diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bc0f991..d73faad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ license = "EPL-2.0"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 camino = "1.1"
+console = "0.15"
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
+fontconfig = "0.8"
+harfbuzz_rs = "2.0"
 indexmap = "2.2"
 rational = "1.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/question.png b/question.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4172624
Binary files /dev/null and b/question.png differ
diff --git a/src/iotro.rs b/src/iotro.rs
index 94eca89..98b5a50 100644
--- a/src/iotro.rs
+++ b/src/iotro.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
 	str::FromStr
 };
 use svgwriter::{
-	tags::{Group, Rect, TagWithPresentationAttributes, Text},
+	tags::{Group, Rect, TagWithPresentationAttributes as _, Text},
 	Graphic
 };
 
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ impl Debug for Language<'_> {
 }
 
 #[repr(u16)]
-enum FontSize {
+pub(crate) enum FontSize {
 	Huge = 72,
 	Large = 56,
 	Big = 44
 }
 
 #[repr(u16)]
-enum FontWeight {
+pub(crate) enum FontWeight {
 	Normal = 400,
 	SemiBold = 500,
 	Bold = 700
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6c9a7ee..5b163f2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
 #![forbid(elided_lifetimes_in_paths, unsafe_code)]
 
 mod iotro;
+mod question;
 mod render;
 mod time;
 
-use crate::{
+use self::{
+	iotro::Language,
+	question::Question,
 	render::{ffmpeg::FfmpegOutputFormat, Renderer},
 	time::{parse_date, parse_time, Date, Time}
 };
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf as PathBuf;
 use clap::Parser;
-use iotro::Language;
+use console::style;
 use rational::Rational;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_with::{serde_as, DisplayFromStr};
@@ -169,9 +172,15 @@ struct ProjectSource {
 	start: Option<Time>,
 	#[serde_as(as = "Option<DisplayFromStr>")]
 	end: Option<Time>,
+
+	#[serde(default)]
 	#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(DisplayFromStr, DisplayFromStr)>")]
 	fast: Vec<(Time, Time)>,
 
+	#[serde(default)]
+	#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(DisplayFromStr, DisplayFromStr, _)>")]
+	questions: Vec<(Time, Time, String)>,
+
 	metadata: Option<ProjectSourceMetadata>
 }
 
@@ -195,10 +204,22 @@ struct ProjectSourceMetadata {
 
 #[derive(Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 struct ProjectProgress {
+	#[serde(default)]
 	preprocessed: bool,
+
+	#[serde(default)]
 	asked_start_end: bool,
+
+	#[serde(default)]
 	asked_fast: bool,
+
+	#[serde(default)]
+	asked_questions: bool,
+
+	#[serde(default)]
 	rendered: bool,
+
+	#[serde(default)]
 	transcoded: BTreeSet<Resolution>
 }
 
@@ -206,29 +227,44 @@ fn ask(question: impl Display) -> String {
 	let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
 	let mut stdin = io::stdin().lock();
 
-	writeln!(stdout, "{question}").unwrap();
-	let mut line = String::new();
-	write!(stdout, "> ").unwrap();
+	write!(
+		stdout,
+		"{} {} ",
+		style(question).bold().magenta(),
+		style(">").cyan()
+	)
+	.unwrap();
 	stdout.flush().unwrap();
+	let mut line = String::new();
 	stdin.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
 	line.trim().to_owned()
 }
 
-fn ask_time(question: impl Display) -> Time {
+fn ask_time(question: impl Display + Copy) -> Time {
 	let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
 	let mut stdin = io::stdin().lock();
 
-	writeln!(stdout, "{question}").unwrap();
 	let mut line = String::new();
 	loop {
 		line.clear();
-		write!(stdout, "> ").unwrap();
+		write!(
+			stdout,
+			"{} {} ",
+			style(question).bold().magenta(),
+			style(">").cyan()
+		)
+		.unwrap();
 		stdout.flush().unwrap();
 		stdin.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
 		let line = line.trim();
 		match parse_time(line) {
 			Ok(time) => return time,
-			Err(err) => writeln!(stdout, "Invalid Input {line:?}: {err}").unwrap()
+			Err(err) => writeln!(
+				stdout,
+				"{} {line:?}: {err}",
+				style("Invalid Input").bold().red()
+			)
+			.unwrap()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -272,10 +308,14 @@ fn main() {
 
 		print!("I found the following source files:");
 		for f in &files {
-			print!(" {f}");
+			print!(" {}", style(f).bold().yellow());
 		}
 		println!();
-		files = ask("Which source files would you like to use? (specify multiple files separated by whitespace)")
+		println!(
+			"{} Which source files would you like to use? (specify multiple files separated by whitespace)",
+			style("?").bold().yellow()
+		);
+		files = ask("files")
 			.split_ascii_whitespace()
 			.map(String::from)
 			.collect();
@@ -295,6 +335,7 @@ fn main() {
 				start: None,
 				end: None,
 				fast: Vec::new(),
+				questions: Vec::new(),
 				metadata: None
 			},
 			progress: Default::default()
@@ -314,14 +355,21 @@ fn main() {
 		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
 	}
 
