Street interviews about affording San Diego from @sandiegotalks
An interviewer stands on a sunny street in San Diego and asks multiple passersby the same question: "What do you do to afford living in San Diego?". The video then cuts between the various individuals as they share their professions, which include strategic client success manager, director of learning, diver, chiropractic assistant, and tattoo artist. The answers reveal a range of career paths and financial strategies, such as working multiple jobs or splitting expenses with a partner, to manage the city's high cost of living.
Creator: @sandiegotalks on Instagram
Video format
Street Interview
Video outline
- Pose high-stakes question
- Present conventional answers
- Introduce relatable struggle
- Showcase aspirational lifestyle
- Conclude with lifestyle philosophy
Narrative framework
The Vox Pop Mosaic
Narrative framework logic
Posing a single, high-stakes, and relatable question to a diverse group of strangers to create a mosaic of answers that reveals a larger truth about a specific subculture or location.
Topics: Local, Lifestyle, Personal Finance, Career Advice
Concepts: Question Montage
Formats: Street Interview
Elements: Title Text Hook, Mood Music
Account types: Personal Brand
Transcript excerpt
You do to afford living in San Diego? I'm a strategic client success manager for a marketing software company. I'm bad director of learning for a car wash company. Worse, dude. Work two jobs. It's a hustle and bustle city for sure. The house prices are pretty ridiculous, but it's not it's not terrible. You know, I'm a diver and a speedboat captain, so Do tours, fix good underwater. You know what I mean? I am a chiropractic assistant, but I just finished my graduate program in athletic training, which is like sports medicine. But I also live with my fiance, so we haves and haves to live in San Diego. He works in, commercial HVAC. I do tattoos. Yeah. And I, like, my hobbies are kind of for free, which is the ocean.
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