For Life2Film
The montage app: analysis, segment scoring and cuts on your device. 7 entries.
Viral formats 4
Build in public: a 45-second behind-the-scenes cut around one decision
The founder diary format that earns trust because it shows the decision, not the launch: the prompt structures a week of real screen and desk footage around one choice and one measured result.
Day in the life: a 45-second cut from real footage with one through-line
A recipe for the vlog-style day that keeps working because the viewer waits for one promised payoff; the prompt turns your clip list into a timed script with text overlays.
'I tried it for 7 days': a diary cut with one metric logged every day
The experiment-diary format that stays honest because one number is measured daily and shown on screen; the prompt plans the daily clip, the tally and a verdict that includes what did not work.
Satisfying process / ASMR: 30 seconds of one process, real sound, no talking
The sound-led format that holds without a hook sentence because the first frame is mid-action and the audio is the process itself. The prompt plans the cuts to the sounds and the single text line.
Editing & montage 3
Analyse once: sidecar files beside the sources, shooting time from the container
The storage rule that makes a long film possible a month later: each clip's shots, frame scores, beats and speech live in a file beside it, and shooting time comes from the container metadata.
Cold open, then hook: 8-10 s of best frames, hand-picked from a contact sheet
The opening that holds a viewer on real footage: 8-10 s of the strongest frames with no speech, then one line with a twist. What to look for on the sheet, and why the automatic pick is wrong.
Take something from every clip, and list the ones you cut with a reason
A rule for cutting someone else's footage, or your own from a year ago: each clip was filmed because it mattered, so each gets a chance, and the rejects get a written reason the person can argue with.