Junior Roberto Galicia has been making videos since he was in second grade. He was inspired to film videos by his brother and East alum Diego Galicia, who filmed videos for the NFL and other big companies.
Q: What kind of videos do you make?
A: “I’m a videographer and I used to be a part of The Harbinger. I left Harbinger after wanting to do more openly creative videos. I wanted to do more edits and hype videos after seeing what my brother could make. I stopped filming for The Harbinger because I wanted to do more than just journalistic videos.”
Q: What makes the videos you do different from the journalistic videos?
A: “There is a big difference. The main one is that the journalistic videos have a story that is clear and cut. Though hype videos can have a story, it isn’t as clear. In my mind there are two types of hype videos: ones with stories and ones without. The ones with stories usually tell about the entire game. I did a hype video about the Shawnee Mission East vs. Olathe North game. I built it off of the fact that we lost, so I made the opening shot [the players looking] upset. The other videos I do without stories are just to build hype. I did one recently for the SME dive team. I didn’t put much thought into the story of that video, because there wasn’t much of a story with it. There’s a big difference in the story aspect. Journalistic videos have a lot more production and a lot more thought put into them.”
Q:What specifically does your brother do?
A: “Right now my brother is at Race Service, so he does media and stuff like that. Currently, he does a lot of car videos, like for Formula One or other car companies. He did a video for Red Bull Formula One a while ago. He used to work for the NFL and do a lot of videography for the company. Before that, he worked for the Chiefs but they liked him so much that he got promoted to work for the whole company rather than just for one specific team. When he was with the NFL, he moved out to LA. He started to work for Race Service because he really likes cars.”
Q:Did your brother inspire you in any way to make videos?
A: “Yes, I would say it’s mostly because of him. I used to make a bunch of YouTube videos on my own prior to him ever starting videography. They were just dumb videos of my family doing random things. But, even at that young age, I wanted to get better at my videos. I really started my own videography in elementary school, around second or third grade, but I didn’t get serious about them until the end of eighth grade. When I joined Harbinger, I got a lot of help and my skills got so much better.”