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Behind the Scenes of My Life

2017-01-20 · documentary visit · Hank, Matthew, Nick, Nicole, Ceri, Caitlin, Marcus, Michael, Henry, Marie Ann, Julie, Julia, Amy, Valerie, Rodney, Natalie, Victoria · 3:57 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects · mode: Documentary visit · tags: guest or collab, on location

Hank takes John on a tour of his workplace, greeting the staff behind The Financial Diet, Crash Course, How to Adult, VidCon and NerdCon, then says Vlogbrothers is still just him but his other projects need many people, whom he is lucky to have. In the description he says he is very worried about the new president.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting from the car: Hank will take John to work to meet the people

  • ★★ Driving to work, Hank says he wants to take John along to show him the people who work on their things and the place where they do it. — 00:00:01

00:00:32 — Tour of the office and warehouse, staff saying what they are working on

  • ★★ Matthew says he is working on The Financial Diet. — 00:00:32 · The Financial Diet
  • ★★ Ceri says she is editing Crash Course Film. — 00:00:53 · Crash Course
  • ★★ Caitlin says she is reading about ways to start a new job for a How to Adult script, not because she is looking for one. — 00:01:02 · How to Adult
  • ★★ Marcus, the newest staff member, says he is learning to animate on top of Hank's videos. — 00:01:26
  • ★ Henry, who does not work for Hank, says he rents his office from Hank. — 00:01:46
  • ★★ Hank introduces Marie Ann as his assistant, who helps him with everything; she is working on his many emails. — 00:01:57
  • ★★ Julie says her official title is Director of Operations. — 00:02:08
  • ★★ Hank finds Julia looking at maps of Amsterdam and Melbourne, which she says she has to think about. — 00:02:21 · Amsterdam
  • ★ Amy shows her updated calendar collection, one available on DFTBA unless sold out; Hank says it is now sold out. — 00:02:24 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Valerie says she is working on signage for NerdCon: Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:44
  • ★ Hank goes on to the warehouse, then home. — 00:03:07

00:03:25 — Vlogbrothers is still just Hank, but his other projects need many people; doing business differently; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank says Vlogbrothers is still just him, but VidCon, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA.com and the rest need many people to happen. — 00:03:25 · Vlogbrothers, VidCon, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Hank says he likes doing business, and doing it in unusual ways, will keep doing it, and is excited for the future. — 00:03:37
  • ★★ Hank says he is always amazed by the many people who work on their things and really lucky to have them in his life. — 00:03:45

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description recalls that on US election night Hank tweeted his most retweeted tweet ever: he knows many wonderful people dedicated to improving the world, which won't change. — video description · Twitter
  • ★★★ In the description Hank says he is not hopeful or pleased about the new president but very worried, since the president is actively antagonistic toward many things he cares about. — video description · Donald Trump
  • ★★ Hank says the tweet about wonderful people making the world better holds no matter who is president. — video description
  • ★★★ Hank says he is not just hopeful but excited about the future, largely because of the great people he is lucky to work with. — video description
  • ★★★ Hank says that though he is his staff's boss, their goal is to create value, not money: things people love and care about that maybe even help them become better people. — video description
  • ★★★ Hank suggests that anyone drained by the political climate look to the people they know in the real world rather than those they imagine are taking over the country, guessing there is a lot of hope there. (hedged) — video description

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Mentioned

People: Alyssa · Amy (staff, mentioned from 2017) · Caitlin · Ceri · Henry · Julia (staff, mentioned from 2017) · Julie · Marcus · Marie Ann · Matthew · Michael · Natalie · Nick · Nicole · Rodney · Valerie (staff, mentioned from 2017) · Victoria (staff)

Projects: Crash Course · DFTBA Records · How to Adult · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria · SciShow · The Financial Diet · VidCon

Places: Amsterdam · Melbourne

Only in the description or credits: Donald Trump · Twitter

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