Veritasium on Storytelling

Thoughts on Ira Glass's creative 'gap'

[@veritasium]

This clearly is for the hardcore of the hardcore Veritasium subs. Thank you for coming this far!

[@sszaaron]

"Lead with awesome!" - That's some pretty good advice, I gotta say.

[@ashwinarora7561]

To Derek all of your videos are just so awesome they have taught me so much and have made me love science i wish you were my physics teacher keep making these awesome videos and a big thanks to you for all the thing you have taught me so far

[@skiny104]

ironically, the video about the ice is the one that got me to see and start watching your content

[@PatrykPonichtera]

I think it was my first video too :P

[@sabihatu]

yeah I just realised it was him in that popular video. I remember seeing and watching it but I don't remember the source. Maybe another youtuber recommended it or something. interesting though, because I came back to his channel later again from another source and that's when I decided to subscribe. so although it was his first video that I watched, it wasn't what brought me to his channel.

[@joseramirez-hh2sw]

A draw my life would be epic. It would also help break through the fourth wall and connect with us more

[@MaidaA22589]

True!

[@JohnMassari]

You are so awesome for doing this. You have helped me in ways that you can't imagine!

[@PhysicsHigh]

Only now just found this. thanks Derek, great advice.

[@DavesAmentalist]

This vlog format of running and gunning around the city is really good! Its unique compared to most vloggers on youtube!

[@sSunbeamM]

it was just the beard

I also subscribed after watching the supercooled water video

[@Throughtheglassband]

I was still entertained by your old videos

[@LordWhirlin]

Thanks for the introduction to Ira Glass. Definitely great videos to watch, and very interesting.

[@dniedacess277]

Ur water one drew me to subscribing u. Just becuz that video style is different than ur current videos, it doesn't mean it sucks. I love them all!

[@samakotaish]

I love all your videos and I think they're all really professional an i really got attached to u after watching ALL your videos really! I love you and your amazing thoughts Derek I hope you appreciate your number one fan :) luv ya

[@rbeethe]

I liked the supercooled water video. My kids were really excited when they saw the water freeze (maybe that's the lead with awesome you were talking about). It lead me to go buy some bottled FIJI water that night so my kids could have a "Science Sunday" with their Grandma the next day.

[@samakotaish]

Well everybody has to start somewhere! I think your freezing water video was great though! And btw our chemics teacher showed that video to us and that is how I got to know your KZbin Chanel and now I'm your biggest fan!! You're so professional and great !! I love all your videos Derek! I hope to be like you after I finish my senior high school year :)

[@MandoPudding]

I feel the exact same way with art making. I've got good taste, but am creating works that don't fulfill my expectations. Good thing is, I use that to my advantage and try to create better works.

[@TilveranWrites]

This is all awesome :) I'll have to make a start on KZbin too by the looks of it and I love learning from people who've already succeeded. And yeah Derek, your stuff is excellent now. Really excellent.

[@sohamzemse]

Is this video really incomplete or my phone is wrong

[@nickolaspedrosa8534]

but actually, you, sir, already have found that balance, and for those of us that are not expert critics, your videos have always been amazing.

[@iamfuturetrunks]

Iv noticed that a lot not just with people making videos and such but in peoples lives. They enjoy a tv show or something when they are younger then when they get older and more mature they think "what was I thinking?" Sometimes however, there is that nostalgia that causes people to keep enjoying something even though it might not be as good as they thought it was. Its quite strange and at the same time interesting.

[@smartalltimeviewer]

Oh and thanks for the most amazing videos ever!

[@skygolden7293]

I just found out that you had a second channel... I've been watching from your first video in 1veritasium and I've kept going until now. Clearly you were doing something right... I'm just saiyan'

[@nickolaspedrosa8534]

I think it goes this way: The art progresses a little slower than criticism or the ability to criticize. That may be simply because it's easier to catch flaws than to amend them. The effect it has on us is that while you're on a path of improvement in some area, at some point you get frustrated with the pace your ability is evolving because you begin to notice the flaws with more expertise than you have to amend them. Later on, I think, if you keep trying, you'll eventually get in balance.

[@Daisuken92]

Ohh, don't be like that! You are and were one of my favorites on YT since your start!

[@bleedingrevenge12]

I think the way you structure your videos is great (says the college dropout to the Doctor of Science Videos). Leading with common misconceptions is great, but maybe you could expand that by hosting a science game show or giving your interviewees time to search the web to get people used to finding their own answers. As a physics enthusiast, I hope you delve deeper into the realms of Einstein and the quantum so that eventually our own perception of reality can be discussed as a misconception.

