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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

work · in 23 videos (2012–2013)

Mentions by year: 2012: 12 · 2013: 11

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What the videos say

2012

  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank wanted to do something no one had done before: an adaptation in online video, transferring a previous work into the new medium; he knows of no examples. (00:00:36)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — The series is a work of fiction adapted into a video blog, and the work chosen is Pride and Prejudice. (00:01:04)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank says the project is very different from his vlogging: he prefers to vlog alone, but this needs actors, a sound guy, production people and writers, which is totally new to him. (00:01:25)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank feels Vlogbrothers is a story but not an intentional one; with this series they are deliberately telling a story, splitting and writing it and moving it into the present day. (00:01:42)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank says he doesn't have time for the project but is doing it anyway because he was so captured by the idea. (00:02:06)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — They have made eight episodes; to make more they must prove people want to watch, either to get a sponsor or to get enough views to pay for it. (00:02:25)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank calls the series honestly dangerous and an extremely exciting experiment: telling fiction this way may not work or people may not react well, though he doesn't think so. (00:02:35)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank hopes viewers like it and asks those who do to share it, so it can become sustainable and tell the whole story of Lizzie Bennet, Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lu. (00:03:04)
  • 2012-06-22 · Hank is Maybe Crazy — Hank says The Lizzie Bennet Diaries gets about the same number of views every episode, rare for a web series: around 70,000, roughly 30,000 short of paying for the show. (00:02:39)
  • 2012-06-22 · Hank is Maybe Crazy — Hank asks 30,000 viewers to go and watch all the episodes of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. (00:02:58)
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. (00:00:58)
  • 2012-12-22 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says he is grateful to have worked with so many amazing people on projects like the P4A, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and VidCon, and that he just loves to create and to help people create. (00:03:01)
  • …and 11 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

2013

  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John calls 2012 an amazing year for the brothers: Hank co-created The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow and Crash Course, VidCon doubled, and The Fault in Our Stars spent 51 consecutive weeks on the NYT list. (00:02:45)
  • 2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — Hank says he has been able to create a really cool project based on the work of Jane Austen, while not putting himself on her level. (00:01:45)
  • 2013-01-16 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John introduces a reading from The Fault in Our Stars, now past the first pages, by actors from The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a YouTube web-series adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. (00:38:22)
  • 2013-01-16 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John introduces Hank as co-founder of VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and DFTBA Records and founding editor of EcoGeek.org. (01:01:29)
  • 2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — The Lizzie Bennet Diaries won two Streamys at the pre-awards and may yet win more. (00:02:26)
  • 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John gets several emails a day praising his work on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which he is not involved with at all, though he is happy to take credit. (00:02:56)
  • 2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank thanks backers of the Lizzie Bennet Kickstarter, the fifth top-funded film and video project ever; it was fourth that morning until Zach Braff's campaign. (00:02:21)
  • 2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John congratulates Hank on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries winning an Emmy, after the film's screenwriters, on set, congratulate Hank too. (00:01:24)
  • 2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — In a song, Hank recalls asking Bernie what he thought of Pride and Prejudice characters as vloggers, and marvels that the idea won an Emmy award. (00:00:52)
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. (00:02:55)
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — At the warehouse, Hank says DFTBA Records is going well and preparing for Christmas and the Lizzie Bennet Kickstarter, whose rewards he apologises have not been sent yet. (00:01:20)
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — Hank recalls telling John at this spot his idea for a Jane Austen vlog series; The Lizzie Bennet Diaries did very well, with tens of millions of views and an Emmy. (00:01:44)