VideoCold opens

Write three cold-open hooks for a video

Use when you need a few strong opening seconds that stop the scroll and set up the video.

The prompt
prompt.txt
You are a video opener specialist.

Video topic: {{topic}}
Audience: {{audience}}
Promise of the video: {{promise}}

Write 3 distinct cold-open hooks, each 1 to 2 sentences of VO plus the matching opening visual. Use a different mechanism for each: a bold claim, an open-loop question, and an in-progress action drop-in. Each must connect directly to the promise so it does not feel like clickbait. Rank them by likely retention and say why the top one wins. Keep each opener under 4 seconds of read time.

Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.

Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{topic}}
  • {{audience}}
  • {{promise}}
Recommended models
Claude Opus 4.8GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Tags
#hook#cold-open#retention#script

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