[@GiveMeaUsernameWithR]

Hey! In the beginning of your video you show the centrepoint tower, soooo you gotta be in Sydney! Which is awesome because I'm just getting done with school in Düsseldorf, Germany and will be coming to Sydney on August 14th and then stay for a year and do the whole work and travel thing. It'd be great if you'd consider a meet up, get a couple beers somewhere or go to the beach :) Would be awesome!!

[@storydujour]

RE you: never mind 'performativity'. Humility, self-awareness (in speech and action/proprioception), honesty, truth = likeability, credibility. As for filming/editing short video clips that people will be hooked into spending their valuable time by watching further, then, sure, "lead with awesome".

[@MrBigape1]

I like these casual talk videos just as you walk or shop or whatever. Personally, I would love to hear more about your view as person who did a science thesis. More specifically directed to someone like me who is getting closer to finishing high school and considering a scientific degree. I hear so much about needing passion; imagination; bleak job prospects ;going into it with an open mind. From your experience, what would your advice to an 'aspiring' scientist be?

[@crafty_geek]

The problem in your early videos can be stated in 2 words: Lecture Mode. You were presenting your argument as a lecture, the mold that has been in people's minds since 3rd grade. The core breakthrough with KZbin science videos - not yours, but the general trend - is the break from the lecture to the conversation. 'Social dialogue', to borrow your term, is the key. You can talk to as many people as you want about misconceptions, but the key of KZbin is the social dialogue with your audience.

[@IamWICKEDDD]

Great job, keep it up.

[@smartalltimeviewer]

I am one of your hardcore Veritasium subscribers and I did it for a reason =P

[@zavvie809]

Hey that supercooled water is really good.

[@rjj296]

This video should be unlisted and accessible only from the playlist from the "Veritasium On Filmmaking" video

[@billyburke39]

I love 2veritasium! Thanks for doing it. How do you keep the video so steady ( considering all ) while you're walking/trakking in Tasmania? Is there a program or simply you have a bionic hand? Thanks for everything you do! From Italy

[@Hyo9000]

Because past has to be there. I mean it like "Why don't you re-do highschool, if for you (hypotetically) it was the crappiest period of your life?" If you try to look at your old creations (in this case, videos) as past phases of your life (or your creative life) you will soon realise, as with the highschool example, that you shouldn't re-make them. They are there to stay. They are part of what has built you as an artist, as a part of your creative past. Those are my thoughts, cheers!

[@EposVox]

Great tip!

[@jonschmidt2]

Hey Derek you should do a Draw my life video!!

[@Anoryme]

LOL I've already seen this video and I didn't actually noticed anything different from the current ones. I think you've always been good (even though you probably got even better) but it's difficult to judge by oneself. Indeed, if you hadn't remarked about your stiffness, I would have never noticed it. Anyway keep going, I love your videos !! ;-)

[@meofcurse]

You are the best

[@DiscombobulateU]

I still enjoyed that video :)

[@wheatgrowssweet]

This is exactly why I have given up on every creative pursuit I have ever attempted.

[@aleksakocijasevic6197]

Your videos are good

[@namnam2701]

the link is not here. This video is pretty old so I don't think Derek is gonna come back here soon, so can a user please show us the link.

[@BinojDavid]

+NamNam Its part of a youtube playlist, /watch?list=PLS2yrp7IIPNj-GKemcb5p8IrIA7EUwvTE&v=QLIKgT-OSLQ

[@DVnc_]

Sigh, not here anymore

[@Tonicwine999]

Yeah man so true!

[@Voyage604]

Thanks!!

[@nishanks93]

This has been asked on your previous video on Filmmaking, and I'm going to ask it again. Do you find it awkward or difficult (specifically in relation to people around you) talking to a camera while walking down the street?

[@drmorganstein]

do you happen to have a link to that video? It would be appreciated.

[@DmNetworks]

there is a playlist with all this

[@kyleevjen5766]

293. Yeah I kinda liked your old videos too, but the beard definitely makes everything better. We all change as people as we age, so that might have something to do with why your videos are so different from then to now.

[@Kuppatruppa]

Derek, The link please.

[@Nertez]

I'm kinda interested in that "crappy" video... seemed interesting... where is the link? :-)

[@evertchin]

I always find it hard to talk to the camera all by yourself... without an actual audience.

