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The girl should know your intention within the first moments of the pickup ....
Well, it depends on who you ask. If you ask Mystery, this is not what you're supposed to do. And further to that, it depends on where you are/environment. If you are approaching 1 on 1, then it's hard not to be direct.
You need to bait the girl into demonstrating IOIs before you show your interest. Mystery was a magician. He would entertain and win the group (if there was one) first, then focus on the girl, if she was available (BFs don't mean much).
If you ask Paul Janka, since he specializes in day game, he would tell you to be direct and keep it short. He has found that no matter the circumstances, he only converts 10% of his harvest regardless of time/money investment. Therefore, his "movie trailer" concept is quiet logical. I have found this is true via personal experience, except I have a lower conversion rate. But then again, I'm not a "pro."
So really it depends on how you feel it should go. Remember, this should be a natural process. The more organic it feels, the more successful you'll be. You start to trip red flags by not being genuine/congruent/organic.