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I Spent 100 Days in Grand Theft Auto

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • He holds real cash to camera while the image asks if this is real life.
  • The game's world seems to be leaking into an actual street.
  • The 100 days makes it a proper test rather than a sketch, so you click for the how.
How the packaging works
Title

The title sets the 100 day scale inside a game everyone knows.

Thumbnail

The thumbnail shows real cash held to camera, with helicopters and a doubting question behind.

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Use this when your test blurs two worlds. Hold the proof object to camera, stage the background with cues from the other world, and let a two-word question carry the doubt the viewer already feels.

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The transferable lesson

Proof object plus a two-word doubt

NicheVirtual RealityGamingChallenges & Stunts
Click driverCuriosity GapScale & Specificity
Visual signalFace-LedSupporting TextCurrency / Money

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