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title: "The Spielberg Game"
description: "How an unknown gets inside an organisation by finding one person who will vouch for them."
canonical: https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/the-third-door/the-spielberg-game/
updated: 2026-11-03
---

# The Spielberg Game

> How an unknown gets inside an organisation by finding one person who will vouch for them.

Alex Banayan's framework, from The Third Door, pp. 39 to 68.

Framework 2 of 11 from [The Third Door](https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/the-third-door/index.md) by Alex Banayan. Category: Personal brand.

## The steps

1. **Jump off the tour bus.** Step out of the standard route and get onto the lot.
2. **Find an Inside Man.** Meet someone inside who will put their reputation on the line to bring you in.
3. **Ask for help.** Ask the Inside Man for their help, and show the work, as Spielberg did with the short film Amblin'.

## Where it comes from

From chapter: Step 2: Run Down the Alley, pp. 39–68

## The animation

24 seconds, 4:5, no sound.

- MP4: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/the-third-door/the-spielberg-game.mp4
- MP4, dark: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/the-third-door/the-spielberg-game-dark.mp4
- Still: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/the-third-door/the-spielberg-game.png
- Still, dark: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/the-third-door/the-spielberg-game-dark.png