The fact that Chris can now openly talk about his Jehovah’s Witness days without it being a big deal makes me happy 🥺 shows how much it helps to talk and share about the things that can sometimes feel so crippling

I just can’t believe the opening line in Phenomenon Field was “I can’t talk I gotta poo”

All the dislikes are from that neighbor kid who didn't have a pure heart.

Chris: “from now on, I won’t criticise movies and creators, it doesn’t feel right” Also Chris: *destroys an amateur trying his best*

For Chris - When I was in high school, I wrote two scripts which were both later performed by our theater troupe. Watching the recordings today, they are hilariously bad, but I still wanted to continue writing.

I can't wait to see Chris' first theatrical feature whenever it comes out. That should be fun for all KZfaq critics to review

When Chris becomes the same status as the popular Hollywood directors, I can proudly say, I was there when Chris reviewed Dragonball Evolution till present day

I really need to see the Stuckmann Cut of Signs now

"I killed my friend in my movie" *cheerful bellly laugh* I love you bro lol

When I was about 9 years old. I made a homemade film with my action figures, such as, Spider-Man, Transformers and legos all getting together to save the world. I took it on my fathers handheld camcorder that he used to take family vacation videos. It was about 20 minutes long and I showed it to my neighbors 😂😂😂

Chris, as an aspiring filmmaker, your new series is really informational. Thank you so much!

I was around 12-14 and I was able to shoot and edit a 45 minute “film” with some vacation friends all on iMovie on an iPod (in Ohio!). It was so ridiculous lol. Fun times and fond memories :)

I had a friend who made a few films like this back when we were teenagers. As awkward as they are to watch back back I can honestly say I have nothing but fond memories of making them with him and my friends.

I’m 15 and have recently started making some films on my channel based off weird scripts I write. One is a saw movie inside an Applebee’s, one is about a cult who worships melons and the most recent one is about people searching for monster energy during a global pandemic. They suck but I’m proud of many parts of them and want to continue writing

We started out making short films and never ended up trying an amateur feature because making the shorts felt difficult enough. Of course, our first short films had narratives more convoluted than most feature films so I’m still curious how utterly insane an amateur feature would have been if we had made one. Thanks for sharing your experiences as always, love hearing this stuff.

I’m not a filmmaker, but in high school we made several movies with my friends that we thought were amazing. Looking back they are terrible, but it was really fun to make. I wish I had pursued this career path! I love watching your videos and this new direction you’re taking your channel.

When I was 15 I convinced my friends too be in my movie. At the time I knew it wasn't going to be good because of my lack of experience and also me and my friends had never acted before. So I decided to make it a comedy and boy is it funny...just not in the way I would have liked. I made several other films with my friends and by myself, and they all got better and better. (Still really bad) Now I'm 22 working a sh*t job. I write scripts in my free time hoping to one day make them into movies.

Appreciate you sharing this film Chris. Passion is the central ingredient to make timeless art

When I was a teenager I edited together my home moves to makes them into stories. My editing tech was 2 VCR's and a camcorder. I captured audio from moves like star wars and played it over me and friends and family riding Ice skates onto a frozen pond that my mom made for us in the back yard my dumping water... How Down hill skating has never made it to the Olympics I will never know

My fav movie I ever made as a kid was "Were They Really In The Shitter?"

I’m am currently starting to film my first independent feature film at the age of 20, and this video right here has given me all the confidence and inspiration to just go out and do it. Not to care what anyone says or thinks, but just to make a film that means a lot to me. So I just wanna say thank you Chris for the added inspiration and confidence!!!!!

Stakes! 😂 Your dissection of your early feature films always crack me up, I love them. Reminds me of when me and my friends would make up stories to act out like we were in a movie. We took ourselves so seriously but probably would look ridiculous seeing it today. But I regret nothing!

So where can we get the criterion for "Phenomenon field" XD

I am an amateur filmmaker right now (16). I have a channel with my buddy called ROTA Media. These videos are really helpful to me. Thank you!

I'm 23 and have been making films since I was 14. I relate on such a deep level with everything about this video.

Hey the editing & composition in that "run to the field to save my friend only for him to instantly drop dead just before I reach him" sequence are pretty darn good, I watched it twice...

