Filmmakers sharing stories about: Human connection | Psychology + Mental Health | Everyday Heroes
New York, NY
Joined March 2014
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Throw this man a @snickers, it’s @hubbawater day!!!! 🥳🎉
Show him some loveee ⬇️⬇️ @ Cartagena De Indias, Colombia instagram.com/p/CMerDTSAVXf/… – at Cartagena, Colombia
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We’re back at it! Last week we pulled off our first shoot in months, with the amazing @ayeshacurry and @grubhub. Things looked wayyy different - we directed this from 3,000 miles away over Zoom! - but we made it… instagram.com/p/CDPXLVSgLvD/… – at Manhattan, NY
Nowhere Men - Brian & Alex retweeted
I'm excited to share this paper w/ my postdoc @EkstromPierce. Our key finding:
Even when motivated skepticism is overcome & partisans are compelled to believe an inconvenient fact (e.g., gun control works/fails), they are still less likely to share that fact w/ others.
Happy to say that @CalvinKLai and my paper on the selective communication of political information has just been accepted at SPPS!
Preprint: psyarxiv.com/pnr9u/
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Who are those people collecting the cans and bottles from your trash, and why?
In NYC, you can get 5 cents for every can you bring in for redemption - so your trash is literally someone else's opportunity.… instagram.com/p/CB6J22YgTIe/… – at Brooklyn, NY
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Who are those guys who play chess in the park at all hours of every day?
Street chess is all about speed, style, and trash talking your opponent.
We spent a day with TC, known as the "King of the Square"… instagram.com/p/CBvvPsXApsN/… – at Manhattan, NY
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We’ve had the privilege of spending a day in the lives of many amazing people around NYC. We’ve seen firsthand that everyone has a story that matters - and that once we take the time to learn those stories, we feel… instagram.com/p/CBV0Sg9gQWE/… – at Manhattan, NY
In the days of quarantine this challenge from our recent video is even more powerful. Thanks for the great article! #HelpfulNow everwideningcircles.com/2020…
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Have you been hit in the face with coronavirus stress? Yea, same.
We sat down with the brilliant therapist @sitwithwhit for her 5 practical tips for managing coronavirus anxiety.
Video link is in our bio now… instagram.com/p/B-FWRtVglA_/… – at Brooklyn, NY
Social distancing got us like...
Clip from our upcoming video in collab w/ the hyperlapse king, itsscottherder from @boboandchichi. Check out their insane hyperlapses from around the world.
(We filmed this… instagram.com/p/B962G57g2af/… – at Manhattan, NY
HAPPY ALEX DAY!!⠀
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Be sure to maintain a safe social distance, but let Alex know your favorite thing about him in the comments! Isn’t this guy great??
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Happy birthday @globalgoulets!
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📸: @brilliantchamps @… instagram.com/p/B9zDPH4gtqD/… – at Brooklyn, NY
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We made a Super Bowl ad for @grubhub! (*on the internet, not tv) We filmed with NFL stars Josh Allen + Sony Michel on 2 coasts within 24 hours, with a cross-country redeye in between. This whole thing came together… instagram.com/p/B8EsGBJglZM/… – at Fort Lauderdale, FL
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It’s been a crazy year, hell a decade, of change, growth, evolution. Only one thing has been constant: @globalgoulets and doochainzz working side by side. There are a lot more stories to tell. Here’s to the next… instagram.com/p/B6s_4wcgd_0/… – at Brooklyn, NY
If you’ve walked through midtown Manhattan, this dude has shouted at you.
Don Ward is the best shoe shiner in town! So when you walk past his corner, he WILL call you out if your shoes… instagram.com/p/BqLNDbjg-BB/… – at Manhattan, NY
What does a drag queen think about at 5am when she’s taking off her makeup at the end of a long night?
Usually that’s between her and her mirror. But we spent a long day filming with… instagram.com/p/BpFwFI5BBBT/… – at Brooklyn, NY
Yep, we tried drag.
We spent a long day filming with a NYC drag queen, and things got fabulous.
Check it out: bit.ly/madame-vivien – at Brooklyn, NY
🐝 So it turns out there might be 400,000 bees living on your roof... 🐝
We found out that urban beekeeping has become a fast-growing hobby in NYC, so we spent a day as NYC beekeepers to… instagram.com/p/Bn8_NlPhvrV/… – at Manhattan, NY
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Every word you use in your videos matters. They’re worth obsessing over, because if you get them wrong and don’t say what you mean, all hell breaks loose.
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Building the story is the hardest part. Get it right and you’re 80% of the way there to a great video.
It’s tough to A/B test video content like you do software or article headlines, so you just gotta keep creating and see what works.
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