Short-Video Hooks and Scripts with Structured Prompts
Turn a product idea into testable hooks, short scripts and on-screen text without falling back on generic lines or overblown promises.
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Short videos are won or lost in the first seconds. Ask the model for many hooks first, choose the strongest, and only then request a full script.
Key points
- Ask for ten hooks before any script.
- Request on-screen text and camera notes separately.
- Keep one idea per video.
Try this prompt
You are a short-video scriptwriter. Give me ten hooks for a video about [product] for [audience]. Then write a 30-second script for hook number [n], with three scenes, on-screen text and a closing call to action.
Film two hooks with the same body and compare how long viewers stay.