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For years, people have asked how we make our videos.

So. let's finally talk about it.

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.

Our potential topic list is already endless, and every time we research something, it grows longer.

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.

We want to explain complicated things in an easily graspable way and make science-y topics fascinating and beautiful.

But we also want to tell stories and express how we feel about the universe from time to time.

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.

We want to have a fact-based worldview and our videos are trying to reflect that.

So we often have to change our view on an issue while working on it.

Usually after a few weeks of researching we start writing.

A script begins with a rough first draft that's then rewritten and edited over and over again.

To make sure we don't misrepresent something, We asked experts to fact-check and correct us.

Writing is the bottleneck for our videos, and very hard to speed up.

Usually, finishing a script takes between a few weeks and literally years to complete.

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.

On average, 200 panels need to be illustrated in Adobe Illustrator.

Although we have built up an illustration library, We still do most illustrations from scratch to give our videos a more unique look.

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.

Also, here we include all the visual easter eggs.

In total, two to three illustrators spend 8 to 12 weeks illustrating the video.

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.

It's Alive: Animation Now the scenes and audio need to be animated.

We make things move in Adobe After Effects and recently, we've begun experimenting with Cinema 4D.

The first thing to do is take the illustrated scenes apart and organize them.

The hundreds or thousands of parts are then imported into After Effects.

Each character is rigged, so we can move them more naturally.

Aside from a few plugins that help us save time, every single thing that's moving on-screen has been moved manually.

So, two to three animators animate scene after scene for about eight to ten weeks in total.

Ending On a High Note: Music and Sound Design The final step is the music.

Every song is original music composed to the finished video to create a unique atmosphere and to highlight the important parts.

You can listen to all of the songs on SoundCloud and Spotify.

The icing on the cake are the sound effects.

Many of you might not even really notice them, which is a shame because they really add an additional layer.

So, try watching a video with headphones if you want to get the full depth of it.

All of these steps happen in parallel, since we usually work on two to four videos at the same time in various stages.

What we haven't mentioned are the countless revisions and edits.

Every few days, we sit together and review our work and tweak it until it feels just right.

And that's it - at least 1,200 hours for a single Kurzgesagt video.

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.

Over the years, we've relied on a number of different things to stay afloat.

Commercial work for NGOs, startups, or corporations Sponsorships and grants by companies or organizations.

We struck a deal with Funk from German public broadcasting to revive the German channel and with Wix to start a Spanish channel.

But the reality is, we can only do what we do because of you.

Our two most important sources of income by far come from your direct support, merchandise and Patreon.

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.

Don't feel obligated though. Watching, engaging, or sharing our videos is already helping us a lot.

But if you want to support us directly, thank you so much. You're making our videos free for everyone.

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.

Kurzgesagt did not start with an end goal in mind.

It began as a personal project because it felt good to make something with time and love, and this is still true today.

Making these videos is our goal. Doing the work every day and getting better.

To make science beautiful and interesting.

Thank you so much for sticking with us for seven years and from our first subscriber to the ten millionth.

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.

We want to make matter videos like this from time to time now.

If you want to ask us questions that you want us to answer, you can do so on Reddit. Link in the description.

(Nice music) (Kurzgesagt outro)

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 C1 级别的口语课以视频“How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：Kurzgesagt, script, scene, weeks。这段视频共有 58 个句子、1036 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 6:45。说话人语速自然，每分钟约 154 个词，接近日常对话。 86% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
illustrate 动词	/ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/	舉例說明 /举例说明, 闡明 /阐明
illustration 名词	/ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/	例證 /例证
afloat 形容词	/əˈfloʊt/	浮着地
animate 形容词	/ˈæn.ə.mət/	活的, 有生命的
fascinate 动词	/ˈfæsɪneɪt/	誘惑 /诱惑, 迷住
narration 名词	/ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/	講述 /讲述, 敘述 /叙述
animator 名词	/ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/	動畫製作者 /动画制作者
bottleneck 名词		瓶頸 /瓶颈
compose 动词	/kəmˈpəʊz/	創作 /创作, 整理
excite 动词	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	激動 /激动
illustrator 名词	/ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/	插圖畫家 /插图画家
misrepresent 动词	/ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/	歪曲
rewrite 动词	/ɹiˈɹaɪt/	重寫 /重写
worldview 名词		世界觀 /世界观
subscriber 名词	/səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/	訂閱者 /订阅者, 訂戶 /订户

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	发音	释义
go back 动词		回去, 返回
speed up 动词	/spiːdˈʌp/	加速, 加快

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：

结构	视频中的用法
现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事	have asked · have built · we've begun
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	be illustrated · is illustrated · be animated

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 8 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, we've, can't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, narration /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/, revision /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
长单词——注意重音位置: illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/, illustrator /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/, misrepresent /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/, manually /ˈmænj(u)əliː/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: revive /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/, revision /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: illustrate /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/, afloat /əˈfloʊt/, animate /ˈæn.ə.mət/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, compose /kəmˈpəʊz/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: illustrate /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/, illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, illustrator /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 illustrate, illustration, afloat 这类单词。

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跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。

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