Bo Burnham on Directing, Writing, and His New Film ‘Eighth Grade’ | VIDCON 2018

I was fortunate enough to attend Bo Burnham’s VidCon 2018 interview with Grace Helbig about his new film ‘Eighth Grade’. Instagram & Twitter: @esparksofficial Make sure to check out my short film ‘Don’t Stare’:    • Don't Stare - Short Horror Film (Award Win...   Interview Timestamps: 1:00- Intro and small talk 3:38- Why Bo wanted to write/direct the film 6:20- How to choose the people you work with 7:28- The casting process for ‘Eighth Grade” 9:20- Directing vs. performing 11:14- Working with 8th grade actors 12: 20- A24 12:43- Male writing for female character 14:49- Writing/getting ‘Eighth Grade’ made 15:38- The writing process 18:03- Writing about 8th grade characters/the internet 24:14- Working with 8th graders (cont.) 25:00- The writing process (cont.) 26:20- General info about the film 27:00- YouTube vs. Filmmaking 28:00- Directing inspirations 28:37- Advice for creating