+	println!();
+	println!(
+		" {} Preprocessed video: {}",
+		style("==>").bold().cyan(),
+		style(recording).bold().yellow()
+	);
+
 	// ask the user about start and end times
 	if !project.progress.asked_start_end {
-		project.source.start = Some(ask_time(format_args!(
-			"Please take a look at the file {recording} and tell me the first second you want included"
-		)));
-		project.source.end = Some(ask_time(format_args!(
-			"Please take a look at the file {recording} and tell me the last second you want included"
-		)));
+		println!(
+			"{} What is the first/last second you want included?",
+			style("?").bold().yellow()
+		);
+		project.source.start = Some(ask_time("first"));
+		project.source.end = Some(ask_time("last "));
 		project.progress.asked_start_end = true;
 
 		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
@@ -329,16 +377,16 @@ fn main() {
 
 	// ask the user about fast forward times
 	if !project.progress.asked_fast {
+		println!(
+			"{} Which sections of the video do you want fast-forwarded? (0 to finish)",
+			style("?").bold().yellow()
+		);
 		loop {
-			let start = ask_time(format_args!(
-				"Please take a look at the file {recording} and tell me the first second you want fast-forwarded. You may reply with `0` if there are no more fast-forward sections"
-			));
+			let start = ask_time("from");
 			if start.seconds == 0 && start.micros == 0 {
 				break;
 			}
-			let end = ask_time(format_args!(
-				"Please tell me the last second you want fast-forwarded"
-			));
+			let end = ask_time("to  ");
 			project.source.fast.push((start, end));
 		}
 		project.progress.asked_fast = true;
@@ -346,6 +394,26 @@ fn main() {
 		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
 	}
 
+	// ask the user about questions from the audience that should be subtitled
+	if !project.progress.asked_questions {
+		println!(
+			"{} In which sections of the video were questions asked you want subtitles for? (0 to finish)",
+			style("?").bold().yellow()
+		);
+		loop {
+			let start = ask_time("from");
+			if start.seconds == 0 && start.micros == 0 {
+				break;
+			}
+			let end = ask_time("to  ");
+			let text = ask("text");
+			project.source.questions.push((start, end, text));
+		}
+		project.progress.asked_questions = true;
+
+		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
+	}
+
 	// render the video
 	let mut videos = Vec::new();
 	videos.push(if project.progress.rendered {
@@ -378,9 +446,18 @@ fn main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	println!("\x1B[1m ==> DONE :)\x1B[0m");
+	println!();
+	println!(
+		" {} {}",
+		style("==>").bold().cyan(),
+		style("DONE :)").bold()
+	);
 	println!("     Videos:");
 	for v in &videos {
-		println!("     -> {v}");
+		println!(
+			"     {} {}",
+			style("->").bold().cyan(),
+			style(v).bold().yellow()
+		);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/question.rs b/src/question.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daf25bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/question.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+use crate::{iotro::Language, Resolution};
+use fontconfig::Fontconfig;
+use harfbuzz_rs::{Face, Font, Owned, UnicodeBuffer};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use svgwriter::{
+	tags::{Group, Path, Rect, TSpan, TagWithPresentationAttributes as _, Text},
+	Data, Graphic, Transform
+};
+
+pub(crate) struct Question {
+	res: Resolution,
+	g: Group
+}
+
+impl Question {
+	pub(crate) fn new(res: Resolution, lang: &Language<'_>, str: String) -> Self {
+		static FONT: OnceLock<Owned<Font<'static>>> = OnceLock::new();
+		let font = FONT.get_or_init(|| {
+			let fc = Fontconfig::new().unwrap();
+			let font_path = fc.find("Noto Sans", None).unwrap().path;
+			let face = Face::from_file(font_path, 0).unwrap();
+			Font::new(face)
+		});
+		let upem = font.face().upem();
+
+		// constants
+		let border_r = 12;
+		let font_size = 44;
+		let line_height = font_size * 6 / 5;
+		let padding = font_size / 2;
+		let margin_x = 240;
+		let margin_y = padding * 3 / 2;
+		let question_offset = 64;
+		let question_width = 240;
+
+		// calculated
+		let box_width = 1920 - 2 * margin_x;
+		let text_width = box_width - 2 * padding;
+
+		// calculates the width of the given string
+		let width_of = |s: &str| {
+			let width: i32 =
+				harfbuzz_rs::shape(font, UnicodeBuffer::new().add_str(s), &[])
+					.get_glyph_positions()
+					.iter()
+					.map(|glyph_pos| glyph_pos.x_advance)
+					.sum();
+			(width * font_size) / upem as i32
+		};
+		let space_width = width_of(" ");
+
+		// lay out the text
+		let mut text = Text::new()
+			.with_dominant_baseline("hanging")
+			.with_transform(
+				Transform::new().translate(padding, padding + font_size / 2 + border_r)
+			);
+		let words = str.split_whitespace();
+		let mut text_height = 0;
+		let mut text_x = 0;
+		for word in words {
+			let word_width = width_of(word);
+			if text_x + word_width > text_width {
+				text_x = 0;
+				text_height += line_height;
+			}
+			text.push(
+				TSpan::new()
+					.with_x(text_x)
+					.with_y(text_height)
+					.append(word.to_owned())
+			);
+			text_x += word_width + space_width;
+		}
+		text_height += font_size;
+
+		// calculated
+		let box_height = text_height + 2 * padding + font_size / 2 + border_r;
+
+		let mut g = Group::new()
+			.with_fill("white")
+			.with_font_family("Noto Sans")
+			.with_font_size(font_size)
+			.with_transform(
+				Transform::new().translate(margin_x, 1080 - margin_y - box_height)
+			);
+
+		let mut outline = Data::new();
+		outline.move_by(border_r, 0).horiz_line_to(question_offset);
+		outline
+			.vert_line_by(-font_size / 2)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, -border_r)
+			.horiz_line_by(question_width)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, border_r)
+			.vert_line_by(font_size)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, border_r)
+			.horiz_line_by(-question_width)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, -border_r)
+			.vert_line_by(-font_size / 2)
+			.move_by(question_width + 2 * border_r, 0);
+		outline
+			.horiz_line_to(box_width - border_r)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, border_r)
+			.vert_line_by(box_height - 2 * border_r)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, border_r)
+			.horiz_line_to(border_r)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, -border_r)
+			.vert_line_to(border_r)
+			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, -border_r);
+		g.push(
+			Path::new()
+				.with_stroke("#fff")
+				.with_stroke_width(3)
+				.with_fill("#000")
+				.with_fill_opacity(".3")
+				.with_d(outline)
+		);
+		g.push(
+			Text::new()
+				.with_x(question_offset + question_width / 2 + border_r)
+				.with_y(0)
+				.with_dominant_baseline("middle")
+				.with_text_anchor("middle")
+				.with_font_weight(600)
+				.append("Question")
+		);
+		g.push(text);
+
+		Self { res, g }
+	}
+
+	pub(crate) fn finish(self) -> Graphic {
+		let mut svg = Graphic::new();
+		svg.set_width(self.res.width());
+		svg.set_height(self.res.height());
+		svg.set_view_box("0 0 1920 1080");
+		svg.push(
+			Rect::new()
+				.with_fill("#040")
+				.with_x(0)
+				.with_y(0)
+				.with_width(1920)
+				.with_height(1080)
+		);
+		svg.push(self.g);
+		svg
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[test]
+fn question() {
+	let svg = Question::new(
+		Resolution::FullHD,
+		&Language::default(),
+		"Hallo Welt! Dies ist eine sehr kluge Frage aus dem Publikum. Die Frage ist nämlich: Was ist eigentlich die Frage?".into()
+	)
+	.finish();
+	std::fs::write("question.svg", svg.to_string_pretty()).unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/render/mod.rs b/src/render/mod.rs
index 012ff2c..bd22aff 100644
--- a/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::{Utf8Path as Path, Utf8PathBuf as PathBuf};
+use console::style;
 use std::{
 	borrow::Cow,
 	collections::VecDeque,
@@ -227,7 +228,13 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 		}
 		drop(file);
 
