# Duolingo — For Talking to Children (SNL parody ad)

A 140-second Saturday Night Live sketch that parodies app ads. A childless woman is shamed at a kids' party, then a fake Duolingo course fixes it in a montage of lessons, before a party callback and a 'for your dad' sting.

- Code: SO-0064
- Kind: Social cut
- Format: Problem and solution
- Brand: Duolingo
- Length: 139.5s · 21 beats · 9 beats/min · 67 hard cuts
- Industry: Education, Consumer apps, Entertainment
- Style: Live action, Dialogue, Humorous, Captions, Device mockups, Fast cutting, Voiceover
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEsgp3H7CU
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/duolingo-for-talking-to-children-snl-parody-ad

## 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/duolingo-for-talking-to-children-snl-parody-ad.