conceptshape B — brush-offs stacked in rhythmQC 7/10ouverture 8.3/1014s
€40/hour. Filmed tour of Budapest.(original)
Rapid-fire montage of Frank getting deflected mid-sentence, back to back, on day one. | payoff: €40 an hour for a filmed tour. Nobody lets me finish the sentence.
variant-self-roastprice-drop then polite exitQC 7.9/10ouverture 8.0/1012s
THREE EUROS A HEAD. THEY STILL LEFT.(self-roast)
A group of twelve tourists, one obvious sale, and a number that keeps falling until it means nothing. | payoff: Twelve tourists, three euros a head, and they were too hungry to hear it.
Count the polite yeses stacking up in one 25-second conversation, then land on what those yeses were actually worth. | payoff: a polite yes and a no cost the same.
Count the polite yeses stacking up in one 25-second conversation, then land on what those yeses were actually worth. | payoff: Four yeses in one chat, and not one of them booked.
Cold-pitching Polish tourists my Budapest tour(original)
POV: a stranger walks up to you in Budapest and offers to film your day — while your best friend, standing next to you, is literally a professional photographer. | payoff: Two pitches in a row, two polite "sounds cool", zero people who actually book.
conceptzoom on the fumbled money revealQC 7.9/10ouverture 6.5/1014s
I pitched a group of twelve(original)
The moment a salesman opens with 'it's not free, but' — and you can hear the whole pitch collapsing. | payoff: Cheapest tour in Budapest, beaten by lunch.
conceptRhythmic repetition of one line across tQC 6.8/10ouverture 6.3/1015s
STILL LOOKING FOR MY FIRST YES(original)
Same opening line, six strangers, until it stops sounding like a pitch and starts sounding like a plea. | payoff: Same words, new stranger, same nothing.
Il pitche une visite guidée filmée. L'excuse tombe : « on a 24 heures et la chambre est déjà remplie ». | payoff: apparently a hotel room can be full of memories.
concepthold-on-listener-face after polite yesQC 7.9/10ouverture 4.5/108s
Her "sounds cool" after my per-hour price(original)
On tient la caméra sur le visage de l'inconnu pendant qu'il dit 'sounds cool', puis on laisse le silence après le prix : ce que son corps répond n'a rien à voir avec ce que sa bouche dit. | payoff: 'Sounds cool' + silence + un WhatsApp donné dans le vide.