Shadowing Practice: Ranked: top 100 documentaries of all time - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Just two years ago marked the 100th anniversary of the first documentary ever made, The Nook of the North.
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The craft and medium of documentary filmmaking is still very young.
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But over the past 100 years, we have seen some incredible films made.
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So we put together a list of the top 100 documentaries of all time, and even ranked them in order.
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So this list is opinion based and I would love to hear your opinion below.
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And if you want to just skip all this, we do have a link below where you can get a PDF sent to you of all these documentaries
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and we'll tell you why they are so good.
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At the end of this video I will reveal the top 10 films.
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But in the meantime, let's talk about why we chose these films and go over a couple of the highlighted ones.
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Each one of these films had a significant amount of sacrifice and we celebrate this.
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In AOD, we believe that films take effort, take time, and absolutely take sacrifice from the filmmaker to make them good.
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You'll see the number one film on our list actually took over 10 years to make
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and had hundreds and hundreds of hours of footage at a time when shooting cost a lot of money.
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Number two, one of the reasons we chose them is watchability.
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What I mean by this is, did it engage us?
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Did we want to watch it again?
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Now, not all the films are films you want to watch again.
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Certainly, The Act of Killing is one of those films that I think you only wanna watch once.
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But did these films engage us?
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I think of a film like Grizzly Man.
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I still remember the first time I watched that film and the feelings I had and how engaging it was.
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Or something as wildly entertainment as King of Kong.
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These are all classic documentaries where every second on screen has been meticulously considered by the filmmaker.
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And the next category is style.
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Not just did it have a cool style, but did the style of filmmaking serve a purpose for the story?
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You think of a film, My Name is Salt.
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This documentary heavily relied on sound design
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and a lack of interviews to show the prolonged and grueling effort of being a salt harvester.
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When style serves a purpose, it creates good art.
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And the last category we used was the compelling reason.
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Did this film need to be made?
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You'll see our list.
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A lot of the films come kind of between 1995 and 2016.
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This was a golden era for documentary filmmaking, where now a lot of documentaries are just being made because they have a celebrity name being attached.
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It's less compelling.
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It's just there to get views where a lot of the documentaries we chose, we felt like they had to be made.
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They've enlightened us into other ways of life, other lived experiences, and various stories where, all politics aside, we think it's important to expose ourselves to.
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I'll say this too, not a lot of the films in this list align with the politics in them, but that's not the point.
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The point of these films is that they were made with honesty.
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Now I'll say this, the film Jesus Camp, it did make our list.
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I think some of the editing in that film is a bit dishonest, but regardless, it was a well-made film
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and did take an intimate look into a community that not a lot of people understand.
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As mentioned, I will reveal the top 10 films, but right now I just want to highlight a couple films and also mention a few films that didn't make the list.
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First film I want to mention that's on this is Senna.
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This film is entirely constructed of archival footage, including the race footage, interviews, and home videos.
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There's actually no talking head interviews or retrospective interviews.
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This is very typical of documentaries in this category where you have people recalling what happened.
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Instead, the filmmakers meticulously went through the archival footage to build the entire story.
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This is easier when you have someone like Senna, where there was so much content and footage around him.
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The other film I want to highlight is Three Identical Strangers.
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This film was actually shortlisted for the best documentary feature at the Academy Awards, and why I bring this one up was this was one of those documentaries that was so enjoyable to watch,
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but also took you on a journey where the first act is so fun.
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You're getting to see these three brothers meet again.
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But then it slowly begins to unravel
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and it reveals the dark side of child adoption and brings you on quite an emotional roller coaster.
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The filmmakers did their research and did an incredible job with the interviews and pieced this together immaculately in the edit.
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Highly recommend it.
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A couple honorable mentions that didn't make the list.
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American Animals, that came out in 2018.
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This is an incredible crime drama that blurs the line between documentary and narrative filmmaking.
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I promise you, you haven't seen a documentary like this.
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They even and blend the interviews into the scripted part of the film, which is then part of the real time.
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The director, Bart Layton, took some huge creative risks and it certainly paid off.
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Another film I got to see actually in London at the Raindance Film Festival is Dog Watch.
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This is about the security militia that are on those big shipping boats
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that have to go through the Horn of Africa to protect them from pirates.
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Why I brought this film up was there isn't actually a lot of action in it.
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It's a film that you think you might get to see some action, but they push into the monotony of these people's jobs
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and it's done in a way that you actually stay engaged for the entire length of the film.
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And lastly, I wanna mention Boy State, done by one of my favorite directors, Jesse Moss, and he co-directed that with Amanda McBain.
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This is a compelling film that looks into the week-long program called the Texas Boy State, where thousands of young teens come together in Texas to build a mock state government.
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It was a fun watch
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and is a strange microcosm of what seems to be going
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on in the grander scheme of politics in the U.S right now.
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Now, for the last few mentions of films, I'm going to hand it over to Michael Del Monte, who is a significant contributor to this list.
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He's the co-founder of Art of Documentary.
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That's our course and academy.
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I'm always talking about that on this channel.
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You've probably heard me bring it up before.
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We have over 6,500 filmmakers in this around the world, and it's the best place for you to learn how to make documentary films, learn how to make more money as a filmmaker,
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and to grow your business and community.
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We'll be reopening the doors for that very soon again, but I'll hand it over to Mike right now to mention the films that he likes.
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So if you're tight on time and can only watch a few documentaries, I wanna share my all-time favorites.
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First is Hoop Dreams.
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I would put this up as maybe the greatest documentary of all time
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and possibly one of the best films of all time.
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You need to give it your two and a half hours of attention, but the reward at the end is phenomenal.
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And that is due to the foresight of the filmmakers to adjust what they were initially making.
