Bright Sun Films

Jake Williams, better known online as Bright Sun Films (formerly Bright Sun Gaming), is a Canadian YouTuber notable for his short documentary videos that are about abandoned locations, companies that have since gone bankrupt and/or ceased to exist and cancelled projects. 
==History==
Williams' YouTube channel was launched on July 10, 2012. At that time, it originally started as a gaming channel planning to be different than everyone else's, hence why it was called Bright Sun Gaming. Initially his channel was only meant for fun and Jake had plans to stop uploading on the channel and quit YouTube. However, his genre of content completely switched after uploading a video by the name of "Something Neat #1 River Country" which talked about the abandoned River County water park at Disney World in Florida. This video gain him 100 subscribers and proved to be much more popular than his gaming content and after a followup video on River Country, River Country 2014 Update, the first Abandoned video, covering Disney's Discovery Island was officially released on August 15, 2014. Due to the positive reception it received, Abandoned became a short documentary video series.
In February 2016, the channel rebranded itself from Bright Sun Gaming to Bright Sun Films and all of the gaming content was deleted, well some of it still remains, even the only attractive one, "GTA 5 - Land a Plane on a Building". This was to further emphasize the fact that Jake no longer had an interest in doing gaming related content. He said that gaming will continue once in a while, especially with Let's Plays. Ever since then, his channel has focused on short documentaries spanning across multiple series, including Abandoned, as well as exploration videos and other videos with similar formats.
In January 2020, Jake announced his feature length documentary, Closed for Storm, about the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans theme park. It premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival on November 7, 2020, and was widely released on July 6, 2021.
==Series==
Several of the short documentary video series that he has on his channel include:
*Abandoned: The most popular series on the channel, this documentary series focuses on abandoned locations that are currently or used to be abandoned, giving out their history as well as explaining why they were eventually abandoned, and their current fate.
*Cancelled: A series Williams created to compliment Abandoned, this focuses on topics that do not entirely fit within the Abandoned format, such as cancelled television series, amusement parks that were never finished/never started construction, and undeveloped video games.
*Bankrupt: A series that takes a look at bankruptcies of notable companies (i.e., airline companies, cruise lines, banks). Started with an episode on Pan Am airlines.
*Explore: A series where Williams and his crew travel to an abandoned location and film their experiences, giving a brief summary of the location.
==Bright Sun Travels==
Bright Sun Travels is another channel created by Williams where he posts reviews, honest travel experiences, and grievances in the hospitality industry. This channel was created at the end of August 2022 as the result of positive feedback from a one-off video on the main channel detailing his experience on the Disney Wish cruise ship.https://youtu.be/Xw8T3TTvKIk The first review video was posted in the channel two months later.https://youtu.be/sr8mMQimPoU
==Closed for Storm==
Closed for Storm is a feature-length documentary film directed and written by Jake Williams, detailing the large history of a massive, American theme park that was eventually left completely abandoned.
===Production===
In July of 2018, a New Orleans local reached out Williams telling him to look into filming at the park. While filming this park, he had the idea to produce a documentary at the park. He had to obtain legal permission to do so.
Filming for this film began in June 2019 and Williams filmed every aspect of the park, including abandoned areas and rooms never before captured in high quality. When he returned to New Orleans in September, he interviewed many people involved around the park, including architects, upper management, theme park fans, and future developers, who all gave detail on the park's history.
He traveled to New Orleans for one last time in January 2020 to make the last few cinematic shots and finish touches.
===Release===
It made its world premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival on November 7, 2020https://noff2020.eventive.org/films/5f497c13ab220400855c7e9d?fbclid=IwAR1ztmfHhFvgDR6Q6pUgXfVjwJ6Uu_-K92Yey0nJ2GjsKUQY20Px0uYU8mc, and received a wide release, primarily in North America, on July 6, 2021.https://www.closedforstorm.com/moreinfohttps://youtu.be/m1HMR9bN21g
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==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012
Category:One million subscribers