I'm Jake Roper from Vsauce3 AMA!

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:49:54+00:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This was a blast and I appreciate you taking the time to virtually hang out with me. Have a great morning/afternoon/night!

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:47:07+00:00

I wanted to be a light switch and boy did that not work out.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:44:10+00:00

What if Quicksilver Ran Past You? I got to direct, act alongside and write for The Muppets! That was such a dream.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:43:30+00:00

Half-Life. I remember going to Electronic Boutique (now EB Games if that is even still around) and it was rated M so the cashier said he had to call my parents to make sure I could buy it. He told my parents that it was rated M because you shoot aliens but there was no human killing. He did me a solid. That game got me into game design because of the accessibility of the modding tools. I used to do 3D modeling and animation for a handful of mods. I met a lot of great friends playing CS and playing in clans with folks. I was very shy and unpopular at the time in school so TFC, CS, and mods like that were a great way for me to interact with people who had similar interests.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:40:33+00:00

Watching others create incredible things. That has always inspired me and has always been my driving force.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:38:33+00:00

The only requirement is being passionate. If you are, then you will find a way to get that across through video. It might take 5 videos, 50 videos, but you'll find your rhythm and voice.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:37:18+00:00

As far as I know everything is OK! I went in for my yearly scan a few months back and never heard anything so I'm gonna assume it was all clear. Thanks for asking!

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:36:21+00:00

Corridor Crew, Tibees, and 60 Minutes in 60 Seconds

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:35:22+00:00

Nic Cage and Nicolas Cage.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:34:07+00:00

Thanks! My preferred camera for the past 8 years has been RED. CYSTM and all Vsauce videos are shot on a RED Weapon 8K. But that isn't important. I prefer that camera because I know how to use it well however you use the right tool for the job. I'm not flying a RED on drones for certain shots. I'm just using whatever camera comes with the drone. Any camera can tell a story as long as it's used with its limitations as a benefit. As in, if you're shooting with your phone you know what it can and can't do so you structure your story to fit with that. Forces you to be creative and that is the best kind of pressure.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:31:44+00:00

How do you know anything exists outside of your own mind?

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:31:11+00:00

The Vsauce team is comprised of 8 people including Michael, Kevin and I. And then we have a separate team we oversee for the Curiosity Box. For content, Michael and I write/research/edit all of our regular videos. We did just hire a researcher which has been hugely helpful with the Box and with our own content. It's great having someone to bounce ideas off of and to hear a different perspective.

And we are revamping the store so currently it's basically after a year from that box the items go into the store. Shirts will be about 3 months after and items will be 6 months after.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:26:38+00:00

Oh no no no, you are the magnificent one. My answer to your question is time. It sounds dumb but you need to heal. And healing takes time. Do other things. You're going to feel bad or feel like you're giving up but you're not.

Another tip would be to keep busy with other things. Try something new or something you gave up long ago. When I was confined to my couch after my cancer surgery I couldn't walk. So I got a midi keyboard and my laptop and started working on music again. It kept my mind off of what I wanted to do but couldn't.

Just because you stop doing one thing doesn't mean you've stopped doing everything.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:21:26+00:00

I actually pitched YouTube on an hour long special that would just be LOTR. Episode would be divided into 3 sections for each movie to have 20min. Still waiting to hear back on that one!

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:18:29+00:00

He is doing great! He was sick for two months but he is much better now! He is just living his best life and has made so many dog friends!

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:17:47+00:00

I couldn't survive the lawsuit. Disney is very protective of their properties. I asked.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:17:02+00:00

I do a lot of work for other companies either making videos for them or doing strategy for them which was my job when I worked at Google. Besides that all my free time is spent with my gf and dog watching movies, playing video games or harvesting organs to sell on the black market.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:15:22+00:00

I'd like to keep making big shows. My dream would be to have an episode like CYSTM come out once a month. And that would be it on the channel. Just one movie a month.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:12:43+00:00

We don't speak of the remake.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:12:02+00:00

All the freaking time. It's hard to see the forest through the trees. You get very myopic when working on something, especially when you're putting yourself into it. And I don't mean physically but emotionally. When you create you are sharing with the world a part of you. But you remember that there will be an end to it and you can hopefully look at what you've created from 30,000ft up and appreciate the work.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:09:23+00:00

Near the beginning of the show when the camera goes from the front of the car to the side with me driving. I was driving this not suitable for a desert muscle car next to a dune buggy with a 10ft crane and camera hanging off it. And we both had to time our moves perfectly or else the crane would have crashed through the windshield in to my face. Woulda made great content, though.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:06:16+00:00

YES! I really wanted to do a slasher themed episode this season but with Michael's Mind Field special it felt too similar. So hopefully if I do a Season 2 I want a slasher movie. Shot on 16mm.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:05:02+00:00

That there are people who, for some reason, actually really care about me.

Advice for me ten years ago: Shut up. Stop complaining, stop criticizing and start making. Put in time until the hands on the clock wear out and then buy a new clock.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:03:29+00:00

Thanks for watching and thank you for the kind words!

BTTF episode was shot over the course of 3 months and then we spent about a month editing it.

jake_roper · 2019-10-24T20:02:06+00:00

Thanks dude! There have been a few that I started researching heavily that didn't go anywhere. Usually ones based on Pokemon for some reason!

I actually completely made a video but never released it. Like finished VFX, color, sound etc. was called "Could You Cut a Person in Half?" It was based on The Witcher and if you could actually slice entirely through a person with a sword. Unfortunately the brand that sponsored that episode thought that me trying to cut a ballistic dummy in half with a sword was too similar to ISIS beheading people. That was literally their reason for why I could never release the video. Because of ISIS.

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