Draw My Life

The structure is fixed, which is part of why it spread. A hand draws stick figures on a whiteboard, the footage runs at speed, and a voiceover walks through the creator's history from childhood to now. Making one takes a marker, a phone on a tripod pointed at a wall, and a script.

Its value today is as an introduction for an audience that only knows you from one topic, since the format gives permission to be personal without a confessional to camera. Write and time the script first, because the drawing has to fit the words.