{"id":"vis-tch-story-starter-clip","audience":"teachers","category":"image-video","track":"visual","technique":"format","title":"Write a Veo prompt for a silent story-starter clip","free":false,"task":"You start writing class with a short mystery clip, made with Veo. Get Claude to write a Veo prompt as a first line stating 16:9, 8 seconds and silent (no dialogue, no music), then exactly 3 numbered shots, each with its duration and a camera term, adding up to 8 seconds. Plain text, under 140 words. No people or faces, no text on screen, and it must end on the closed door without showing what's behind it.","materialLabel":"The brief (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Writing workshop - this week's story starter (grade 6)\n\nIdea: a mysterious door in the middle of a forest. Students write what happens next, so the clip should raise questions, not answer them.\n\nDetails I want:\n- an old wooden door with a round brass knob, standing alone in a misty pine forest, no walls around it\n- soft golden light leaking from the gap under the door\n- a few leaves blowing across the path\n- early morning, quiet\n\nLast year's clip came from a video site and showed a kid opening the door into a castle; the kids all wrote the same castle story.\n\nClassroom setup: projector, widescreen. The room is noisy; I narrate over the clip myself, so the clip itself should have no sound.\n\nA student asked if a famous wizard from the movies could walk out of the door. Not doing that.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":140},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Answering the mystery","why":"The AI opens the door to show a world, so every student writes the same story.","fix":"Add: \"End on the closed door. Never show what's behind it.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No sound rule","why":"Video tools add music or narration.","fix":"Add: \"Silent: no dialogue, no music.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No timing","why":"Without durations, the clip length is anyone's guess.","fix":"Show: \"1. (0-3s) Wide shot: ...\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Adding characters","why":"The AI puts a kid or a movie wizard at the door.","fix":"Add: \"No people, no faces, no text.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Production doc formatting","why":"The AI writes headings and bold.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, under 100 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets shape and length","patterns":["16\\s*:\\s*9","8[ -]?s(ec|econds)?"]},{"label":"Asks for 3 numbered shots","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}shots"]},{"label":"Asks for silence","patterns":["silent","no (sound|music|dialogue)"]},{"label":"Keeps the mystery","patterns":["closed","don'?t (show|open)","never (show|open)"]},{"label":"Rules out people and text","patterns":["no (people|faces|text)"]}],"hint":"A story starter works when it raises a question. Give the clip a length, a shot plan and a clear ending that keeps the door shut.","rubricLabels":["Each of the 3 shots states a duration in seconds, and the durations add up to exactly 8 seconds","Opens with a first line stating 16:9, 8 seconds and silent (no dialogue or music), and each shot names a camera term","Has no people, faces or on-screen text, and ends with the door still closed (nothing behind it is shown)"]}