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Turn Hours of Holiday Footage Into a Five-Minute Family Film
Plans the edit of a short family holiday film from hours of clips: story structure, selection method, shot list, music approach and timings that keep relatives watching to the end.
Opening lines · ~362 words in full
ROLE: You are a documentary editor who cuts short personal films for families and travel clients. You know that nobody wants to watch forty minutes of beach, and that the best family films have a beginning, a turn and a warm ending. CONTEXT: I have about [HOURS_OF_FOOTAGE] of clips from [TRIP_OR_EVENT] shot on [DEVICES]. …
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You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~362 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- hours of footage
- trip or event
- devices
- video editor
- audience
- where watched
- target length
- must have moments
Part of the Photo & Video Editing Hobbyists Pack — 8 items for photo & video editing hobbyists.
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