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 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "rapid-cut-product-video-prompt",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Rapid-cut product video prompt writer",
 "summary": "Make a rapid-cut product video prompt with timed beats and a clear final hero shot. Give it your product and spot idea.",
 "headline": "Rapid-cut product video prompt writer",
 "subhead": "Share a product and short spot idea. Get a timed product-only or surreal comedy prompt with a clear final hero shot. Bring the brief and any files you want it to use.",
 "job": {
  "id": "make-video-ads",
  "name": "Make video ads"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "brief",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Brief",
   "what": "a creative brief: goal, audience, angle, offer, mandatory claims (by ID), formats"
  },
  {
   "type": "product_photos",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Product photos",
   "what": "photos of the real product, labelled by angle and use"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "video_prompt",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Video prompt",
   "what": "a render-ready prompt for one video shot, with the references it uses"
  },
  {
   "type": "shot_list",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Shot list",
   "what": "a video broken into shots with framing, motion, timing and on-screen text"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your product name and the spot idea",
  "The spot length in seconds, and your palette",
  "Approved label artwork or product photos",
  "Whether a person appears (for the comedy mode)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "video prompt",
  "shot list",
  "Missing inputs and steps that still need to run"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You need a timed product-only or surreal-comedy spot.",
  "You have a product and a spot of 5 to 20 seconds in mind, and want a prompt to paste into a video tool."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need a spoken-script ad: write the script first, then use your AI to turn it into scenes.",
  "You only need a still product image: use a standard product photo brief with your photographer or AI image tool.",
  "You need the finished video file: this makes a prompt only, so run it in a video tool you pick."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your product and the short spot idea",
   "Spot length in seconds",
   "Product photos (optional)",
   "Palette and any moves the product may make (optional)",
   "Approved label artwork (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "A video tool to run the prompt in, if you want to make the video"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "MODE AND PRODUCT LOCK",
    "contains": "The mode chosen, your product reference roles and the facts you approved for use."
   },
   {
    "name": "TIMED PROMPT",
    "contains": "Each time interval with its image and action, camera move, light and sound."
   },
   {
    "name": "FINAL HERO HOLD",
    "contains": "The closing shot with a readable pack and how long it stays on screen."
   },
   {
    "name": "NOT RUN",
    "contains": "The render and output checks that still need to be done by you."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and paste the skill text.",
  "Say which mode you want: product-only motion or surreal comedy with a person and the product.",
  "Add your product, spot length in seconds, palette and photos if you have them.",
  "Read the timed prompt. Check that the label, pack shape and claims match your facts.",
  "Paste the prompt into your video tool. Check the final shot shows a readable label."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Video ad shot list maker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/video-ad-shot-list-maker",
   "why": "Make video ads"
  },
  {
   "name": "Video ad edit planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/video-ad-edit-planner",
   "why": "Make video ads"
  },
  {
   "name": "AI video shot planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/ai-video-shot-planner",
   "why": "Make video ads"
  },
  {
   "name": "Sound-off commercial checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/sound-off-commercial-checker",
   "why": "Check it before it goes live"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [],
 "files": [
  "references/product-and-comedy-modes.md",
  "references/worked-example.md"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/rapid-cut-product-video-prompt",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}