Asking people their jobs to afford living from @sandiegotalks

Video format

Street Interview

Video outline

1. Pose high-stakes question
2. Showcase diverse rapid-fire answers
3. Introduce unconventional solutions
4. Conclude with unifying theme

Narrative framework

The Rapid-Fire Vox Pop

Narrative framework logic

Posing a single, high-stakes, relatable question to a diverse group of people and presenting their answers in a quick-cut sequence to reveal a spectrum of solutions or opinions.

Transcript excerpt

Do you do to afford living in San Diego? Sales. HR payroll sales, believe it or not. I do what it takes. I do travel nursing. The rates are pretty good, but it's very competitive, so you gotta make your resume stand out. I work for a renewable energy company downtown. I work at the hospital. I'm a mechanical engineer. Building maintenance, plumbing, HVAC. I actually run a little music festival company here in San Diego called No No. We do all of our events. I bartend. Yeah. You have, like, a weird schedule, always working nights and stuff, but you work enough to be able to kind of afford what you wanna do. I work in consulting and food reviews on TikTok. You can find me tier. Yes Muncher. I have a full time job. I also have my own events company, like electronic music events. I rank, like, in general, just with the cost of living right now, you gotta get creative with how you do make money.