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Trending short videosPranking executives with old photos
The edit1 shot 路 6 text
Shots Text1:19
Performance
- Views
- 2M
- Likes
- 186.7K
- Comments
- 253
- Engagement
- 9.2%
- Outlier
- 24.1脳
- Length 路 4 Aug 2025
- 1:19
Video #10941 路 Interview Q&A
Pranking executives with old photosfrom @figma
[01]
Overview
The creator approaches various company executives, including the VP of Product and CMO, during a corporate event and asks them to autograph printed copies of their own awkward childhood or teenage photos. The video captures their shocked and amused reactions while displaying digital overlays of the original photos for the viewer to see.
[02]
Simple outline
- 1Establish prank premise
- 2Request blind signature
- 3Reveal embarrassing photo
- 4Capture genuine reaction
[03]
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Classification
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Hook analysis
What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook 路 55%
Asking our execs to sign old photos of themselves
Verbal hook 路 25%
Can I get you to sign this for me?
Visual hook 路 20%
A busy, high-energy event setting (NYSE floor) with a person approaching a man in a suit, creating immediate curiosity about the interaction.
[07]
Hook and payoff
The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
Text overlay immediately establishes the high-stakes social prank ('Asking our execs to sign old photos') while visually initiating the first interaction.
Payoff
The cumulative effect of seeing 'serious' figures humanized, ending with a clever acknowledgement of the absurdity.
[08]
Narrative framework
The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Authority Humanizer Prank
Breaking professional personas by confronting authority figures with embarrassing past artifacts, using a 'blind request' mechanic to ensure genuine surprise and immediate status leveling.
- 1
The Baseline Success
Establishes the format works and is lighthearted; the first subject laughs and plays along immediately.
- 2
The Emotional Escalation
Raises the energy level with a subject who reacts with high volume, shock, and playful refusal ('No! Very sketchy!').
- 3
The Meta-Aware Defense
Introduces variety with a subject who recognizes the trend and humorously defends the context of the photo (prom night explanation).
- 4
The Baffled Compliance
Highlights the absurdity of the prank through a subject who is more confused about the photo's origin than the request itself.
- 5
The Witty Resolution
Ends on a high note with a subject who leans into the joke, offering a humorous signature ('Age 12') rather than just a name.
Themes
Techniques
Trends
Post caption
馃き
Text overlays
title 路 beginning
Asking our execs to sign old photos of themselves
contextual 路 beginning
Sho Kuwamoto VP, Product
contextual 路 middle
Sheila Vashee Chief Marketing Officer
contextual 路 middle
Kathryn Ashcraft VP, Workplace and Real Estate
contextual 路 middle
Yuhki Yamashita Chief Product Officer
contextual 路 end
Shaunt Voskanian Chief Revenue Officer
Transcript
Yeah. Can I get you to sign this for me? Yep. Oh. Nice. Nice. Yay. I need you to sign something. Okay. Very sketchy. My goodness. I will never forget that. No. You all May I please sign this? I know this trend and this like, I don't have enough to do right now. And I will I will maintain that it was humid, and also that is what I thought looks nice from my junior prom. Get out. I hate I hate you all. Thank you. Oh god. Where did you even find this? I didn't even Oh, you have a in the menu? No wonder. You guys are funny. I give you a signature. Age 12. That's funny.