Ah yes..."Jehovah's in the outfield" my favorite movie

This is so inspiring! Love seeing how far you've come from your 1dt feature film.

I'm so Happy for you Chris. You're a true inspiration for me. Thank you.

I just recently started making short films with my friends this past year, and man at times during our first one did it seem so hard, but to go back to just last year and look at how much more I’ve learned as a filmmaker is super inspiring. Please keep making videos like this, you are such and inspiration!

Chris if these are the types of videos you are doing now, that’s awesome, I love when you just talk passionately, keep going 👍🏻👍🏻

Man, thank you so much for putting yourself out there and sharing your story. I know for sure that you've helped and inspired many of us who might have felt lost and isolated in similar circumstances. You are awesome

I’m a couple of years older than you Chris so when I was a kid making amateur movies with my friends it was before computer editing software and things like iMovie, so we had to do _everything_ in camera which was a total nightmare and took forever. The fact that anyone today can pretty much make a movie on their _phone_ kind of blows my mind.

"I'm a Jehovas Witness, we don't allow our image to be seen on the internet." "Wanna make a movie?" ... "Sure!"

I'm impressed! 15 years old and not only did you complete the film, you got 70 minutes. Wow! It also reminded me of the time in college when my friends and I decided to make a star trek episode. Oh my god. It was hysterical (and a lot of fun).

What an incredible story!! I’ve watching your videos for years and it’s been so great to see your filmmaking develop! I managed to direct a feature at age 20; It was a coming of age comedy called “Cardboard Fort” which we managed to build an 9ft tall cardboard castle for which was then burned to the ground (for narrative purposes of course...). Such a learning curve but a lot of fun! Directing a feature film independently is definitely something to be proud of 🎬

I LOVE the new Chris Stuckmann channel. As a 14 year old aspiring filmmaker, I love watching these videos and they help me so much. 🙌❤️

"You're just not a good person, ok?!"😂😂😂 I guess this is how a career as a villain starts. Great video

I always really enjoy hearing people talk about exploring their creativity, this was great!

Absolutely LIVING for these videos

Chris Stuckmann, you, my fine fellow, are a legend.

When are we getting “Phenomenon Field” on Blu-ray?

Congrats dude! I wish you nothing but the best in your journey and let me know when you end your first cut! Would love to see it!

Chris, this is amazing! You filmed this a couple blocks from where I live! I recognize the elementary school in the background. My wife and I walk past that field all the time!

I used to make movies with a buddy of mine in high school. None of them are any good, but I am proud we made them. It was difficult and an absolute blast at the same time. Thank you for sharing this story, Chris.

Omfg I laughed soo hard when the kid died right after batting 😂😂😂 Good stuff, Chris. You're an inspiration to anyone who is pursing their dreams 🙌

Been following your channel for many years. Thanks for sharing your story!

So happy for you Cris! Can’t wait to see your film

I bet Chris is gonna make An analysis video of "Old" which is my favorite film of the year and of the last 2 years.

I wrote and directed a horror short film for a film class when I was sixteen. I wasn't at all good at editing or sound design, but I tried to incorporate some ambitious sound bites and transitions in the movie that honestly turned out terrible. But I definitely look at it still with pride because I did it. And ever since, I've had a huge passion for screenwriting that I don't think would have developed if I hadn't just gone for it when I was sixteen.

This is definitely one of my favorite videos on your channel.

Excited to see your films, Chris!!

But wait, the Pure of Heart play incredibly but die after 5 times? but... the non pure of heart, it doesnt work, so they even though they suck, they dont die? So surely the winners are Non Pure of Heart!

Personally, after following his channel for years (because I honestly value his opinion on films more than any other reviewer), I'm happy for Chris and honestly hope he had a successful film making career. On the other hand, I come to this channel for film reviews. I'll follow for a little longer to see how it goes but if there's a lot of this kind of content, I'm going to respectfully need to find another page to get film reviews

I love this new change of pace for your videos! Keep it up

I’m loving these videos where he talks about his passion and how he made stuff as a kid and me who’s 15 is trying to do the same thing I just feel like going out and making a movie rn these videos keep motivating me to do so

Honestly kinda wanna watch the movie, seems alright.

about 10 years ago in high school, i would act behind the camera for my friends who wanted to be filmmakers and uploaded to youtube. loved it and still would do it if they wanted me to.

