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URL
Video
Time
Prompts
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1
Nike x Ted Lasso | Believe | Nike
0:59
What is victory?
What do you believe in?
Write about someone knitting reality into existence.
Motivation
Life
2
Unlimited Future - Nike
1:19
Write a motivational speech.
How has the situation that you were born into made you who you are now?
Write a story about babies who take over the world.
Motivation
Funny
3
a film about growing up
1:29
What’s great about being your age?
What are you taking for granted?
What is your favorite birthday memory?
Life
Motivation
Writing
4
ROUTINE, a film by Gawx
1:43
What’s your morning routine?
What are some hobbies/interests you don’t do anymore? Why did you stop?
Life
5
Endurance | Sony FX3 Short Film
1:50
What things have helped you push through your difficulties?
How do you figure out who you are?
Use creative imagery to represent what it feels like to push yourself physically or mentally.
Motivation
6
B
1:54
Does death scare you?
Have you had a loved one pass away?
How do you deal with grief?
Life
Questions
7
moments of ma. | vlog | cineprint16
1:55
What does it mean to pause?
When was the last time you paused?
Do you prefer to have a busy or relaxed schedule?
Life
8
My Favorite Things - Rodgers & Hammerstein (stripped-down cover ft. Maeve Touhey) | stories
1:57
What are your favorite things?
What are your least favorite things?
What makes your childhood distinct?
Life
Music
9
Claire Rosinkranz - Backyard Boy (Official Music Video)
2:24
Do you like to dance?
What things, if they were contagious, would make the world a better place?
Describe your backyard.
Music
Dance
10
Connor Price & Haviah Mighty - Trendsetter (Official Lyric Video) 🇨🇦🌎
2:24
Write a rap.
What is trending now that shouldn’t be?
What trends should be brought back?
Music
11
G
2:42
What are some recent happy moments from your life?
Write about your friends?
What do you find beautiful?
Life
Questions
12
The Third Floor, a Cinematic Short
2:44
What makes your room your room?
What’s your favorite place in your house?
Are you a tidy person, or do you like things to be messy?
What’s your favorite toy?
Life
13
Madison Cunningham - The Age Of Worry
2:46
Write about worries.
If this isn’t the age of worry, then what is it the age of?
Write a character connected to worry in some way.
Music
Life
14
Billie Eilish - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (from Saturday Night Live, 2023)
2:53
The best Christmas song is...?
What are you anticipating?
Do you prefer Billie Eilish’s or FINNEAS’s music?
Music
Christmas
15
My Homeland: A Photography Project by Grandpa Chen | Wes Anderson Inspired Award Winning Short Film
2:57
Who are the people that help you feel at home?
What is your relationship with your grandparents like?
What’s one of your favorite family memories?
Life
Family
16
The First Man To Record Sound
2:58
Is it a good thing that we can capture and save most anything?
Do you take and listen to voice memos?
What’s something about you that goes unrecognized?
Technology
17
Murmuration MESMERIZES the crowd with a stunning performance | Qualifiers | AGT 2023
3:00
What’s something you’ve recently been loving?
What’s something you hate?
Write a poem about ripples and waves.
Dance
Motivation
18
for u to listen to
3:45
If you could be proficient at any instrument, which would you choose?
What is your favorite type of music?
What do you do to relax?
Music
19
"Come Together" - a H&M Holiday Short Film directed by Wes Anderson
3:50
Write about a holiday gone wrong.
Write about something turning out different than you expected.
Do you prefer to travel for the holidays or stay home?
Life
Christmas
20
Fuzzy Feelings | Apple Holiday Film
3:53
Do you have any enemies?
What’s your favorite part about winter?
What are your coworkers like?
Motivation
Life
Christmas
21
WING IT! - Blender Open Movie
3:58
Are you someone who likes to plan things out, or do you just take things as they come and improvise?
Why are cats better than dogs?
Write a story about an inventor who fails.
Funny
Animation
22
Clair de lune (Debussy): Alexandre Tharaud, Yoann Bourgeois - piano & dance
4:27
Did that mean anything?
Do you have memories associated with stairs or trampolines?
Turn the video into a story.
Odd
23
Jacob Collier - Little Blue (feat. Brandi Carlile) [Official Video]
4:27
When the world feels heavy, what do you do?
Write about your favorite camping memory.
How are you different from who you were as a child?
Music
Life
24
Magician Has Sleight Of Hand Skills Level 1000
4:40
What are you afraid to lose?
What is going right in life?
What isn’t going right in life?
What’s your favorite beverage?
Funny
Odd
Magic
25
LA QUÊTE DE L'HUMAIN - Animation short film 2022 - GOBELINS
6:12
What is a quest worthy of your effort?
Is there anything that has your focus more than it should?
Animation
Funny
Life
26
Lupe Fiasco x Large Language Models | Google Lab Sessions
6:30
What do you think of all the AI tools that are being made?
Write a rap.
How does Lupe view language?
Write a story without using the letter “a”...
Music
Technology
Writing
Language
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