给杰西米尔姐妹, 杰迈玛, 和杰尔·达米娜, the path to success started simply enough: They wanted to share their stories. 他来自尼日利亚的一个小镇, the sisters were always drawn to visual arts and storytelling and found 满帆 to be the perfect place to pursue their education.

“We're in a small town where entertainment as an industry is yet to pick up. 尼日利亚的娱乐中心是拉各斯, but after doing some re搜索 we realized that the industry there wasn't as accessible as we'd hoped,杰西米尔说. “It would've been difficult for us to tell our stories the way we wanted to.”

幸运的是女孩们, enrolling at 满帆 allowed them to become what their mother refers to as a “walking production studio.” Jesimiel graduated with an undergraduate degree in 电脑动画 and a master’s in 创意写作 while sister 杰迈玛 completed her degrees in 电影 及娱乐业务.

“给大师们的, 我们就像, ‘Now we understand what the degree programs are like, and we know what Nigeria's entertainment space is like. We have to look for what we can apply immediately,’杰西米尔说. 杰迈玛想要她的学位 娱乐业务 支持她在电影方面的知识. I did 创意写作 because it's always been a passion of mine and I needed that professional touch.”

Returning to Nigeria with their combined skillsets, Jesi and 杰迈玛 were able to tackle the production process from start to finish, 还有他们的妹妹耶利, 姐妹俩立即开始行动. Writing, directing, and producing their first film 新来的女孩 完全独立地, the sisters were shocked to find the fanfare that started to surround the film after uploading it to YouTube. Fans were so in love with the film that they were inspired to launch a spin-off series titled 世界上最好的朋友 and began releasing episodes online under their production company, Neptune3 Studios.

“The demand became crazy and we were just still two of us. 我们没有团队. 每次我们都想招人, they were either too expensive or they were just not a good fit. So we were the entire pipeline from pre-production, to production, to post. 那是我们俩都在拼命工作. It was crazy,” recalls series writer and production designer Jesimiel.

But regardless of the less-than-ideal production environments that can come with independent filmmaking, 姐妹俩的内容继续蓬勃发展. “We don't have professional items, but [fans] don't even see that part. 这只是一个故事. 他们只是喜欢这些角色,杰迈玛说, 谁指导, 编辑, 并在海王星工作室制作. “The freedom of creativity and just being able to be ourselves and not allowing anything to influence us, 我想从某种意义上说，这就是我们如此受人喜爱的原因. 它使它具有原创性. Because we're not trying to copy anybody, we're just putting our own something out there.”

While working with family may sound difficult for some, Jesimiel, 杰迈玛, and 耶利 – a current 创意写作 master’s student – thrive in their collaborative productions under Neptune3 Studios. “Script-wise, 我先画出轮廓, 我经历了这些阶段, but there are some points where if I'm totally lost or blocked, 我马上就去找他们,杰西米尔说. “在这一点上，它变成了协作. 一旦我们完成了所有的技术部分, 我们可以走到一起，就像, “好吧, 这是我想出来的. 你能帮忙吗??’”

给杰西米尔和杰迈玛, getting their education with 满帆 has proven to be an invaluable resource. “因为满帆的日程安排太疯狂了, it already prepares you to be ready to troubleshoot in case anything happens…You're already fast-thinking,杰迈玛说. “看到这一点真的很有趣, 你知道, 有时候你学到了一些东西，然后你就会, “我永远不会使用这些信息.“但这从来没有发生过，真有趣.”

With millions of views and over 1 million subscribers on their YouTube频道, the sisters know their success is rooted in their original interest, the power of storytelling. “I know that one of the fundamentals in both my degrees was that a great story is a great story. Your execution might be wonky, but that's what practice is for. So once you have a great story, you can step out with confidence,杰西米尔说.