If you have had any desire to film something or watched any camera product reviews / how to’s, chances are that you’ve probably heard of Parker Walbeck. If you haven’t, you might be more familiar with his incredibly successful company, called Full Time Filmmaker.
Before Full Time Filmmaker, Peter was a director, cinematographer, and editor for Youtube channel devinsupertramp, whose channel focused on a wide variety of videos, from video game-inspired action shorts to incredible athletic feats to beautiful shorts of iconic locations around the world. Devinsupertramp has garnered plenty of attention with filmmaking enthusiasts, with their smooth camera work and editing style, thanks to both the creator of the channel, Devin Graham, and Peter Walbeck. Peter aided Devin’s channel from the beginning of 2013 to August of 2015, before departing to begin his own channel, called Peter Walbeck, that had the same feel as devinsupertramp. However, on Peter’s new channel, he began focusing on the behind-the-scene aspects of creating such videos, such as recommended equipment and tools. He even delved into the world of product reviewing, where he will pit cameras or camera equipment against their competitors to list their pros and cons and give his thoughts on which product would be best for what scenarios
After some time, Peter Walbeck launched Full Time Filmmaker sometime in 2016, which (for a price) gave aspiring filmmakers courses filled with tips and info, discounts on products/programs, free tools, and so much more. Since he is someone that is avidly in the filmmaking world, creating videos for large companies, weddings, and real estate videos, he has plenty of information to give to individuals looking for it. Through the creation of this company, his assistance with Youtube channel devinsupertramp, and his own Youtube channel, Peter has used his knowledge of the difficult world of filmmaking to benefit those who want to learn. His channel has amassed 1.6 million views within the past month, which could be giving him a max revenue at $16,000 a month. Full Time Filmmaker costs a one-time payment of $799 and has 8,000 current members, putting his possible profits from his company at 6.4 million dollars. To put it simply, Parker Walbeck found a problem in the world of filmmaking and capitalized upon it using the knowledge he had earned from previous works.
While I do not know much about the film industry, it always interests me to hear stories about people who started out on Youtube and created a name for themselves from that platform. His quick success is also interesting to me because it really happened so fast. There is always more to learn and he fully got that concept and used the things that he knows to benefit and help other people.
I love Parker Walbeck’s videos and will frequently check his YouTube channel first if there is a specific topic or product I am looking for in a video. With YouTube, many people will make informative, instructional, or how-to videos, but many content creators are relying on the ad revenue or getting sponsored. Parker Walbeck took it to the next level by launching a separate course. While I am certain that many people choose not to purchase the course, 8,000 people did. It raises the question of how many other informative, instructional, and how-to YouTubers would do well with launching a paid course.