This was so fun listening to, Chris! Loved hearing your experience making this as a kid/teen... those of us who were in church bands at the time who thought we were cool had similar experiences and thank God there isn't footage of some of that 😂😂

I love the enthusiasm behind your new videos.

Love this kinda content, Chris! My cousin and I made tons of "short films" when we were kids. We had an absolute blast. Our most infamous one is called "Polly Wanna...Murder? 😂 It was about this little toy parrot my cousins dad had in their basement that would reek havoc 😂. It's hilarious, we still have it on a VHS somewhere.

I cannot wait to see "Written and Directed By Chris Stuckmann" in the end credits and I'd be like "hey, I grew up watching this dude's movie reviews"

this is amazing ^^ and honestly, I'm impressed with your tenacity and love for film making

Hey Chris, Really appreciate the new direction of the channel. I’ve been watching for probably coming up on a decade. I very seldom use KZfaq to comment/engage, but I’m going to change that. Love that you’ve been willing to tell your story, and I’m oddly proud that you’re taking this next step. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

I tried making my first feature with my high school theatre troop, on the last day of filming one of the actors bailed without telling us, so the film was never finished, at the moment I have many ideas I want to do for my actual first feature film, but that’s TBA for me

I love hearing about his armature film days. I would also make films with friends and locals as a kid, so it's cool to hear how similar our experiences were. After shooting many short films, we decided it was time to attempt a feature length production. It was going to be called "Link to the Future" and be a parody of A Link to the Past and Back to the Future. Someone creates a time machine and goes back to Link's era where Link finds the time machine and accidentally ends up in the future (modern day) where hijinks ensues. It ended up taking about a year of preproduction to make all the props (crappy as they were), and we shot about 20min of footage before summer ended and we all went to different high schools. Unfortunately after that, we could never seem to get organized and the project simply stopped. I decided in the end to pursue a different career path and am now working as a Junior Game Designer. I love my job, but I still miss the days of making movies. It was always such an adventure. I can't wait to see your movie when it comes out Chris!

never made any full length feature, though i did and do day dream about it all the time. i know this is one comment out thousands, but i just want to say that i’m loving the direction this channel and you are taking Chris! you’re an inspiration. even though i may be procrastinating and giving into resistance while writing this :)

I’m loving these new videos, Chris!

does anybody notice how tall chris is at 15 YEARS OLD

When we were young Jehovah’s Witnesses (like 9 or 10 years old), we started making very amateur movies with a camcorder. Our very first one was live action and was called The Spyathon, where we played spies who had watches that could do anything. The next several were made using toys and we had a series of movies called The War of the Toys. The funny thing is in the fourth War of the Toys movie, we couldn’t find the toys we used for the main characters so we just made the movie without them lol. We made a few others using toys and a few other live action ones (I think. I know we made a second live action one but I can’t remember if we made any others). Those tapes are most likely in my parents’ attic (hopefully). We haven’t watched them since we were kids so I’m sure they’re terrible but we really, really wanna find them and watch them now that we’re adults (especially so I can see how/if we even explained why the main characters of the War of the Toys weren’t in the fourth one lol) and maybe even make a video like this. We’re also really hoping to become film writers/directors some day. -Zach

Only the best of luck to you! Thanks for sharing your experience.

I’ve been following you for several years. Great to see you following your dreams!

When I was 12, me and my sister shot a short horror film inspired by Reck. It was only 8 min or something like that and we used spicy ketchup as blood 😆 It got in to my eye and hurt like hell. Fortunately recently I've rediscovered my want to make films and started to write scripts. I can't belive how fan and rewording it is. I feel like a kid again :D

Hey Chris! I love this rebranding of your channel and would love to hear your take on how to get good quality audio and visuals on a budget which I think is a hurdle for anyone starting to pursue film making. Peace!

It's so endearing to hear Chris talk about his passion. It really fills up the heart with good vibes. I'm so happy about all of his achievements, especially being a longtime subscriber. And I don't remember if I ever filmed something... I did write a lot until life got me to stop. I sadly lost that passion but I fully understand someone who has it.

