Settling a golf rule debate from @shaneohgolfs
The creator uses a green screen to present a viral photo of a golf ball embedded in the side of the cup, sparking a debate about whether it counts as a hole-in-one. He outlines the two opposing arguments regarding the rules and explicitly asks the audience to settle the debate in the comments, ending with a humorous roast of strict rule-followers.
Creator: @shaneohgolfs on Instagram
Video format
Greenscreen Talking Head
Video outline
- Hook with viral debate
- Set immersive context
- Present binary options
- Request audience verdict
- Insult opposing viewpoint
Hook overview
The Social Proof Hook: Claims a specific image or situation is currently causing a massive controversy within the niche community.
Title hook
Does that count or not?
Verbal hook
This photo has the entire golf world in a massive debate.
Visual hook
A green screen background displaying a viral tweet with a photo of a golf ball unusually embedded in the side of the cup's dirt wall.
Hook strategies
- curiosity-open-loops
- opinions-polarization
Payoff
The Ad Hominem Verdict: The creator delivers their personal opinion by insulting the character or coolness of anyone who holds the opposing view.
Narrative framework
The Community Courtroom
Narrative framework logic
Presents a polarizing edge-case scenario within a specific niche, outlines the binary arguments, dismisses the technical rules, and demands a community verdict while taking a controversial stance.
Narrative framework breakdown
- frameworkName: The Community Courtroom
- frameworkType: Standard Narrative
- coreLogic: Presents a polarizing edge-case scenario within a specific niche, outlines the binary arguments, dismisses the technical rules, and demands a community verdict while taking a controversial stance.
- confidence: 95
- pendingStatus: created
Concepts: Hot Take
Formats: Greenscreen Talking Head
Elements: Engagement CTA, Image Overlay
Account types: Personal Brand
Transcript excerpt
This photo has the entire golf world in a massive debate. So we're gonna settle the debate right now. Is this a hole in one? Let's set the scene. You get up to a par 344 yards. Your boy pulls out a pitching wedge, eight iron, nine iron, four iron for all I care. Strikes it. It looks good. It's tracking the entire way. It lands, and you lose sight of it from the tee box. But once you get up there, this is what you see. What are you writing down on the scorecard? A one or a two? One side's gonna say it's a two because it's not in the bottom of the cup. And yes, that is true. It's not in the bottom of the cup. And then the other side's gonna say, yes, it's a hole in one because if you were to mark that ball, fix that divot, and then place the ball in the exact spot, it would fall into the hole. And then some people are gonna bring up USGA rules and logic, and that's not any fun. So what we are gonna do in this comment section, we are going to decide, as a golf community, if this is a hole in one or if it's not. And just so you have my opinion, if you worse out playing a round of golf with your boys and this happens, and you consider writing down a two, I know you use a silencer bag an
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