01 / Shorts157-line guide
Short-form
Video Starter
Build a strong hook, quick story arc, and clear ending for a 15–60 second video.
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Detailed, practical downloads made for real projects. Each guide includes a master prompt, planning worksheets, worked examples, troubleshooting, and a final quality check.
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02 / Planning162-line guide
Scene-by-scene
Visual Planner
Turn one idea into a structured shot list with visuals, movement, and timing.
Download program03 / Shorts188-line guide
Natural
Voiceover Writer
Write speech that sounds human, fits your timing, and avoids awkward AI phrasing.
Download program04 / Planning170-line guide
B-roll
Prompt Builder
Generate useful cutaway ideas that add pace, context, and visual variety.
Download program05 / Business202-line guide
Product Demo
Script Kit
Explain what a product does, why it matters, and what viewers should do next.
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Prompt Repair
Checklist
Find out why a prompt is giving weak results and fix it one piece at a time.
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Prompt fundamentals
Give the AI direction.
Keep the human judgement.
A useful prompt is a production brief, not a magic phrase. The more clearly you describe the audience, outcome, evidence, and real-world limits, the less the AI has to guess.
Start with the outcome
Say what you need to make and what the finished video should help the viewer understand, feel, or do.
Try: “Create a 30-second tutorial that helps a first-time baker recognise properly risen dough.”
Name the real audience
“Everyone” gives the AI no useful direction. Describe the viewer’s experience, situation, concern, and current knowledge.
Include: beginner or expert, platform, problem, motivation, and likely objection.
Supply verified context
Provide the facts, source material, examples, product details, or story notes the result must use. Mark unknown information instead of inviting invention.
Try: “Use only the facts below. Mark missing information [VERIFY].”
Set production limits
Tell the AI what you can actually film or generate: people, rooms, equipment, time, budget, aspect ratio, and duration.
Include: “One person, one phone, window light, one kitchen, 45 minutes.”
Request a usable format
Ask for a timed script, shot list, storyboard table, checklist, or options with meaningful differences—not a wall of text.
Columns: timing, visual, audio, on-screen text, proof, and production notes.
Review one layer at a time
Approve the structure and facts before polishing tone. Change one variable per revision so you can tell what improved.
Order: structure → facts → visuals → feasibility → language → quality check.
A reliable structure
The six parts of a strong video prompt
Use every part when the project is complex. For a quick idea, outcome, context, constraints, and format are often enough.
- Role
A useful working perspective, such as a practical video editor—not an inflated title.
- Outcome
The exact result you need and the decision or action it should support.
- Context
Audience, platform, story, approved facts, references, and current situation.
- Constraints
Length, budget, equipment, people, tone, rights, safety, and elements to avoid.
- Format
The number of scenes or options and the table, script, or checklist structure.
- Review
What the AI should flag: unsupported claims, vague language, or impractical shots.
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TIP Specific topics create stronger scenes.
Common questions
Useful answers,
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AI can speed up planning and drafting, but you remain responsible for the facts, rights, creative choices, and final result.
Which AI tools can I use with these programs?
The downloads are written as tool-neutral production briefs. You can use the writing prompts with a general AI assistant, then adapt the shot descriptions for your preferred image or video generator. Tool features vary, so shorten complex scenes and generate one clear action per clip when necessary.
Do I need experience with prompting or video production?
No. Each guide begins with fill-in-the-blank questions and includes references, examples, and review checklists. Start with the Short-form Video Starter, keep the first project small, and improve one part at a time rather than trying to perfect everything in one prompt.
How do I stop AI writing from sounding generic?
Give it specific facts, a narrow audience, a real situation, production limits, and examples of language you actually use. Replace vague requests such as “make it engaging” with observable choices: a visual comparison in the first shot, short spoken sentences, and one practical action per scene.
Can I use AI-generated video commercially?
That depends on the tool’s current terms, the material used in your prompt, and the laws and platform rules that apply to the project. Check commercial-use rights, music and image licences, privacy, trademarks, disclosures, and permission for any recognisable person. Avoid treating generated footage as evidence of a real event.
What should I check before publishing?
Verify facts and claims, watch for visual mistakes and continuity changes, review captions, check that text remains readable on a phone, confirm all media rights, and make sure the opening honestly matches the video. Ask someone unfamiliar with the project what they understood and what they would do next.
Can Phoenix Story Works help with a specific project?
Yes. Use the contact form below and describe the audience, platform, approximate length, current idea, and where you are stuck. Do not include passwords, private customer data, confidential documents, or material you do not have permission to share.
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