The Nine Club #193 · Show notes.
Davonte Jolly
About this episode
Davonte Jolly discusses growing up in South Central LA, how he got into skating, why he starting to film, editing his videos and uploading to Youtube, Nigel Alexander putting him on the “Hit Squad”, getting his first check from YouTube, how he started to film for Illegal Civ, making the “Godspeed” video and getting over 3 Million views, why he called the video “Godspeed”, filming Alex Midler’s Backside 360 into the Car Wash bank and much more!
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The guest
Davonte Jolly
Davonte Jolly is a filmmaker associated with Illegal Civ. His conversation covers his early videos, YouTube and the making of GODSPEED.
Chapters
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- Introduction and favorite podcasts
- Discovering Marc Johnson through YouTube
- Paramount spots and the first filming missions
- Editing an early local skate video
- HellaClips and getting an edit seen
- Days With the Homies and finding an audience
- Switching from Final Cut to Premiere
- Keeping a team together for filming
- The early concept for GODSPEED
- GODSPEED’s release plan and timing
- Audience expectations and online views
- Working on a larger production set
- Being genuine and finding a place in the industry
- Zion Wright’s new opportunities
- Advice for beginners: start and stay consistent
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People mentioned
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Mikey Taylor
Mikey Alfred
Marc Johnson
Nigel Alexander
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Joe Rogan
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