- Hey, have you ever wondered where ideas come from?
Oh, I know.
Aw no, you're good.
- Sorry.
- Just keep it steady.
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A lot of people ask me where I get my ideas
and today I thought it'd be fun to show you that process.
When I'm looking for inspiration,
I'm trying to break out of my everyday routine
and try something new.
We're gonna be discovering some new places today
to inspire my next magic video using Google Maps.
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So between now and then we've got a lot of work to do.
Let's hit the road.
All right, we're gonna go to a local spot
and try to find some ideas in the area.
I'm gonna be using Google Maps,
as you could tell they have a brand new icon,
and they also added some new features
that help you to discover.
And I'm searching Antique Store.
And the reason I'm searching antique store
is because I know there's an eclectic range of items
that are there.
It's kind of like a garage sale.
Here's a place King Richards, right up the street.
They've got a lot of neat stuff.
So we're gonna head to the antique store,
do a little treasure hunting search for our idea.
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This place is 57,000 feet of pure delight,
ideas everywhere.
Well, the strangest thing is happening
in some of these mirrors.
Check this out.
You have the modern phone and antique phone.
Odd.
I've found over the years that
if you take the alternate route
or you sit somewhere else or go to a different place,
you're gonna have a different experience
and allows you to see different objects even.
This is an old camera.
It makes me think if you take a photo of someone,
can you trap them in time and actually have them disappear?
There is a lot of colorful clothing
and oh,
okay, this is a poncho.
I've always wanted to wear one of these.
Let's see if we can.
What do you think?
This is awesome.
This is a fun piece, because it's really unique.
It's eye catching.
I think there's a lot we could build off of it as a concept.
I'll take it.
(grunting)
Okay. I'm gonna get the guy and we're gonna get the dolly.
Right now the working concept is that
I am gonna be in an antique store
and I've got a suit of armor
and he comes alive and we have some sort of interaction.
And so the next piece of the puzzle
is figure out where can the concept go from here?
What else does it add?
Maybe he had a sword.
Could he slash through something really valuable?
Like a painting.
Painting could be cool.
I'm gonna pull up Google Maps.
I'm gonna go to "More" and then "Art".
And here's some galleries.
Oh, this one's nice.
All right, how about you and I head over to the gallery,
get a priceless piece of art.
Okay. This is gonna be a little tight.
I don't know if that already counts as a helmet.
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You like country music?
(car engine roars)
We're in a gallery.
And what I'm looking for is a fun painting to play with
for the end of the video.
Sea and Sky, this is actually what we're more looking for.
It's like the ocean
and what it could be is when the knight cuts it,
the water comes out into real life.
Yeah, I'm thinking we get this one
and I'm just gonna buy it.
We're gonna just get the frame,
maybe if we can afford it.
I've got my frame and I'm here at the beach
because I've got a little idea
of how we can get the painting.
This is gonna be perfect.
We're gonna head over here.
I got it.
And I almost got wet.
We got it.
This is gonna work perfectly for what we need.
Let's go back to the studio.
- [Male Voice] Rolling
- A Magical Night, take one.
All right, we just wrapped our video
and it's been a complete whirlwind today,
but we have one last surprise.
I want to go celebrate what the team has accomplished
and go premiere this at local movie theater.
I'm gonna open this up and let's go to "Movies".
And this one looks good.
It's The Starlight Whittier Cinema,
looks like we got a movie to catch.
I can't miss my own show.
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It's always been a dream of mine
to make a movie for the big screens.
Thank you guys for showing up today.
I want to thank a few of you for making it possible
to my crew, thank you for turning around the video
so quickly with me.
Mark, thanks for hooking us up with the popcorn
and to my parents,
I want to say thank you for always being there for me.
- I can't hear you.
- Wait, mom, just.. - [Mom] We can't hear you.
- Can you hear me now?
- I think if I get your phone,
can I get your phone again?
- All right. Hope you guys enjoy the movie.
(whistling)
Excuse me.
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(breaking porcelain)
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(applauding)
- Thank you.
- [Video Host] I think it's gonna be a Box Office smash hit,
hope you guys enjoyed the video.
I want to thank Google maps
for sponsoring that video as well.
They have a lot of new features
to help you discover new places.
If you're looking for your next big idea,
break out of your everyday routines and try something new.
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