I Technically Won An Oscar

Summary

In a humorous quest to win an Academy Award, the YouTuber embarks on a challenge to secure an Oscar without the traditional Hollywood route. By leveraging his creativity and determination, he sets out to win awards in stage, television, and film, ultimately aiming to surprise his former teacher with the prestigious accolade. Through a series of entertaining and strategic challenges involving other award winners, he manages to secure an Oscar, a BAFTA, and an Olivier, showcasing the power of perseverance and creative thinking.

Takeaways

• 🎬 The speaker aspires to win an Academy Award, despite not being recognized by Hollywood.
• 🤔 The challenge is to win an Oscar without being a traditional nominee, by betting it with an Oscar winner.
• 📝 The speaker has a strong desire to thank their teacher for igniting their creative journey.
• 📊 The speaker acknowledges the difficulty of winning an Oscar, referencing Leonardo DiCaprio's long wait.
• 🎥 The speaker has a plan to win an Oscar by challenging an Oscar winner to a game and betting the Oscar as the prize.
• 🔍 Extensive research is conducted to find Oscar winners and their contact information.
• 🏆 The speaker successfully wins a BAFTA and Olivier award through various challenges.
• 🎭 A riddle is solved to win the Olivier award from Henry Lewis, who is known for his work in theater.
• 👗 The speaker's quest leads to Jenny Beavan, a renowned costume designer with multiple Oscar wins.
• 🎲 A custom 'Guess Who' game featuring characters from Beavan's films is played to win an Oscar.
• 🏅 The speaker accomplishes their goal of winning an Oscar, BAFTA, and Olivier awards, and presents them to their teacher.

Q & A

What was the speaker's initial goal in the video?

The speaker's initial goal was to win an Academy Award, or Oscar, to thank their teacher who started them off on their creative journey.

How did the speaker plan to win an Oscar?

The speaker planned to win an Oscar by challenging an Oscar winner to a game and convincing them to bet their Oscar as the prize.

What was the first award the speaker won in their quest?

The first award the speaker won was a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts award).

Who was the first person the speaker challenged to a game, and what was the game?

The first person the speaker challenged to a game was James, a BAFTA-winning writer, and the game was to write the longest word using Alphabetti spaghetti.

How did the speaker manipulate the game to their advantage?

The speaker removed every single vowel from James's Alphabetti spaghetti before the game started, making it difficult for James to make words.

What was the riddle given to the speaker to win the Olivier award?

The riddle was, 'When I'm young I stand up tall, when I'm old I'm very small.' The answer was 'a candle.'

Which Oscar-winning costume designer did the speaker eventually challenge to a game?

The speaker challenged Jenny Beavan, who won Oscars for Best Costume Design for 'A Room with a View', 'Mad Max: Fury Road', and 'Cruella'.

What game did the speaker play with Jenny Beavan to win an Oscar?

The speaker played a custom version of 'Guess Who' with Jenny Beavan, using characters from movies she had worked on.

Which character from a movie did the speaker correctly guess to win the Oscar?

The speaker correctly guessed that the character was Dame Emma Thompson from 'Sense and Sensibility'.

How did the speaker use Adobe Creative Cloud tools in their quest?

The speaker used Adobe Photoshop's generative fill feature and Premiere Pro's green screen effects to create a pitch video to attract Oscar winners.

What did the speaker do with the awards after winning them?

The speaker showed off the awards to Mrs. Hunter, their old teacher who had encouraged them 25 years ago.

Outlines

00:00

🏆 The Unlikely Oscar Quest

The speaker expresses a desire to win an Academy Award, acknowledging the difficulty of the task. They plan to become the first YouTuber to win an Oscar by challenging an Oscar winner to a game and betting the Oscar as the prize. The speaker is motivated to win an Oscar to thank their teacher who started their creative journey. Despite the challenging plan and not knowing any Oscar winners, they embark on this quest, listing Oscar winners and their contact information online.

05:01

🎭 Winning the Olivier Award

The speaker recounts their journey to win an Olivier Award, the top prize for professional theater in London. They successfully win the award by solving a riddle posed by Henry Lewis, the award recipient. The speaker then shifts focus to their ultimate goal of winning an Oscar, acknowledging the difficulty of contacting Oscar winners. However, they manage to connect with Jenny Beavan, a renowned costume designer with multiple Oscar wins, and challenge her to a game of 'Guess Who' with one of her Oscars at stake.

10:01

🎉 Triumph in the Unlikely Oscars Pursuit

The speaker successfully wins an Oscar from Jenny Beavan by correctly guessing her character in the custom 'Guess Who' game. They celebrate their victory, having won not only an Oscar but also a BAFTA and an Olivier Award. The speaker then visits their former teacher, Mrs. Hunter, to present her with the Oscar as a token of gratitude for her support and belief in their potential 25 years ago.

