd get to Whenever I kind of had that idea of alright I'm gonna make the channel work for a little bit then a couple months later I'll have a million subscribers and of course that's not how it works, but Yeah, I had success talking about movies on just kind of took off But what went up from doing movie reviews of like the most recent theatrical releases to talking about movies That I really loved and cared about and had something to say So that's kind of the history of it and how And it was just one of those things where I made a video and then I made another one and then I just kept on doing it some had some success and then Yeah, I just kept on going and I Was just looking back. There was a 54 week stretch between February 2016 and March 2017 54 weeks where I did 54 film dissections one a week and when you compare that to today Safe to say that I do not have that same 100% success rate of a new video every week and kind of want to talk about that so Yeah, basically, I guess I'll just cut to What the real point in this video, which is to say The film dice I don't want to say it's coming to an end, but it's coming to a halt. I don't think I Don't think that there's going to be a Lot more film dissections coming for me. I might be making other content I would still like to talk about movies and still like to use this platform as a way to do so, but Yeah I've got in a one more film dissection of the works and I think that that might be the end point of my Work with the film dissection series. It's one that's been running since October 2015. It's now April 2019 when you look at it. It's I'm It's insane. How long it's lasted. It's insane. How many movies I've talked about but Yeah, anyway, let's kind of get to the gist of it I think one of the biggest reasons is that I have hit a creative block I've talked about a lot of movies and I've talked about similar subject matter within a lot of movies. I really have and I've kind of I don't I don't want to say run out of things to say because I think every film has something unique to say but and obviously the whole point of the film dissection is to get to the bottom of what exactly that film is saying but It can be a little bit strenuous on my end And I'm not strenuous, but it's not as enjoyable talking about similar things Even if it's unique in its own way, it is similar to other things that I've talked about and I kind of hit this creative wall Yeah, I just kind of hit a creative wall and Don't have the same enjoyment of making the videos and I used to it's as simple as that When I was doing that 54 week stretch of a new video every week. I loved it. I really did. I found it challenging I found it interesting and I Loved every I love the research side of it. I love the writing side of it I love the video editing side of it and then it's like slowly those three areas of just kind of I I've enjoyed them less and less like pretty much every video I've worked on over the past year pretty much it's been a year in which so Context for the timeline, I guess The 54 week stretch started when I was in high school just doing one every week I was able to do the time come home from school manage it well doing all that stuff and then lasted through Second semester of my freshman year of college and that way it actually ended with the Paul Thomas Anderson video And it was basically a break pretty much because I had talked it was a 22 minute video I'm sure a lot of you have seen it. It's one of my it's probably my favorite video. I've ever made It was so much work. I started working on in December 2016 and released it in March 2017 And we definitely It's the thing that I'm most proud of when it comes to YouTube and then From there I just stopped doing it every week and would do it like every other week Sometimes I'd go back to every week, but it wasn't as consistent as it was before which is fine That's just the way things go I was spending more time on that videos went up like anyway Long story short. That's when I stopped doing it every week Although I did go back to every week, right? Anyway and then More or less did another year probably did 30 ish videos and over the next 52 weeks. So a good amount for sure, but Then in May 2018 ended up I'll go setting abroad over the summer which meant I pre made a bunch of videos So I was actually making videos although I was releasing them And basically what I found when I was out of country is that it can be fun to not spend 30 hours a week making videos writing researching and editing and Yeah, so Yeah, I enjoyed my time not doing this all the time and I still enjoyed making the videos I came back and made some videos that I loved quite a bit but Next year rolled around and I Among other things took up more student involvement Leadership positions within my school doing all this other stuff and he just had to reprioritize how I spend my time I'm very good at time management It's a big strength of mine. It's how I was able to do it for 54 weeks And I'm still able to utilize I'm glad that I was able to do that for 54 weeks because I really Taught myself a lot of skills with time management that I apply to my life today, but Basically a long story short what happened was more student involvement just doing more outside of sitting in a dark room making videos and I'm happy that I did it's one of those things where I Love like I said, I like making these videos, but at the same time doing more than just making these videos It was challenging was rewarding and That's kind of why you've seen the thing the creative block and the lack of time is why my videos have slowed down over the past year and then I Noticed trends like I was been following like expected dates to hit a hundred thousand subscribers for a