-		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Concatenating Video and Normalising Audio ...\x1B[0m");
+		println!();
+		println!(
+			" {} {}",
+			style("==>").bold().cyan(),
+			style("Concatenating Video and Normalising Audio ...").bold()
+		);
+
 		let source_sample_rate =
 			ffprobe_audio("stream=sample_rate", &recording_txt)?.parse()?;
 		let recording_mkv = self.recording_mkv();
@@ -261,7 +268,12 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 		});
 		let metadata = project.source.metadata.as_ref().unwrap();
 
-		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Preparing assets ...\x1B[0m");
+		println!();
+		println!(
+			" {} {}",
+			style("==>").bold().cyan(),
+			style("Preparing assets ...").bold()
+		);
 
 		// render intro to svg then mp4
 		let intro_svg = self.target.join("intro.svg");
@@ -508,7 +520,13 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 	) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
 		let input = self.video_file_output();
 		let output = self.video_file_res(res);
-		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Rescaling to {}p\x1B[0m", res.height());
+
+		println!();
+		println!(
+			" {} {}",
+			style("==>").bold().cyan(),
+			style(format!("Rescaling to {}p", res.height())).bold()
+		);
 
 		let mut ffmpeg = Ffmpeg::new(FfmpegOutput {
 			video_bitrate: Some(res.bitrate()),
diff --git a/tmp.sh b/tmp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df71030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/busybox ash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+rm tmp.mkv || true
+
+ffmpeg -hide_banner \
+	-loop 1 -r 25 -t 4 -i question.png \
+	-filter_complex "
+		gradients=s=2560x1440:d=4:c0=#000055:c1=#005500:x0=480:y0=540:x1=1440:y1=540[input];
+		[0]fade=t=in:st=0:d=1:alpha=1,fade=t=out:st=3:d=1:alpha=1[overlay];
+		[input][overlay]overlay=eval=frame:x=0:y=0[v]
+	" \
+	-map "[v]" \
+	-c:v libsvtav1 -preset 1 -crf 18 \
+	"tmp.mkv"