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They started by making a short to explore basketball in the inner city, but saw that the dreams that these young men had, A lot of the tension that was going on in the families and the schools,
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it needed time for the conflict to unravel.
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They couldn't just manipulate that in a short.
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They had the foresight, and this is what filmmaking is all about.
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It's seeing what a lot of other people might not see, and they ended up with a masterpiece.
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The second film that you need to watch, because again, I think this is up there, not just as one of the best documentaries, but maybe one of the best films of all time,
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is The Act of Killing.
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This by Joshua Oppenheimer and his team.
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What's phenomenal about this film is they are trying to show these assassins, these men and women who were engaged in killing during the Indonesian genocide.
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How do you approach that topic with the actual killers?
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So they came up with a clever process where they were loose about and said, hey, let's just have you reenact how you did these murders.
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And they approached this awful, the darkest parts, the most cruel parts of humanity in almost a playful way.
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Again, kudos to the filmmakers for figuring out how to tell
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this story with the people who did it in a way where they were able to actually execute the film.
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And finally, American Movie by Chris Smith.
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I love character studies.
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Taxi Driver is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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Most of my documentaries are character studies
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and I consider American Movie to be one of the best
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character studies where it focuses on this indie filmmaker Mark who's trying to make the next great American movie
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and he has financial constraints, no one believes in him.
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It's this fun story but it shows you how if you find the right character, you will have an engaging film.
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Thank you for watching, this reminder you can click link below to get this list we'll send a couple follow-up emails
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that talk about why these films are
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so good some of the specs of those films how they were distributed documentary is unique
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and there's not one way to make a documentary film
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and this channel and our course aod we're here to help you journey
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and create those documentary films as we mentioned there are films
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that need to be told there's stories that need to be heard
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and there's filmmakers like yourself who have a unique perspective a unique lived experience
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that needs to be injected into their filmmaking and needs to be seen by many people.
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So we're here to help.
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I'm always down to answer your questions.
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Let me know any films that you think I missed below.
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Let me know films that I put on the list that you think shouldn't have been there.
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I bet you bullying for Columbine is gonna be one of those.
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People hate Michael Moore.
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And yeah, I think some of the stuff he does is inaccurate, but they're also a style of film that had Michael Moore not made those.
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I don't know if you'd see a lot of the YouTube style videos that we see today.
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I hate goodbyes.
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A few moments later.
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Hey, oh my gosh.
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I totally forgot to mention the top 10 list.
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Here they are.
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There's the films.
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Hoop Dreams, by far, as a team, unequivocally, our favorite documentary of all time.
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But if you wanna see the full list, little write-ups about each one of those, and start working through this list, because this is the top 100 films you should watch, probably before you die.
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You know, you could watch two of these a year if you've got 50 years left, or maybe your biohack and you're gonna live another 100 years, so watch one a year.
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You could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
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I could.
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I could walk out right now.
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It could happen.
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That's morbid, but you never know.
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Thank you for watching this video.
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I hate goodbyes, but I love gaff tape.
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It's literally holding my watch together right now.
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The watch is dead.
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I really just wear a whoop these days, but it can't tell time.
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So I feel like I should have a watch, but then this doesn't tell time and this piece of tape is coming off right now.
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Anyways, download that list below.
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Reach out if you have any questions.
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We're always here to help.
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And get watching those films.
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I know I need to get back watching this.
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There's actually a few on there that I just had to trust our team with.
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I had actually not seen them.
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Like Paradise Lost, number 12 on the list.
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I need to see that film.
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I've only heard good things and see you on the next one.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Ranked: top 100 documentaries of all time”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: film, documentary, documentaries, filmmaker. Deze video bevat 157 zinnen en 2116 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:49. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 216 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| filmmaker zelfstandig naamwoord | filmmaker | |
| compel werkwoord | /kəmˈpɛl/ | bedwingen |
| foresight zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/ | voorzichtigheid |
| unravel werkwoord | /ˌʌnˈɹævəl/ | ontrafelen, ontwarren |
| constraint zelfstandig naamwoord | /kənˈstɹeɪnt/ | beperking, inperking |
| inject werkwoord | /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/ | injecteren, inspuiten |
| morbid bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/ | morbide, ongezond |
| prolong werkwoord | /pɹoʊˈlɑŋ/ | bestendigen |
| reenact werkwoord | /ɹi.ɪˈnækt/ | naspelen |
| spectacles zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspɛktəkl̩z/ | bril |
| dishonest bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ | oneerlijk, onoprecht |
| blur werkwoord | /blɝ/ | vervagen |
| assassin zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈsæsɪn/ | sluipmoordenaar, sluipmoordenares |
| manipulate werkwoord | /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/ | manipuleren |
| contributor zelfstandig naamwoord | /kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/ | donateur |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen |
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen |
| pay off werkwoord | aflossen |
| take over werkwoord | overnemen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- What I mean by this is, did it engage us?
- Did we want to watch it again?
- You're getting to see these three brothers meet again.
- That's our course and academy.
- I'm always talking about that on this channel.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be made · being made · were made |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have seen · has been · They've enlightened |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | film, which is · women who were · people who did |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 38 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals wanna, I'll, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: militia /məˈlɪʃə/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, adoption /əˈdɑp.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: phenomenal /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/, microcosm /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌkɑz.əm/, monotony /məˈnɑtəni/, retrospective /ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/, unequivocally /ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvək(ə)li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: morbid /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/, retrospective /ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/, spectacles /ˈspɛktəkl̩z/, genocide /ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/, blend /blɛnd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: unravel /ˌʌnˈɹævəl/, reenact /ɹi.ɪˈnækt/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/, assassin /əˈsæsɪn/, lastly /ˈlæstli/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: unequivocally /ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvək(ə)li/, wildly /ˈwaɪldli/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als filmmaker, compel, foresight.
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