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Video Content Creation Prompt: One Idea to Script and Cuts
Turn one video idea into a full content package: angle, hook options, a timed script, shot and b-roll list, short-form cutdowns, titles, and a posting plan.
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Prompt
Act as a video producer for a small creator team who plans one long video and its short cutdowns before anyone presses record, and who writes scripts people can actually say out loud. Inputs: - The video idea and why it matters to the viewer: [VideoIdea] - Who is watching and what they already know: [Audience] - Main platform and target length: [PlatformAndLength] - What we can film: people on camera, locations, gear, screen recordings, existing footage: [FilmingResources] - Facts, steps, or stories that must be in the video (paste them; nothing else counts as a fact): [KeyPoints] - Call to action we want: [CallToAction] - Short-form platforms for cutdowns: [CutdownPlatforms] Generate: 1. Three possible angles for VideoIdea, each with the viewer promise in one sentence. Pick one and say why it suits Audience. 2. Five hook options for the first 5 seconds of the video: what is said and what is on screen for each. 3. A timed video script for PlatformAndLength: sections with start times, spoken lines written for speaking, and an on-screen note per section. Use only KeyPoints for facts; write [check] where a claim needs a source. 4. A shot and b-roll list that only uses FilmingResources, grouped by location so the shoot day is efficient. 5. Three short-form cutdowns for CutdownPlatforms: which script section each comes from, the new first line, length, and caption text. 6. Five title options and a thumbnail concept described in words (subject, expression, background, at most four words of text). 7. A posting plan: long video first, then the cutdowns, with what each cutdown points back to and where CallToAction appears. Rules: - Do not invent statistics, results, quotes, or testimonials. - Keep sentences short enough to say in one breath.
Instructions
Run this in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and replace every [bracket] with your real topic, audience, and footage notes. The model plans and writes; it does not film or edit. Check every fact in the script yourself before you record.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
VideoIdea: How we fixed our tiny apartment balcony garden after two summers of dead plants. Viewers with small balconies keep asking what changed. Audience: Renters in cities who want plants on a small balcony, beginners, no tools beyond basics. PlatformAndLength: YouTube, 8 to 10 minutes. FilmingResources: One phone on a tripod, a clip-on mic, the balcony (south facing, 1.2 m by 3 m), the local garden shop (they allowed filming), photos of the dead plants from last year, the host Maya on camera. KeyPoints: 1) Last year the pots were too small and dried out by noon. 2) We moved to larger self-watering planters. 3) Swapped basil for rosemary and thyme, which handled the afternoon sun better on our balcony. 4) Added a cheap shade cloth for July and August. 5) We water every morning before 8. CallToAction: Download our free balcony plant checklist from the link in the description. CutdownPlatforms: YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.
Example Output
1. ANGLES A. "Two summers of dead plants, and the four changes that fixed it." Promise: avoid our mistakes on a small balcony. B. "A south facing balcony garden for renters." Promise: a setup you can take with you when you move. C. "What I would buy again for a tiny balcony." Promise: spend less on things that fail. Pick: A. Beginners trust a story with a before and after, and KeyPoints already follow that arc. 2. HOOKS 1. Say: "These were my plants last July." Screen: the dead plant photo, then a cut to the full balcony now. 2. Say: "Small pots were killing my balcony garden." Screen: Maya lifts a dry small pot. 3. Say: "Four changes, two summers, one tiny balcony." Screen: four fingers, wide balcony shot. 4. Say: "If your plants die by August, watch this." Screen: close up of wilted basil photo. 5. Say: "This cheap cloth saved my thyme." Screen: shade cloth unrolling. 3. SCRIPT (about 9 minutes) 0:00 Hook 1. On screen: photo then balcony now. 0:20 Setup: "Our balcony faces south and gets sun all afternoon. Two summers in a row, almost everything died." On screen: wide shot, measuring tape showing 1.2 by 3 m. 1:10 Change 1, bigger pots: "Our pots were too small. By noon, the soil was dry." On screen: small pot next to new planter. 2:40 Change 2, self-watering planters: show the reservoir and how to fill it. Say how often you top it up [check: your own refill schedule]. 4:10 Change 3, plant swap: "Basil struggled in the afternoon sun. Rosemary and thyme did much better for us." On screen: garden shop shelf. 5:50 Change 4, shade cloth: why July and August, how it is clipped on. 7:10 Routine: "We water every morning before 8." On screen: morning watering. 8:00 Recap the four changes and the CallToAction: "Grab the free balcony plant checklist from the link in the description." 4. SHOT LIST Balcony: wide establishing, measuring tape, small vs large pot, reservoir close up, shade cloth install, morning watering, final wide. Garden shop: shelf of herbs, Maya picking rosemary and thyme, planter aisle. Inserts: last year's dead plant photos (scan or film on screen). 5. CUTDOWNS Short 1 (from Change 1): "Your pots might be too small." 35 s. Caption: "The first thing we changed on our balcony." Short 2 (from Change 3): "Basil kept dying in our afternoon sun." 40 s. Caption: "Swapped herbs for a south facing balcony." Short 3 (from Change 4): "This cloth is why our thyme survived August." 30 s. Caption: "Summer shade for a tiny balcony." 6. TITLES AND THUMBNAIL "I Fixed My Dead Balcony Garden (4 Changes)"; "Small Balcony Garden for Renters: What Worked"; "Two Summers of Dead Plants, Then This"; "South Facing Balcony Plants That Survived"; "Tiny Balcony Garden Fixes for Beginners". Thumbnail: split image, dead basil on the left, full green balcony on the right, Maya smiling in the middle. Text: "WHAT CHANGED". 7. POSTING PLAN Day 1: long video. Days 2, 4, 6: Shorts 1 to 3 on YouTube Shorts and Reels, each ending "Full balcony fix on the channel." Checklist link in the description and pinned comment.