Keywords

💡Academy Award

The Academy Award, commonly known as the Oscar, is an accolade presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements. In the video, the narrator expresses a strong desire to win an Academy Award, which signifies the highest honor in the film industry. This desire drives the entire narrative as the narrator attempts to win an Oscar through unconventional means.

💡YouTuber

A YouTuber is a content creator who produces and shares videos on the YouTube platform. The narrator identifies himself as a YouTuber, indicating that he is not a traditional Hollywood actor but instead someone who creates content outside the mainstream film industry. This background sets up the unique challenge he faces in trying to win an Oscar, which is typically awarded within the film industry.

💡Creative Journey

The term 'creative journey' refers to the personal path of artistic growth and development that an individual undertakes. In the video, the narrator mentions his creative journey to highlight his passion and dedication to the arts, which began with his teacher's encouragement. This concept is central to the video as it underscores the narrator's motivation for seeking recognition through an Oscar.

💡Oscar Winner

An Oscar winner is an individual who has been awarded an Academy Award. The video's central goal is for the narrator to win an Oscar, and thus, he focuses on engaging with Oscar winners. The term is used to emphasize the high level of achievement the narrator aspires to reach, and it is integral to the various challenges and interactions he undertakes.

💡Alphabetti Spaghetti

Alphabetti Spaghetti is a word game where players use letters of the alphabet to create words. In the video, the narrator challenges a BAFTA award-winning writer to a game of Alphabetti Spaghetti, aiming to win the writer's award. This game serves as a metaphor for the creative challenges faced in the pursuit of artistic recognition.

💡Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud is a suite of applications and services provided by Adobe Inc. for creative professionals. In the video, the narrator mentions using Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Premier Pro and Photoshop in his creative process. The software is highlighted as an essential tool for content creation, particularly in the context of the narrator's quest to win an Oscar.

💡Guess Who

Guess Who is a popular board game where players try to deduce the identity of their opponent's character through a process of questioning. In the video, the narrator creates a custom version of Guess Who featuring characters from movies designed by Jenny Bevan, an Oscar-winning costume designer. The game serves as a creative challenge and a means for the narrator to win one of Bevan's Oscars.

💡Olivier Award

The Olivier Award is the most prestigious stage award in the United Kingdom, recognizing outstanding achievements in professional theatre. The narrator's ambition to win an Olivier Award reflects his desire to be recognized across different mediums of entertainment, not just film. Winning this award is part of his quest to become a 'decorated actor' with accolades in stage, television, and film.

💡Creative Process

The creative process refers to the steps through which an individual conceives and produces a creative work. In the video, the narrator emphasizes the importance of tools like Adobe Creative Cloud in his creative process, which enables him to produce content and engage in his artistic endeavors. This concept is central to understanding how the narrator approaches his goal of winning an Oscar.

💡Costume Design

Costume design is the creation of clothing and accessories worn by actors in theater, film, or television productions. In the video, the narrator's encounter with Jenny Bevan, an Oscar-winning costume designer, is pivotal. Bevan's expertise in costume design is highlighted when the narrator challenges her to a game based on characters from her designed films, showcasing the importance of costume design in the broader context of cinematic achievements.

💡Recognition

Recognition refers to the acknowledgment and appreciation of someone's achievements or efforts. In the video, the narrator seeks recognition in the form of prestigious awards like the Oscar, BAFTA, and Olivier. His quest for these awards is driven by a desire to validate his creative journey and to honor his teacher who first inspired him. The theme of recognition underscores the narrator's personal journey and his interactions with award-winning individuals.

Highlights

The narrator's desire to win an Academy Award and recognition in Hollywood.

The unique plan to win an Oscar by challenging an Oscar winner to a game and betting the Oscar as the prize.

The narrator's motivation to win an Oscar to thank their teacher who started their creative journey.

The humorous and challenging process of trying to contact Oscar winners and their agents.

The narrator's ambition to win awards for stage, television, and film, aiming for an Olivier, BAFTA, and Oscar.

The creative strategy of using Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Photoshop and Premiere Pro in the quest for an Oscar.

The entertaining writing game challenge with BAFTA-winning writer James, involving alphabetti spaghetti.

The clever tactic of removing vowels from the alphabetti spaghetti to gain an advantage in the word-writing challenge.

The surprising and humorous acceptance speech prepared by the narrator.

The narrator's realization of the need to reach out to unsung heroes like best engineering effects Oscar winners.

