Why it worked
The video succeeds by tapping into a highly relatable, high-stress experience common to its target demographic of college students.
Summary
A student is shown sleeping in bed with a laptop open, then suddenly waking up to finish an assignment before the midnight deadline. The video captures the relatable stress of last-minute college work.
Structure
- 1Student sleeping with laptop
- 2Sudden realization of deadline
- 3Frantic typing to finish assignment
Product placement
HP (laptop brand) appears as a logo on the lid of the laptop. It merely appears; removing it would not change the video.
On-screen text
trying to get that assignment in by 11:59 p.m.