[@sirQuarky]

I don't what you don't like about that video with water, I mean i've learned somethink back there, and that's good

[@madeleinepunzalan8844]

Maybe it's because you feel more comfortable with filming now than you were before which might have been an awkward feeling at the time.

[@alexanderscaramucci7899]

Are you coming to Tedex Sydney this year?

[@1flamingofilms]

LEAD WITH AWESOME! C'MON!

[@delusionnnnn]

Another important consideration is to think carefully about what sort of thing annoys you as a viewer. To me, outside of "artistic" videos, music where music isn't necessary is annoying, and so are intro titles. About the only time intro titles are good in expositive videos is if they're REALLY well done (the Crashcourse videos are a good example of this), otherwise it's just better to get to the point.

[@greyareaRK1]

Forgot the Ira Glass link.

[@KoenBosman]

will there be a sydney veritasium meeting/ experiment once?

[@Doorknobs11]

Those cars are going pretty fast for being downtown compared to america. am i right??

[@Kris2340k]

thought you were gunna link something at the end of this XD

[@sawaiz2558]

You are making me regret ever watching that video... looking back, like, why did I sit through that?

[@deepstrasz]

Funny, in music, old songs seem to be better than new ones (yeah, self experience). Could that be because of a emotional bond with them?

[@Eruntano42]

before 301, YES!

[@links8b]

Lead with awesome, come on!

[@Tylervrooman]

nice...

[@Athrun000]

You didn't link nothing at the end of the video...

[@hankscorpio3851]

I liked the water video....

[@tkbywatr]

i actually kinda liked the freezing water one...

[@GH-hs4zq]

You didn't link Ira's glass ;n;

[@keiranglynn2318]

I always liked your old style, though. You acted like a magician.

[@vishalt4769]

Ok where's the tip?

[@Jgoth420]

Tha link mang, we need tha link.

[@razvan43]

And I though that clip with frozen water was good:D But yes,it was kind of slow.

[@Jonny91962]

I undertane, am the same ive put vids up but have taken them out, cause of what i think after the video is done.

[@cwaluk97]

I have noticed this fundamental change in your videos. I actually preferred the old model, where you typically start with the misconception, the question, or just the background and then you work your way to the "awesome." Your new model of leading with the awesome might be more attention grabbing, but it's not necessarily more insightful. Personally I thought your "niche" was teaching classic, fundamental concepts in an interesting way. I worry a bit that you are straying from that.

[@gab0chen769]

What does he say at the end? live awesome?

[@JoeMansley]

I think it was "lead with awesome"

[@makai2468]

Link?

[@bastiman1]

Is there more truth in this channel than in your first?

[@heyandy889]

imo the frozen water video was good. guess I have bad taste X-D

[@ChronikSigma]

12,000th view!

[@Papaconstantopoulos]

Lol yeah, wow, in before 301!

[@markmacintyre3422]

That's the problem with reality....you always have to start at the beginning.

[@ThomasGiles]

where wa the link? @.@

[@hankscorpio3851]

Click the search bar and type "i" and youtube will do the rest...

[@anonimitylost]

to the past? or?

[@katedomingo-palacio2125]

Link!

[@Eruntano42]

let the cookies come

[@lifeisgood12341]

Yeah I made a buch of videos with one of those type and the little guy will say it I have deleted all but one because the one has like 3000 veiws and that amazed me I just told a story also there is a channel called treecumber they make amazingly good well made videos but they have verry few subscribers

[@danielclayton2702]

Yay do more walking and talking

[@mastersoftoday9601]

hahahaha you really hate that supercooled water video don't you

[@makai2468]

Yea im aware of this now my comment was 2 months ago lol

[@pastelab]

+Hamid Hosseini :) must be in a hurry or can't be bothered...

[@DheerajAeshdj]

think u really hate that vdo of yours' , you talked abt in many other vdo of ur's...tht vdo is like spoof of ur vdos...lol

[@hamidcoolboy]

RIP English language

[@patrickdrury1480]

wtf the link

[@heyandy889]

2veritasium 2furious

[@tempjohn1111]

Art isn't easy.

[@avadakedavra80]

Oh come on Derek... I loved your old videos. Maybe I am was more into their interesting content, than the presentation, script and leads. Ok.. you may improve upon the leads and presentation. But those old classic videos were certainly not cringe-worthy. They had a normal natural feel to them.

[@DailyDjMix]

hehe. XD