Why Elle Mills is Special – From the CEO of Patreon

Elle just launched on Patreon, so I’ve been watching a ton of her videos and feeling mesmerized by her storytelling and creativity. I wanted to see if I could get to the bottom of WHY she’s so freaking special and what makes her such a compelling creator. I try to answer that question in this video.

Elle’s Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/ellemills

And since people always ask, YES! I do all my own editing! Patreon doesn’t have a team that makes videos like this for me — I make em myself!! I used to work with an editor for a daily vlog I did years ago, but we stopped that project, and he’s no longer at Patreon — so it’s just me!

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Here are the TED talks I referenced:

Andrew Stanton

JJ Abrams

Here’s the interview with Christopher Nolan

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Storytelling Books I Love:

In the Blink of an Eye, by Walter Murch
http://a.co/d/6OMn715

Story, by Robert McKee
http://a.co/d/2sih4VS

Moviemakers’ Master Class
http://a.co/d/0DGG0c1

On Directing Film, David Mamet
http://a.co/d/aqM4I6C
(I don’t actually love David Mamet as a director, but this is nevertheless a good book for storytellers)

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Also, if you want to just learn about filmmaking and storytelling in general, you can just binge nerdwriter videos like this one:

The nerdwriter quote that I started this video with is from his video on “The Epidemic of Passable Movies:”

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If you want to see next level storytelling, watch these movies, written by Charlie Kaufman:
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Being John Malkovich
-Adaptation

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Also, if you want to get familiar with my work as a creator, you can start with these videos:

Pharell Mashup, Pomplamoose

Daft Punk Skrillex Mashup, Conte

Putting on the Ritz

My cover of Thrift Shop, Conte

Cover of If I Ain’t Got You, Scary Pockets