Repeatable Shorts Series Format + 10 Episode Ideas
Turn one short-video channel idea into a fixed series template plus 10 matching episodes with hooks, and a check that every beat sheet adds up to your runtime. Shorts Series Format Guide turns one paragraph about a short-video channel idea (Shorts, Reels or similar vertical clips) into a repeatable series format before you film anything: a fixed template plus 10 episode ideas that fit it, each with a one-line hook. It plans only; it cannot see or edit video and promises no views.
Example input
[HAND-WRITTEN FICTIONAL SAMPLE - invented for testing.] Hands-only channel idea: I fix thrift-store desk lamps on my kitchen table and want a vertical short-video series. No face, no talking, English captions, one phone on a tripod above the table. I'm one person with about two hours per episode and no budget for new gear. Runtime around 35 seconds.
Example output
Planning only - cannot see or edit video; no results promised. Hands-only lamp rescue shorts - 35 s runtime - 10 episodes - English captions - SFW (mains-electricity topic, [SAFETY] applied). ## Essentials - Channel: one thrift-store desk lamp is repaired per episode on a kitchen table (given). - On screen: hands only, no face, no talking; English captions (given). Maker: one person, phone on a tripod above the table, about two hours per episode, no budget for new gear (given). - Runtime: "around 35 seconds" - used as the target, 35 s (given). - Platform: not given, so no platform rules are assumed. - Asked no questions: all three essentials were present. - (assumed) small consumable parts (a socket, a cord set, a shade) can be bought per episode; the lamp itself is the main new item each time. - (assumed) the repairs shown are ordinary small-lamp repairs and are filmed with the lamp unplugged. ## Series template 1. Series name candidates: - Lamp Table Rescue - says the place and the job. - Plug-In Again - the payoff is the lamp lighting. - One Dim Lamp - one object, one fix. 2. Runtime target: 35 s. 3. Hook slot rule: beat 1, 3 s, hook form "Object + problem", at most 7 on-screen words (no voice, so no spoken limit). First frame: the unplugged lamp centred on the grey cloth square, the hook caption already on screen, no price tag and no tool in frame. 4. Beat structure: | # | Beat | Job | Seconds | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Hook | Lamp plus problem caption | 3 | | 2 | Find | Show tag number and fault | 6 | | 3 | Teardown | Open it, show the cause | 9 | | 4 | Fix | Part swapped or repaired | 9 | | 5 | Reveal | Plug in, lamp lights | 5 | | 6 | Loop | Unplug, back to hook frame | 3 | Check: 3+6+9+9+5+3 = 35. 5. Recurring anchors: - Visual: overhead phone frame, grey cloth square with a centre tape mark, lamp always set on the mark (hook frame, reveal frame and loop frame are the same framing). - Audio: one soft wooden "tok" at every beat change, over a quiet instrumental bed (type: plain acoustic loop, an original or licence-cleared one of your own choosing). - Safety caption (fixed, in beat 2, Find): "Unplugged first. Not a how-to - check qualified guidance." 6. End-card / loop rule: loop. Beat 6 returns the lamp to the unplugged, centred hook frame so replay starts on the same picture. Nothing is added to the last frame: no promise line, no pressure line. 7. Repeatability sheet: - Fixed assets (reused every episode): tripod and phone, grey cloth square, six-tool tray, screws and bulb box, caption style, "tok" sound. …
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