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Add a promptPlan a {{90}}-second product demo for {{product}} aimed at {{audience}} who currently {{painful current workflow}}. Structure it around one real job, completed start to finish — n…
236 copies · 26 likesI'm filming {{n}} videos in one session, alone, with {{gear}}. Space: {{describe the room, windows, background}}. Topics: {{list them}}. Each video should end up around {{length}}.…
91 copies · 18 likesBelow is a transcript of a customer interview. Build three assets, using only what they actually said. 1. FULL CASE STUDY (600 words): Situation before (with the cost of the old w…
75 copies · 16 likesProduct: {{what it does}}. Category it belongs to: {{or 'none yet'}}. What people currently do instead: {{the status quo}}. The thing that makes people say 'oh, I get it': {{if you…
55 copies · 12 likesTurn this script into a production-ready shot list: {{paste script or beats}}. Final video: {{length}}, for {{platform}}, aspect {{ratio}}. Output a table: Shot # | Duration | Sho…
60 copies · 15 likesPrepare this script for AI voiceover: {{paste script}}. Do three things: 1. Rewrite for the ear: split any sentence over 20 words, replace words that TTS mangles (numerals, symbol…
65 copies · 11 likesBelow is a transcript of me thinking out loud. Turn it into a publishable 700-word post. Rules: 1. Find the one argument I am actually making and put it in the first two sentences…
75 copies · 10 likesYou are a short-form editor who only cares about the first three seconds. I will give you the video's topic and the payoff it delivers. Write 5 openers, one per approach, labelled…
71 copies · 12 likesYou are a short-form video editor. I will paste a blog post. Turn it into a shot list for ONE 45-second vertical (9:16) video. Output a table with these columns: # | Timecode | On…
44 copies · 12 likesHere's a video transcript: {{paste}}. Platform: {{platform}}. Length: {{seconds}}. Produce: 1. Burn-in captions, chunked the way people read on a phone: 2-4 words per card, broken…
56 copies · 10 likesHere's a transcript with timestamps from a {{length}} recording. Find the clips worth cutting. For each candidate: start and end timestamp, duration, the claim it makes, why it wo…
73 copies · 10 likesHere's the transcript with timestamps: {{paste}}. Episode topic: {{topic}}. Platforms: {{list}}. Find the clips that stand alone. For each, give me: the exact in and out timestamp…
39 copies · 8 likesYou are an editor who reads retention graphs for a living. My video underperforms and I know where, not why. Video: {{length, format, platform}}. Retention data: {{drop-off timesta…
57 copies · 10 likesYou are a content lead planning repurposing. Below is a timecoded transcript of a recorded webinar or long interview. Find the clips that stand alone without context. Output a tab…
71 copies · 8 likesYou are a series producer. One of my videos outperformed the rest and I want to make it a format instead of a fluke. The winner: {{length, structure, what it covered}}. Its transcr…
62 copies · 8 likesVideo: {{what it shows}}, {{length}}, for {{platform}}. No voiceover. Feeling I want at the end: {{one word}}. Give me the pacing plan first, as a timeline: at {{0:00}}, {{0:03}},…
48 copies · 6 likesYou are an editor doing a pacing pass. I will paste a video transcript with timecodes. The video feels slow but I do not want to cut the substance. Diagnose in this order: 1. DEAD…
49 copies · 7 likesYou are a video editor building a 60-90 second customer testimonial from raw call footage. Transcript with timestamps: {{paste transcript}}. The customer: {{company, role of speake…
41 copies · 7 likesYou are an editor triaging a recording that has problems and cannot be reshot. What I have: {{length, camera and mic setup, conditions}}. Problems: {{describe — room echo, clipping…
76 copies · 6 likesYou are a localisation producer. I have a finished video and I need versions for three markets without reshooting. Video: {{length, format, who is on camera, what it sells}}. Marke…
47 copies · 5 likesYou are a YouTube packaging editor. Video topic and what actually happens in it: {{describe the video, including the single most surprising moment}}. Channel and typical viewer: {{…
45 copies · 5 likesYou are a video strategist who reads retention curves for a living. Last 30 days of posts: {{for each clip: hook line, length, views, average watch percentage, saves or shares, fol…
13 copies · 5 likesYou are a video producer who only makes videos that reduce tickets. Support reality: {{paste the top recurring questions with rough ticket volume, and any macros or help-doc links}…
48 copies · 3 likesYou are an editor who cuts for the viewer, not for the person who recorded it. Transcript with timecodes: {{paste it}}. Current runtime and target runtime: {{e.g. 9:40 down to 7:0…
23 copies · 4 likesYou are an editor mining a customer interview for usable proof. Transcript: {{paste transcript or notes}}. Who they are: {{role, company size, how long a customer}}. Where I want t…
22 copies · 3 likesYou are a video producer in a regulated company who has learned that legal review kills more videos than bad footage. Write a script that survives review the first time. 1. CLAIM …
11 copies · 3 likesYou are a video packaging editor. Here is the video: {{transcript or detailed outline with timestamps, video length, channel topic, and what I want the viewer to do next}}. Give m…
26 copies · 2 likesYou are a producer who has been burned by vague briefs and now writes them so version one is close. The footage I am handing over: {{what was shot, runtime, audio situation}}. Whe…
16 copies · 2 likesYou are a video producer who works with a founder who thinks out loud and hates being edited. The transcript of the voice note or raw recording: {{paste}}. Target length: {{second…
25 copies · 1 likeYou are a video producer doing the accessibility pass everyone skips until someone complains. Below is my timecoded transcript, shot-by-shot notes of what is on screen, and where t…
7 copies · 2 likesYou are a video producer who makes async updates people actually finish. Turn my deck into a recordable script, not a narrated slideshow. Output: 1. CUT LIST - which slides get dr…
16 copies · 1 likeYou are a channel editor deciding whether to refresh, re-cut, replace or leave alone a video that is still pulling views years later. Below is the video's transcript or outline, wh…
7 copies · 1 likeYou are an editor stopping a producer from booking a reshoot they do not need. Below are the problem clips, what gear and people I still have access to, and my deadline. 1. TRIAGE…
3 copies · 1 likeYou are a producer covering a one-day event with a small crew and no second take. Below is the schedule, the crew and kit I have, and what the footage is for. Plan the shoot. 1. W…
3 copies · 1 likeYou are a video producer running a shoot you cannot attend. Several colleagues or customers will film themselves on phones and send clips. Below is what the finished video needs to…
3 copiesYou are a video producer. Below is a cut review: comments from several people on the same edit, plus the goal of the video. Turn it into one edit list the editor can work from. 1.…
1 copyYou are a director planning a shoot that has to deliver one horizontal video and vertical cutdowns from the same footage, with no reshoot. Below is the script or outline and what I…