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How One Man Survived Air India 171

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • A lone figure stands unhurt beside a plane broken in two and on fire.
  • 11A pins that survival to one seat, a detail any flyer can picture.
  • The figure and the seat glow the same yellow, which ties the man to his seat.

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How the packaging works
Title

One Man sets one survivor against everyone else on board, and naming the flight number tells viewers it's the real crash from the news, not a hypothetical.

Thumbnail

The red tail with its orange wheel logo says Air India before any word is read, and the 11A label points into the gap where the plane split.

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When one detail decides your story, like a seat, a setting or a single line in a contract, label it on the thumbnail and give the person the same color so viewers link them.

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The transferable lesson

Label the one detail that decided the outcome and give the person its color, so viewers link them at once.

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