For this post, we needed to come up with a pitch for a viral video concept based on the videos produced by CUT studios. In order to get my creative juices stewing I watched the following videos on CUT’s YouTube channel:
- Have you ever pooped your pants
- Kids Explain – Episode 4: Poop
- 100 People Try to Fart
- Would You Rather: Poop in Front of Strangers OR Livestream Going to the Bathroom
- Man Spends Entire Paycheck on Scratch Tickets
Ideas:
Based on the CUT videos I decided to watch, I came up with several ideas that I think would be good for SCCA to produce.
- 10 Poops Ranked from Hottest to Coldest.
- Who Farted? Special guest Billy Eichner puts on his detective hat to help solve this silent, but deadly crime.
- How Bad Did Your Exes ACTUALLY Think Your Poops Smelled?
- 100 People Lie About Having Never Shit Their Pants.
- Kids Explain – Episode 6006: Why Farts are So Funny.
- Truth or Fart. Things get Stinky when special guest Adam Conover RUINS the Game by Mansplaining Farts to Everyone.
- The Hopscotch While Pooping Experiment.
Final Pitch:
After a careful review of the assignment guidelines, I have decided on my final pitch!
Desired Response:
It’s the question everyone wants to know the answer to, but didn’t know it until now! This concept would help reveal all our common insecurities, as it pertains to the smell of our excrement. I’m hoping this video will result in acceptance of the smell of our poop and garner empathy for those who’s poop might not smell as good as ours. People need to be reminded that our daily bowel movements are natural and nothing to be ashamed of. Also, if your ex did not enjoy the smell of your poop, maybe it truly was not meant to be.
Participants Needed:
Since the CUT seems to be geared toward 18-35, we would need to make sure the majority of our participants fit into that demo. However, we should try and get at least one Boomer and maybe a few Gen-X people to share their poop smell opinions, if possible. We should be committed to making sure that the ethnicity, sexuality, and gender expression are as diverse as possible. In order to get a good cross section and enough content to edit together, we should shoot for 12 former couples, so that we have 24 interviews to pull from. I believe there is a potential for emotions to run high during this viral video experiment, so we will want to have mental health counselors on site and inform SCC security of the possibility of a Jerry Springer type scenario.
Closing Remarks:
Should my pitch be chosen, I have absolutely zero interest in being involved in the production.