When I was a kid. Me and my friends loved making movies. We also loved playing video games, so we always tried to incorporate video games into our short movies. The biggest production we made was when we had a movie of 4 nes games that were hidden away and unreleased until we dug it up and each game gave all of us powers from the games we grabbed. Then we began fighting each other with our powers so only one could remain with the powers. It was crazy as hell but a butt ton of fun to do. Our parents laughed when they saw this 30 minute kid masterpiece and I miss those guys. Haven't heard from them in years......oh childhood......I miss you.

You inspiring me all the way in South Africa, I'm rooting for you brother

*If Chris wins an Oscar* It doesn’t count unless his acceptance speech consists of a *Salacious Crumb Laugh* before promptly leaving the stage.. otherwise hand the Oscar back at that point.

In my first year of high school, I knew my drive was to make a full-fledged action adventure film with the new film club, friends and school locations I had access to. The year was spent in part casting it, filming after school and developing the ideas and special effects as it went along, and it took so much work, eventually showing it with other student productions in a local theater. It was such an educational process, and really taught me to work with others and gain valuable social skills. Then the next year, I made a sequel that earnestly worked to continue its story and characters. Definitely excited to have done that at a young age, and to see your work that helped your passion, Chris!!

Gonna miss your reviews man but still excited to see your project!!

I can't wait to see what you come up with in the future!

Jeremy: I’m gonna give Phenomenon Field a good time, no alcohol required! 👍

This was inspiring. I needed this. Thanks Chris

Thank you for uploading this is! It's awesome!

I love that you've never lost your dream, Chris. That's the phenomenal thing, is that through it all, you never lost your dream. Keep dreaming, bro!

I wonder if Chris is gonna review old he can’t just not review an M Night movie that should be his last real review

I am so excited for your new opportunity to make your movie. I want to thank you because watching your reviews has given me a new eye for movies. There are two reviewers I watch for every new movie, you and Jeremy Jahns. I feel like I have learned a lot and my movie taste has even improved. Thank you, and good luck with this new venture.

That was so exciting to hear about!!

I have a feeling chris is gonna become my favourite director one day

Congratulations Chris! Such an exciting journey and transition for you. Can't wait to watch the new film! 🙌

Chris, I’ve loved watching your videos ever since I discovered your channel. When you transitioned from reviewing movies to making movies and now only discussing movies you appreciate, it just made me love your work more. I’m working on a script for a horror movie I plan to direct, and your video announcing that your making a horror feature made me so happy fir you and gave me inspiration for my project. As for bad movies, oh boy. I made my share of terrible movies between ages 12 - 19. I even made a full adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 9th grade that is incredibly cringe worthy. It’s so bad, we are planning a showing with friends just to laugh at it. Thank you for making these videos and I can’t wait to see your first feature film!

So proud to see your growth Chris!!!!! Good job always

So proud to see how much you’ve grown from where you were 7 years ago when I first found your channel, to now. All these opportunities are so well deserved Chris! We all wish the best for you, can’t wait to see this!

8:36 it’s so awesome and interesting that you’re dissecting this about yourself.

Keep the magic going. All the best to you!

Chris I love these new videos! Keep it up dude

Nowadays everything is available for budding filmakers... imagine the time when Chris was in his teens with not much technologies and social media around...those were the times.

Chris once you use steady Cams even crappy shots look professional. I believe the Shining was one of the 1st movies to use it.

I can relate! My family has been making movies for the past decade. We pick a popular movie, rewrite a similar script (with everyone playing a part). We film it over a few weekends, then I spend all summer putting it together. For our last movie preimere we rented a theater and watched it with family and friends. It's always a blast and everyone gets more and more involved with each film. We're now onto the 3rd generation of family members in our movie remakes and still going strong. It's been a fun family tradition. Keep the passion alive my friend!

I love how at 5:00 the car obviously dissappears hahaha. Nah but look even these movies made as a kid even if they're a bit silly or embarrassing in retrospect: they're more effort than most people ever put in to this kind of thing. And clearly the passion is there and is still there. Can't wait to see what comes of your professional career Chris