Can You Die of a Broken Heart? | BRITLAB

For Valentine's Day on BRITLAB, Greg Foot and Hannah Fry explain whether you can actually die of a broken heart...

You can read more on the subject of a Broken Heart over on BBC Future:

[Iironman]

You can see the green screen on Hannah's hair.. ;)

[dnbmania]

She is one of the most attractive women I've ever seen

[RealDarnok]

really annoying munching noises in the video ... you may want to clean this up... i think this might be her bracelet ...

[Doc_Fartens]

Holy hell this channel went downhill quickly. Horrendous chroma keying with the green screen, and that crunching sound throughout the video, combined with the mixing of the left and right channels at the start was really distracting. 

[ahmedyoussef]

I love your videos. Keep it up guys :)

[JamesBalazs]

Valentine's Day special 2 days before Valentine's Day? Good job.

[Liutgard]

Your last point I can attest to. Five years ago my daughter and son-in-law were entangled in a really ugly custody dispute with his mother, who thought she'd be a better parent. (She's not.) My daughter was especially broken, and honestly hasn't been the same since. Anyway, we were fighting this horrible, daily mess, and I slept on their sofa for 1 1/2 months while we were fighting in court. Finally, I had to go home. I was exhausted and I had to have some time off, even though the fight was still going. Three days after I went home, I had a heart attack. The cardiologist that admitted me said it was as clear a case of 'broken heart syndrome' as he'd seen- and certainly the youngest victim. Took me almost three months before I didn't feel like I was walking through a swimming pool as I was just walking in the house.

And now I'm on fun meds, because of the scarring left behind. And I'm not sure I'll ever forgive my daughter's mother-in-law.

[bashkillszombies]

You need to use a back light and a fill light on your speakers and decrease the bleed while chroma keying. Your current lighting and technique is abysmal. There are plenty of chroma-key for noobs videos on YouTube, look them up and spare us the frustration, please? ;)

[AkashDhar]

Generally when ure having an emotional pain.. which is ofcourse coz of deep love in ur heart .. you'll feel a chest congestion which people say as heart ache

[libbybollinger]

Anyone notice how the 6th footnote came right after the 6x chance of heart attack thing

[dnnisrdz]

love this vid... great direction guys!!!

[MrGridStrom]

I'm subscribed to BritLab, how? I can only assume I subscribed because of James May.

[LynneSkysong]

Hey Britlab, I really enjoyed your video and I can definitely relate with the physical pain of breakups, but I can't help but notice the green bits showing up around your hair and arms. Maybe you you tweak you green screen setup to get a cleaner look? Also, there's some weird crunching/cracking thing going on with the audio.

[denvermx]

that's a brilliant idea, hannah!!

[ExpiredPorridge]

I know this pain too well... *cries in a corner*

[GuillePuerto]

That was some brilliant inf guys. Love both of the presenters.

But you kinda need better lighting, or lighting dispersion. Hanna and Greg cast shadows on each other like there needs to be a central light directed between them; and the green screen is reflecting off of Greg's skin.
Also as another comment says, the sound quality could use some improvement :D

[pender]

higher shutter speed needed on the camera to stop green screen showing through with motion blur.

[jonnomonodesu]

Awesome, you've discovered the gain dial on the soundboard. Now stop using radio studio 3D capture microphones in a small enclosed studio and ask some nice Chinese company on Amazon to flog you a few cheap clip-on presenter microphones like 'every' channel on YouTube uses, from the teenage Nobby No-mates, to the seriously professional production houses, because they understand their medium and the limitations of their workspace.

Give Radio 4 it's toys back and stop messing with the wrong tech for the job.

Also, you're wasting the hell out of my Licence Fee if you're paying people for this level of production. Give it back or hire someone qualified.

You're the only channel I regularly criticise, because you're the only channel who regularly deserve it. No wonder James May dropped out.

Edit: I have no huge criticisms of the presenters, but the scriptwriter could do with sending back to the Teletubbies team. I'm sure they miss him/her/it.

[zniekz]

`Did anyone else got reminded of the scene from Clannad Afterstory where Ushio died and not short after Tomoya?

[mybox-]

The grandparents of a girl in my class died on the same day, one thing I can only presume as one of them dying of heartbrokeness after seeing their parnet dead... Wow...