Completely tangential (but it's HN so that's what we're here for ey): if that video represents what normal people look like when they're having an "off" morning

Completely tangential (but it's HN so that's what we're here for ey): if that video represents what normal people look like when they're having an "off" morning, then I am the actual Antichrist. There is some real potential for comedy in that video, you're missing out :) Turn up the Grinch factor by at least 10. At 00:16, put a "beat": Change the pace, the colour balance, the framing, everything. Lovey dovey intro, music, la la, then BAM waaa waaa nuclear alarm sound, zombie hand slams on alarm, which breaks, etc. (As a matter of fact, show an actual zombie!) Right now, that "bad morning routine" to me basically looks like... what I imagine the Dalai Lama does in the morning. Oh and if you're gonna burn toast; actually burn the toast! Black. Burn the house down black. Smoke everywhere. And the car, just show it completely totalled. Like, just the frame is left, somehow. When the meeting's canceled, idk, the office building is just destroyed and it's this person looking out over rubble. (I assume you probably cobbled this together from stock footage, in which case you're obviously limited by what's available. Still worth looking if you can find some much darker shots? :) basically try and exaggerate much more.) [edit: sorry forgot to say well done. it's not bad at all, and I think you did really well on the "upbeat" bits. all the more potential for contrast!]