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Put together a promo video from phone clips and AI shots

You need a short video for social media or your website but have no budget for a videographer. Get a script, a shot list and the exact prompts for free tools.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me plan a 30-second promo video for my business.

My business: [what you sell and where]
Who it's for: [your usual customer]
What I want viewers to do: [e.g. book, visit, call, order]
What I can film on my phone: [e.g. the shop front, me at work, the product]
Tools I'll use: [e.g. Grok Imagine for generated clips, CapCut or Canva to edit]
Where it will go: [e.g. Instagram Reels, Facebook, website]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A 30-second script in timed chunks (0-5s, 5-10s and so on), with a hook in the first 3 seconds.
2. A shot list: which shots I film and which I generate.
3. For each generated shot, an exact prompt to paste into the video tool: subject, setting, camera movement, light, mood, no text on screen.
4. On-screen text for each chunk, short enough to read on a phone.
5. Short, general editing steps for my editing tool, as menus change.
6. A checklist: nothing in the generated clips that misrepresents my real product or premises.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or results. UK English. Keep it simple enough to finish in an afternoon.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. what you sell and where: a short note you already have. your usual customer: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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