going up to a girl and asking her: 0 effort. if she says no, who cares.
vs
spending hours filming and editing a video to ask a girl who might not even say yes, then having it shown in front of the entire class to ask her. if she says no, you are embarrassed and you wasted a shit ton of time.
not sure why you think the first one is being more of a 'man.' i'd call it being lazy/not giving a fuck. which is fine, just don't act like that's the 'harder' thing to do, because it's way easier and less scary by a long shot.