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Engineering my own luck if anyone wants anything ❤️

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curiositycasual vlogslow deliberateTalking Head#luckygirl#luck

Hook

8/10

Viral

7/10

Views164.9K

Likes10.8K

Analysis

Execution Elements

Visual Style

casual vlog

natural

Audio Design

none

The Hook

curiosity

Contrarian concept

Setting

home interior

eye patches, canned drink

Structure Analysis

4 SHOTS

Hook

Introduce the counter-intuitive concept of engineering one's own luck.

00:00 - 00:201 SHOT

100:00

medium close-upeye-levelstatic

establish premise

Camera

static

Action

Subject speaks directly to camera, explaining the concept of engineering luck.

Audio

dialogue starts

Problem

Discuss the pitfalls of toxic positivity and the speaker's past struggles.

00:20 - 01:121 SHOT

200:20

medium close-upeye-levelstatic

build context

Camera

static

Action

Subject continues monologue, reflecting on past experiences.

Audio

voice continues from previous shot

Solution

Explain the practical strategy of visibility and compounding success.

01:12 - 02:192 SHOTS

301:12

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transition

Camera

static

Action

Subject picks up a canned drink.

Audio

voice continues

hard-cut

401:13

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conclusion

Camera

static

Action

Subject holds drink while continuing the monologue.

Audio

voice continues

Script

Full screenplay with dialogue and action

460 words

4 shots

3 beats

Screenplay

4 PAGES

Screenplay

Engineering my own luck if anyone wants anything ❤️ #luckygirl #luck #success #ambition

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by itsalexaarose

INT./EXT. — HOOK

Introduce the counter-intuitive concept of engineering one's own luck.

Subject speaks directly to camera, explaining the concept of engineering luck.

[00:00]

ON-SCREEN TEXT

(CAPTION)

Girl idk just engineer your own luck

[on-screen text]

[00:00]

HOST

So I wrote a Substack article last week entitled 'Engineering My Own Luck' if anyone wants anything, and I'm going to read you a little excerpt from it.

[00:06]

Luck isn't something that happens to you. It's something that happens around you when you give it enough surface area.

[00:11]

Over time, I've stopped asking myself, 'Why isn't this happening yet?' and started asking something far more useful.

[00:16]

Am I actually in enough places to be chosen?

INT./EXT. — PROBLEM

Discuss the pitfalls of toxic positivity and the speaker's past struggles.

Subject continues monologue, reflecting on past experiences.

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[00:20]

HOST

I wrote this Substack article because I was doing so much reflecting last week and thinking about how luck has shown up in my life over the past couple of years.

[00:27]

And how has my life continued to surprise me on any given day?

[00:31]

I think about five years ago, I started like firmly believing a very common phrase, which is that if something is meant for you, it will find you.

[00:40]

And unfortunately, I fell into the rabbit hole of toxic positivity around that. This was again like five years ago.

[00:45]

And I just used that as a kind of way to convince myself that I didn't need to do a lot to receive amazing things. And so I didn't do a lot.

[00:53]

And guess what? I did not receive amazing things for multiple years.

[00:56]

This was in like my mid-20s and I didn't get a lot of opportunities.

[01:00]

And I didn't move up very much in my career. I didn't find a lot of success.

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[01:03]

HOST

And the reason why I'm saying that is to literally use that point in my life and compare it to the past year and a half for myself.

[01:09]

Follow me, you're probably really fucking sick of hearing me say this, but...

INT./EXT. — SOLUTION

Explain the practical strategy of visibility and compounding success.

Subject picks up a canned drink.

[01:12]

HOST

I have been focusing on making myself so incredibly visible this year.

Subject holds drink while continuing the monologue.

[01:16]

HOST

And by making myself visible over the past year and a half in different ways, I have felt my life shift so much.

[01:24]

I have felt so many opportunities come in.

[01:26]

I got a new job that I fucking love.

[01:27]

The rooms that I've been in that I never thought I would be in before.

[01:30]

That would not have happened to me if I didn't put myself out there, if I didn't make myself disgustingly visible.

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[01:36]

HOST

With like literally everything in my life.

[01:38]

And so if you're someone who firmly believes in this like whole concept of 'what's meant for you will find you'...

[01:44]

I believe that it is inherently true, but I also think it exists at the same time as your ability to engineer how that luck shows up in your life.

[01:51]

Like you don't have to be everywhere, but you have to be somewhere and somewhere often.

[01:56]

And I think that's how visibility really compounds to bring you success and fucking luck into your life without sitting around and waiting for it to happen.

[02:03]

So if you're someone who's trying to figure out, 'How am I going to accomplish all the things that I want to accomplish this year and really attract the best opportunities into my life'...

[02:11]

It starts with finding ways to be so disgustingly visible every single day.

[02:16]

That you are standing in a place where luck can always fucking find you.

— THE END —

3 Beats · 4 ShotsSuperdirector.appEN

Transcript

Monologue

460 words

29 segments

Girl idk just engineer your own luck

So I wrote a Substack article last week entitled 'Engineering My Own Luck' if anyone wants anything, and I'm going to read you a little excerpt from it.

Luck isn't something that happens to you. It's something that happens around you when you give it enough surface area.

Over time, I've stopped asking myself, 'Why isn't this happening yet?' and started asking something far more useful.

Am I actually in enough places to be chosen?

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