while And I was really hoping that that one hundred thousand subscribers would come along and kind of like give me the kick in the butt the motivation that I need to Kind of get back on the horse and really like Reprioritize making these videos and it the the opposite happened really it really seemed like an appropriate end of the chapter to my time spent on YouTube In many or at least with the film dissection and like I said, I'm still working on a pretty ambitious film dissection, which I'm still going to be releasing but It's kind of fitting because that video you'll see when it comes out, but Yeah, it's one of those things where that video and Hitting a hundred thousand it seems like an appropriate time to officially put an end to the film dissection or at least The idea that I've because I've kind of been Denying myself that I am burned out on it I've always just kind of said all right We'll just do more and give yourself a new pattern every other week And then all right. Well, I need a little bit more time because I want to make sure it's done right and The result is that I'm putting out videos. I'm not 100% happy with oftentimes the YouTube demographics haven't been as great because I'm not doing that consistent thing which makes total sense and Yeah, so so anyway, it's one of those things where it's just kind of like less views because I'm putting out fewer videos And that's kind of been that's a big motivation factors I'm sure you can imagine. I love making videos that get get views. That isn't why I do it But it's a nice thing. It's nice the work that you put into this video a hundred thousand people have seen it That's awesome. It really is and when you look at my most viewed videos the exception of the unforgiven one that I did last They just haven't been getting the same views As recently which is fine. I understand I'm not upset about it But it definitely isn't as motivating to see you know that video you made two and a half years ago That's doing well, but the one you made last week. That's not so And that's kind of been unfortunate and then the biggest reason why Why I've pretty much decided to to an extent pull the plug but Like I said, I'm unsure of exactly what I'll be doing posts in over the next couple months Is that this summer? I got a great internship with a great company and need to make that pretty much my biggest priority It would be possible to do that full-time work while working on these videos. I've done it before but I Need to perform at the highest level of that internship and It would not be possible to I mean making these videos while doing that would mean staying up late. It would mean getting less sleep and Excuse me and quite frankly. I just can't have that happening so I was another huge factor in it and Yeah It's one of those things where I definitely don't regret doing YouTube. I've loved so much about it I've met some amazing people The video essay community is really one of the best just such smart people such good-hearted people such hard-working people such talented people I've got nothing but great things to say about everyone who I've interacted with Everyone who I've interacted with over the Past couple of years I met some great people who I think I can say I've made legitimate friendships with Yeah, it's One of those things where It's sad because I love Jack's movie reviews so much. I'm so glad that I've made it a part of my life and all It's what but It really is this is a tough video to make like I said Kind of been thinking it for a while and I think that Closing The book on this chapter closing chapter of my life book whatever you know what I'm trying to say I think that it's going to be a good thing for me and I know it's sad and I just wanted to Basically wrap this video up. I know it was a little bit disjointed But hopefully you can see that this is just me being as honest as possible I've been giving what I want to say a lot of thought but not like there's no script to this is just me trying to be as honest as possible talking about My time on here how much it's meant to me and I guess to finish the video I wanted to say thank you. Thank you to anyone who's ever watched my work Thank you to all of your all of your positive comments whenever Like anyone from like my real life even though the videos that I make are definitely part of my real life Whenever like they read the comments, it's I'm so like I've read a lot of YouTube comments and yours are always the best So anyone who's ever left a like left a positive comment Had a joke with me on social media any interaction that you've had with me It means a whole lot means everything so Yeah, just wanted to say thank you Like I said, I know it's weird because I'm like acting like this is the end even though I'm Working on a video to release hopefully soon. It's a big concept of a video You'll see why when it comes out But a lot of research a lot of writing and I want I want to end with hopefully my best video I've ever made But I've just been giving it a lot of thought recently and I Feel like now is the appropriate time to make this video Just because I want you to be aware of it. I want Yeah Anyway Hopefully you Yeah, hopefully you won't be mad at me for this. It's been so much fun. It's been such a pleasure chit-chatting with everyone. I really Really appreciate everything that you guys have done for me if you're supporting my videos They're doing all that stuff. It means a whole lot and I just want you to know that In a perfect world, I'd be able to continue to make these videos but between time being a thing and That creative wall that I've mentioned a few times I think that it's best to just end by saying thank you. It really means a whole lot and Yeah, so thank you