Olan Rogers' Other Video Work

While his YouTube channel mainly focuses on his minimal story videos, Olan Rogers has much more up his creative sleeve to offer.

Before Olan Rogers the channel existed, Olan Rogers the man was part of another YouTube group, BaloonShop. A comedy group, their videos derived their humor from quick cuts, strange situations and a general awkward and quirky atmosphere. And yelling - lots of yelling and loud noises.

BaloonShop seems to have gone on hiatus, as their last uploaded video is from 2010, but the sense of humor present in those videos has been carried over to some of Olan's personal videos. Same kind of quick cuts, yelling, and quirky atmosphere, but with a different supporting cast.

...and then, right when you thought he was a one trick pony, there comes his episodic series's. New Prime showed a somewhat new side of Olan Rogers, making a five part sci-fi adventure series with more varied camera work and a much more complex script (meaning these videos have an actual story line, rather than the joke-focused approach of his other videos). The first few episodes are still definitely made in the mindset of his other comedy videos, just with a more dramatic overtone. By part five, though, there's some actual drama put in - and it works quite well. Rogers is clearly trying to branch out from his previous work into a more...lets say, artistic style of film making.

This stylistic change is definitely starting to take over Rogers's channel, as seen by one of his more recent videos, a trailer for a new series called Pop Rocket. With a higher production quality, some serious dramatic acting and more expansive costumes and sets, Rogers is showing everyone what he can really do. With the gaps in his comedy videos becoming larger, it's clear that he's putting all of his focus into this new series. Only time will tell how it turns out, but if it's anything like this trailer, it's definitely something to look out for.