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For years, people have asked how we make our videos.
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So. let's finally talk about it.
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How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1,200 Hours or More (Kurzgesagt intro) Kurzgesagt in a Nutshell But first things first, we need a topic.
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Our potential topic list is already endless, and every time we research something, it grows longer.
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So, we just work on whatever we find exciting at the time. This could be something serious, fascinating, personal, or just really stupid. The variety is half the fun.
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We want to explain complicated things in an easily graspable way and make science-y topics fascinating and beautiful.
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But we also want to tell stories and express how we feel about the universe from time to time.
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Laying the Foundation: Script Our research begins by reading books or scientific papers and by talking to different experts who point us in the right direction.
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We want to have a fact-based worldview and our videos are trying to reflect that.
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So we often have to change our view on an issue while working on it.
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Usually after a few weeks of researching we start writing.
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A script begins with a rough first draft that's then rewritten and edited over and over again.
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To make sure we don't misrepresent something, We asked experts to fact-check and correct us.
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Writing is the bottleneck for our videos, and very hard to speed up.
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Usually, finishing a script takes between a few weeks and literally years to complete.
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Let's Visualize: Illustration When the script is ready, we begin sketching out the video. We try to think of visual metaphors, transitions between ideas, and decide which scenes need the most attention.
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On average, 200 panels need to be illustrated in Adobe Illustrator.
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Although we have built up an illustration library, We still do most illustrations from scratch to give our videos a more unique look.
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The general idea is to find the right images to the words in the script to explain as clearly as possible, while also having interesting things to look at.
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Also, here we include all the visual easter eggs.
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In total, two to three illustrators spend 8 to 12 weeks illustrating the video.
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Now It's My Turn: Narration When the whole video is illustrated, the narration is recorded in a small recording studio on a Neumann TLM 103 microphone and Pro Tools It's important to keep the flow, so I try to get one version done and then go back through, retaking paragraphs and sentences Until they feel right and a full version is ready.
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It's Alive: Animation Now the scenes and audio need to be animated.
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We make things move in Adobe After Effects and recently, we've begun experimenting with Cinema 4D.
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The first thing to do is take the illustrated scenes apart and organize them.
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The hundreds or thousands of parts are then imported into After Effects.
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Each character is rigged, so we can move them more naturally.
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Aside from a few plugins that help us save time, every single thing that's moving on-screen has been moved manually.
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So, two to three animators animate scene after scene for about eight to ten weeks in total.
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Ending On a High Note: Music and Sound Design The final step is the music.
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Every song is original music composed to the finished video to create a unique atmosphere and to highlight the important parts.
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You can listen to all of the songs on SoundCloud and Spotify.
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The icing on the cake are the sound effects.
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Many of you might not even really notice them, which is a shame because they really add an additional layer.
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So, try watching a video with headphones if you want to get the full depth of it.
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All of these steps happen in parallel, since we usually work on two to four videos at the same time in various stages.
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What we haven't mentioned are the countless revisions and edits.
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Every few days, we sit together and review our work and tweak it until it feels just right.
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And that's it - at least 1,200 hours for a single Kurzgesagt video.
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As you can imagine, making videos for thousands of hours as a big team and then putting them on the internet for free is a weird business model.
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Over the years, we've relied on a number of different things to stay afloat.
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Commercial work for NGOs, startups, or corporations Sponsorships and grants by companies or organizations.
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We struck a deal with Funk from German public broadcasting to revive the German channel and with Wix to start a Spanish channel.
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But the reality is, we can only do what we do because of you.
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Our two most important sources of income by far come from your direct support, merchandise and Patreon.
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So, if you want to help us stay afloat and keep making more videos, You can directly support Kurzgesagt by getting something beautiful from our store, or by becoming a patreon and joining the bird army.
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Don't feel obligated though. Watching, engaging, or sharing our videos is already helping us a lot.
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But if you want to support us directly, thank you so much. You're making our videos free for everyone.
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You are enabling us to practice and improve, to stay independent and to work on ambitious projects that would be too scary or too big otherwise.
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Kurzgesagt did not start with an end goal in mind.
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It began as a personal project because it felt good to make something with time and love, and this is still true today.
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Making these videos is our goal. Doing the work every day and getting better.
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To make science beautiful and interesting.
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Thank you so much for sticking with us for seven years and from our first subscriber to the ten millionth.
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This journey has been so wild and so much fun, and we can't wait to share the stuff We're working on right now with you; in a year, or maybe two.
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We want to make matter videos like this from time to time now.
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If you want to ask us questions that you want us to answer, you can do so on Reddit. Link in the description.
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(Nice music) (Kurzgesagt outro)
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau C1 basiert auf dem Video „How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: Kurzgesagt, script, scene, weeks. Dieses Video enthält 58 Sätze und 1036 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 6:45. Der Sprecher spricht in natürlichem Tempo, etwa 154 Wörter pro Minute, ähnlich wie im Alltagsgespräch. 86 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| illustrate Verb | /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/ | illustrieren |
| illustration Substantiv | /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/ | Illustration |
| animate Adjektiv | /ˈæn.ə.mət/ | lebendig, beseelt |
| fascinate Verb | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | faszinieren |
| narration Substantiv | /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/ | Erzählung |
| animator Substantiv | /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/ | Animator, Animatorin |
| bottleneck Substantiv | Flaschenhals | |
| compose Verb | /kəmˈpəʊz/ | zusammenstellen, zusammensetzen |
| excite Verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | erregen |
| illustrator Substantiv | /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/ | Illustrator |
| millionth Adjektiv | /ˈmɪljənθ/ | millionstel, milliontel |
| misrepresent Verb | /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/ | umlügen |
| retake Verb | /ɹiːˈteɪk/ | wieder nehmen, von Neuem nehmen |
| rewrite Verb | /ɹiˈɹaɪt/ | umschreiben |
| worldview Substantiv | Weltanschauung, Weltbild |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| build up Verb | sich ansammeln, sich türmen | |
| go back Verb | zurückgehen, zurückfahren | |
| speed up Verb | /spiːdˈʌp/ | beschleunigen |
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | have asked · have built · we've begun |
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | be illustrated · is illustrated · be animated |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 8 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel don't, we've, can't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, narration /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/, revision /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/, illustrator /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/, misrepresent /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/, manually /ˈmænj(u)əliː/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: compose /kəmˈpəʊz/, revive /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/, rig /ɹɪɡ/, headphones /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: animate /ˈæn.ə.mət/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, narration /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/, animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/, manually /ˈmænj(u)əliː/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie illustrate, illustration, animate.
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