# CGP Grey — Why Resolutions Fail (And What Works Instead)

A 142-second stick-figure explainer that pitches yearly themes over New Year's resolutions. A presenter at a desk uses a projector screen to set out the idea, then the film cuts to live-action footage of a journal before returning to the cartoon for a closing aside.

- Code: EX-0073
- Kind: Explainer
- Format: Talking-head explainer
- Brand: CGP Grey
- Length: 142.1s · 27 beats · 11.4 beats/min · 21 hard cuts
- Industry: Productivity, Education, Media
- Style: Flat 2D, Characters, Minimal, Voiceover, Live action, Humorous, Light UI
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvdlzV69IeY
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/cgp-grey-why-resolutions-fail-and-what-works-instead

## The breakdown

The full breakdown has eleven sheets: Snapshot, Opening, Structure, Timeline, Rhythm, Look, Movement, Sound & words, Why it works, Production, Build brief. It is available to Cutmap Pro members at https://cutmap.co/v/cgp-grey-why-resolutions-fail-and-what-works-instead.