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This podcast features a fantastic interview with science filmmaker Rob Nelson. Rob is a friend of mine and we both appear together on the Science Channel’s What on Earth. He transitioned from research into filmmaking and has a YouTube channel with almost 150K subscribers and multiple videos with millions of views.
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In this episode, I chat with Rob about why and how he decided to turn to science filmmaking. This is certainly a unique career path without obvious instructions. Even if there was an instruction manual, it would change from year-to-year or even day-to-day as there are constant changes in social media and how we receive information.
This is a wide-ranging discussion about careers in science filmmaking, science communication, and success on YouTube.
Specifically I go over:
- How Rob Nelson became a science filmmaker
- Why he changed from research into filmmaking
- How he makes his own career as a filmmaker an started his own companies
- How to make successful YouTube videos
- How much Rob makes in this career and how much he makes from YouTube videos
- The change that took his YouTube channel to nearly 150K subscribers and multiple videos with millions of views
- Filmmaking tips for scientists dabbling in videos
- and MORE!
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