Pivoting from YouTube to feature filmmaking sounds like a huge risk for a brand as big as RackaRacka, but for some creators who have had success on the platform, that is part of the point. And self-expression was Danny’s impetus for writing the film’s script with Bill Hinzman. “I never felt like I could get vulnerable with my audience,” Danny said about YouTube. “So I thought that I’d write something that was more personal, and deeper to who I was.”His sentiment emerges in several ways throughout the film. For another, the slower, more measured pace of a feature gave them new creative freedom.

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Persons: Julia Alexander, YouTubers, it’s, ‘ We’re, ’, ‘, Bill Hinzman, “, ” Danny, Danny, Michael, Mia Organizations: YouTube