2022 Issue 5 Sept/Oct Focus - Mid-South magazine
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I got the chance to have a<br />
chat with Jackson McMinn,<br />
the creator behind the<br />
YouTube channel “Fish<br />
Flicks” (and partner to our<br />
very own Moth Moth Moth).<br />
Originally the channel<br />
started off as Jackson<br />
occasionally reviewing<br />
movies as a hobby during<br />
the pandemic. Soon he<br />
expanded his content into<br />
doll unboxing videos, which<br />
are now his claim to fame!<br />
While Jackson describes<br />
himself as shy and softspoken,<br />
his videos are<br />
anything but. The Jackson<br />
I spoke to was witty,<br />
passionate, and just the<br />
right amount of shady. What<br />
you can expect from Fish<br />
Flicks is flashy editing, biting<br />
comedy, and, obviously, the<br />
plastic Barbie fantasy.<br />
Well before we talk about<br />
your content, tell us a bit<br />
about yourself Jackson!<br />
Aside from my YouTube,<br />
I sell glasses for a living,<br />
not exactly what I wanna<br />
do forever but it's what I’m<br />
doing right now! I'm also an<br />
artist. I do a lot of painting in<br />
my free time and whenever<br />
I feel like it but y'know it<br />
hasn't been much lately. But<br />
I work pretty much all the<br />
time and editing my videos<br />
takes up the rest of the time.<br />
I'm actually editing one<br />
today to put out soon!<br />
Oof, I did a software class<br />
last year and I literally took<br />
3 hours to edit a 3 minute<br />
clip. I have so much respect<br />
for people who edit their<br />
videos.<br />
I did a film class in high<br />
school, but it was honestly<br />
horrible. I got the gist but<br />
I literally just use iMovie.<br />
My PC is old and crappy<br />
but it was on there and I<br />
can crank the videos out<br />
in about 2 hours. It can be<br />
very tedious and currently<br />
I’m only uploading every<br />
2 weeks. I’ve actually had<br />
this new video filmed for<br />
about a week but I dread<br />
the process. Once I'm in a<br />
groove, though, it’s okay. I<br />
started with movie reviews<br />
and those are AWFUL<br />
editing-wise cuz the length<br />
of the movie plus the time to<br />
edit and comment drags the<br />
editing on forever.<br />
Well speaking of your<br />
earlier videos, how did you<br />
begin content creation<br />
and why did you start with<br />
movies?<br />
How it started was pretty<br />
dumb to be honest. I did<br />
a lot of house and dog<br />
sitting for a couple people<br />
frequently and all I did alone<br />
was drink and watch movies<br />
and honestly it started<br />
when I made Insta stories<br />
reviewing them and people<br />
loved them and asked me to<br />
save them on my account.<br />
From there, people said I<br />
should start a channel and I<br />
just kinda started.<br />
But I know a lot of your<br />
content now is centered<br />
around dolls and unboxing<br />
videos. How did you start<br />
that?<br />
I've always loved dolls<br />
but it didn't dawn on me to<br />
do it on YouTube before. It<br />
all happened in lockdown.<br />
The collection got BAD. I<br />
started trolling eBay for<br />
dolls constantly but I don’t<br />
remember who told me it<br />
may have been Moth but he<br />
asked me to start making<br />
unboxing videos because<br />
I literally was ripping open<br />
vintage Barbie boxes. I wish<br />
I started earlier but it's super<br />
fun. But yeah, it started<br />
while I was tipsy on Insta.<br />
It’s something I enjoy so<br />
why not film it. Surprisingly<br />
really quickly I started<br />
getting random followers<br />
and people said they loved<br />
it. I kinda feel bad now for<br />
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