Extract short-form clips from a long video
Finds the segments that stand alone in a transcript and rejects the ones that need prior context.
| Category | Image & video › Short-form production |
|---|---|
| Tags | SummarizingReformattingYouTube video |
Find short-form clips inside this long video. For each candidate segment: - Timestamps, and length - Why it stands alone — *the test is whether someone who has not seen the preceding material understands it.* Most interesting moments fail this test. - The one line of setup needed at the front, since almost every segment needs some - The hook: what happens in the first second - Where to cut in and out precisely. Cutting a beat before the speaker starts and a beat after they finish reads better than cutting on the words. Then: 1. Ranked by how well they stand alone, not by how interesting they are in context. 2. Segments that seem strong but **depend on earlier material** — listed separately, with what would have to be added. These are where this process usually goes wrong. 3. Overlap between candidates, so you do not post the same point twice. 4. Whether any needs a visual that the original footage does not contain. Rules: - *Do not stretch a segment to reach a target length.* A short clip that works beats a padded one. - Quote the transcript for the in and out points so I can find them. - Use only timestamps present in the transcript; if there are none, index by position and say so.
After pasting, fill in the fields at the bottom (Transcript · How many clips · Platform and length)
What this prompt does
Cutting anywhere in a long video produces clips nobody understands. This keeps only self-contained segments and writes the one line of setup each still needs.
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