The unexpected connection through Jenny Bevan, an iconic costume designer with multiple Academy Awards.

The custom Guess Who game created for Jenny Bevan, featuring characters from her movie works.

The clever riddle posed by Jenny Bevan and the narrator's process of elimination to solve it.

The triumphant moment when the narrator wins an Oscar from Jenny Bevan by correctly guessing her character.

The heartwarming visit to Mrs. Hunter, the teacher who inspired the narrator, to present the won awards.

The emphasis on the importance of Adobe Creative Cloud in the narrator's creative process and video production.

Transcripts

I've always wanted an Academy Award but

Hollywood has never quite recognized my

cinematic talents how you doing so I'm

going to take things into my own hands

and become the first YouTuber ever to

win an Oscar Oscar Oscar Oscar this

isn't going to be easy but I love a

challenge here on the maxos YouTube

channel come on this is the story of how

I convinced an Oscar winner to bet their

award also I could give that Oscar to

the teacher who cast me in my first ever

play there we go but there's one big

problem I am such an idiot why on Earth

would any Oscar winner bet their most

prized possession I think you find keep

their mind this video has been sponsored

by

Adobe I need to win an Oscar mainly

because I want to thank my teacher that

started me off on this creative Journey

that is now weirdly my

job so that one of her pupils is an

Academy Award winner we all know it

takes ages to win an Oscar in the normal

way just ask Leonardo Dicaprio and if

you're under the age of 25 he'll

probably reply so we all know I'm not

going to win an Oscar from the academy

but I might be able to win an Oscar from

an Oscar winner so this is my plan I'm

going to find an Oscar winner I'm going

to challenge them to a game and I'm

going to convince them to bet their

Oscar as the prize and so if I win I can

then say I have won an Oscar making me

Max fos Oscar winner there is one

gargantuan problem with this plan I

don't know anyone who's won an Oscar yet

so over the next few hours I made a list

of Oscar winners their agents and any

contact information that I could find

online but if you thought I'd stop at

just trying to win an Oscar you'd be

dead wrong back in the day I was pretty

much a triple

threat so I wanted to do something that

very few had ever done win an award for

stage television and film an Olivier a

baa and an Oscar and after a couple of

weeks of ad admin I was on the way to

win my first award um so with a baa

Olivier and an Oscar I would have won a

boo sorry to frighten you I haven't

heard back from the any of the Oscar

winners but right now I'm on the way to

collect my first

award the ba hello James very smart I

thought I'd dress up for the occasion

good to see you and you oh careful for

the flex that's yours is this is James

he's a ba awardwinning writer and I

wanted to win award off him did you have

this with you at all times Well the

reason I've got it is because you said

you wanted to borrow it no I want to win

it I did indeed want to win it and as

James was a writer I thought I'd play

him at a writing game okay the challenge

who can write the longest word

using alphabetti spaghetti ah okay fine

and if I write a longer one than you I

can have your B on your marks get set go

it's a really unpleasant experience this

thanks Max I think I might have got a

funny tin struggling for vows yeah

interesting I think I know why I wasn't

coming here to lose so before starting

I'd removed every single vowel from

James's alphabetti spaghetti good luck

making words now Jimbo do you need some

vowels you got how long have we got 10

seconds oh you're joking three two one

stop what have you got I've got five

yeah I've got three okay which under the

circumstances was pretty good going Got

Boobs have you yeah well I've just just

got

poo I think you've won the ba

temporarily no won the borar I've won

the B are you going to make like an

acceptance speech or something like that

oh that's a good idea um God what do you

say in these things I'd like to thank my

mom and dad my agent and Adobe and

Creative Cloud Adobe is incredibly

important in my creative process and I

use various different tools such as

Premier Pro and Photoshop to make these

videos and you may have seen me editing

some unusual stuff with Photoshop before

like this thumbnail this was all made in

Adobe Photoshop oh no the reflection in

the Fishbowl is covering up my ears

using photoshop's generative fill and

leaving the prompt Space Blank it will

automatically fill in what it thinks

should be there in the background but

more importantly this video has been

made using Premiere Pro the whole thing

it's also going to help me on my quest

because just yet we haven't quite found

ourselves an Oscar winner so I'm going

to use a combination of photoshop's

generative fill feature and Premier

Pro's awesome effect for green screens

Ultra Kia to make a pitch video to

hopefully snag me that Oscar I'm just a

man standing in front of Award winner

asking them to do something really silly

also do you have an Oscar I'm going to

be sending this off to more Award

winners to see if I can get a nibble

make sure you check out the link in my

description and download Adobe Creative

Cloud today so you can start creating

I'll bring this back in 24 hours

suddenly got a lot of Chester one award

