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To Do

  • Find someone who can help you create the robot.
    • Find a list of forums where these people congregate.
    • Get a list of contact info of the people who work at SparkFun and all those other Maker things.
    • Find someone who has a YouTube channel / website / blog and looks like they aren't yet too famous (so they won't charge you too much).
  • Start to sketch out how the robot will work.
  • Start to come up with a list of questions you need answered.
    • What can I use to extend something in one dimension?are the limits on the dimensions of the 
  • Find someone who can help you make the video more viral.
    • Get the guy who wrote "The Viral Video Manifesto" to act as a consultant to help you decide what to include in the video.

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Structure of the video

Evidence that this video would go viral and get a ton of views

Potential structure of the viral video

  • Just have it copy the seagull-prank video.
    • Keep the whole thing under a minute.
    • Have a few seconds of close-up of the device, just like they have a few seconds of close-up of the crackers
    • Then cut to the device being put in place.
    • Then cut to the device being used to get candy.
      • As in the seagull video, maybe have people laugh or say "Oh my god" in the video to act as a laugh-track.
    • Then cut to a shot of the amount of candy you got, and what the empty vending machine looks like.
    • Then cut to a shot of you putting quarters in and having the spirals do nothing, just to show that you did pay for the candy.

Potential follow-up video that goes more in-depth

  • This is what Mark Rober does.
    • He creates a viral video.
    • He then later releases a follow-up video that goes more in-depth.
  • "I'm going to show you how to solve a problem."
    • "I want that candy."
    • "I don't want to pay for it."
    • "If I had a small monkey, I could put the monkey in the machine and have it get the candy for me."
      • Show a clip of the girl crawling into the machine to get the teddy bear.
    • "I don't have a monkey."
    • "If I had a small robot, I could have the robot get the candy for me."
    • "I ask myself the question, 'Has anyone solved this problem before?'"
    • "No."
    • "Has anyone solved a similar problem before?"
    • "Yes." (OWI Robotic Arm Edge)
  • End with saying, "Vending machine owners: Put your vending machines near a security camera."

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Evidence that this video would go viral and get a ton of views

 

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