in the bag batter secured I still had no

word back from any Oscar winners next

award please but in my weeks of

messaging and research I did have

another lead but yet again not for an

Oscar this was Henry Lewis hi hi hi good

to meet Max and this is his Olivier

award the top prize for professional

theater in London that yeah what did you

win it for uh for the play that goes

wrong fantastic writer produced it act

it star on it that's right yeah sing the

theme tune I didn't write the theme tune

no I can't say that credit olier I would

like to win it you like to win it okay

do you have anything within your brain

which is full of fantastic wonderments

that could prove to you that I do indeed

am worthy of winning the Olivia from me

okay it's got to be a riddle right if

you can Sol the riddle it's yours okay

when I'm young I stand up tall when I'm

old I'm very very small what am

I I mean my immediate thought is Danny

DeVito but it's a tricky one give me a

clue it's not not alive so Dan dito

obviously alive would be danito this is

remarkably embarrassing but you know

it's for the

Olivia is it a candle a candle is

absolutely right yet when it burns down

of course it's small congratulations

it's all yours I'd like to thank my mom

no we don't have time we don't have time

Olivier award won I had now officially

won two major entertainment Awards but

one still remained just Out Of Reach now

time for the big one the Oscar if I was

going to get my hands on an Oscar I was

going to need to go back to the drawing

board this might be already quite common

knowledge for you but I am such an idiot

I've won an Olivia and I've won a baa

really cool but I don't have an Oscar

which was my goal all along in this

whole process I've been trying to find

Oscar winners from the people who were

on screen y meril streets and

unsurprisingly she hasn't got back to me

but of course there are so many other

categories that you can win an Oscar for

best engineering effects I should have

been reaching out to The Unsung here

Heroes they are by definition quite sung

because they have one an oscar but you

know what I mean and this had a bit more

luck a few days later I'd heard back

from someone who knew someone who knew

someone's auntie's dog who knew someone

else who knew an address for me to show

up at the next

day hello this is Jenny bevon she's an

icon a costume designer extraordinaire

and perhaps the nicest woman I've ever

met in a long time I love clothes I'm

telling stories with but in real life

I'm majorly uninterested so do you keep

them all in kind of one place I know

they're quite a lot of them bit

ridiculous they're oh she's also won

quite a few things with Academy Awards

for Best Costume design for a room with

a view Jenny Mad Max Fury Road and

Cruella and that's just to name a few

these are ems that's the Olivia so i'

I've gone around London trying to find

ba Olivia with winers I could have just

come here the whole time and after

hearing about my plan to surprise my old

teacher she was willing to put one of

her Oscars on the line so Jenny this is

what what we shall be playing yeah for

one of your Academy Awards okay are you

familiar with the game of guess who okay

I used to be quite good at it I'd

prepared a custom guess Who board game

for Jenny made up entirely of characters

from movies she herself has worked on

but could I beat her at her own game I

think they should go right here to have

a good look at the GU who absolutely one

starts by choosing your character y okay

I am I'm locked in right okay so do I

ask like is is your character wearing a

hat my first question may be if I was to

wear this at Sainsbury's would I get any

odd looks well I don't think that's a

difficult question you would with all of

them if you turned up Sous yes so I

think that Haley Atwell is gone D Lewis

although it would be quite in character

I would look out of place if I turned up

as Colin F in the King speech okay AB

did I enjoy working on this

film I think you I think you did enjoy

working on this film for one very

specific reason he's right would I be

able to fit into your individual's

costume yes oh okay so I think amelda ta

is quite small I don't think I'd fit

into Emma Stone's Cruella I didn't say

it wouldn't be Clos I think you could

fit after some back and forth I knew my

only chance of winning was to take a

shot at a guess I think I'm going to

make my final guess here is your person

Dame Emma Thompson

correct well paid you win honestly you

win you know what's also funny my

character was also d

I had done it i' had now officially won

not only an oscar but a baa and Olivier

as well thank you I'll be

back I think you're find to don't own no

I've just won it okay thank you give

them to your gorgeous thank you and all

that was left to do was to show them off

to Mrs Hunter the woman who started it

all 25 years ago look who it

is look look

there we go look that's what you did I

did this yes with this you very much saw

something in me at the very beginning at

the very beginning 100% And so what I

have done is that I wanted to go out and

I wanted to be a decorated actor I've

always want to be a decorated actor so

what I've done is I have actually oh

here it comes I have actually got you

here this this is an actual

Oscar I won it off of a costume designer

who won it for M Max Bey Road just such

a privilege pride of place where should

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