Plan stock footage that sells on microstock sites
A shooting and upload plan for stock video, covering in-demand topics, technical specs, releases, and keywords that get clips found.
The prompt
Help me plan stock video clips to sell on microstock sites.
My gear: [camera or phone, lenses, drone, gimbal, lights]
Where I can shoot: [city, nature, home studio, workplace access, travel plans]
People available: [none / friends who can sign releases / hired models]
Skills: [shooting, editing, color grading, motion graphics]
Sites I plan to use: [list - or ask you to suggest what to check]
Time per week: [HOURS]
Give me:
1. Topic ideas: 15 clip concepts suited to my gear and locations, focused on what buyers use footage for (ads, explainers, corporate videos, news, social), including evergreen and seasonal ideas.
2. Shot list: for the top 5 concepts, 4-6 variations each (angles, moves, lengths, with and without people, copy space).
3. Technical checklist: resolution, frame rate, stable shots, exposure, no logos or brand marks, clean audio or none, clip length. Tell me to confirm each site's current requirements.
4. Legal checklist: model releases for recognizable people, property releases, when trademarks or artwork make a clip editorial-only.
5. Metadata: how to write titles, descriptions, and keywords buyers actually search, with an example for one clip.
6. Workflow: a weekly routine from shooting to upload, and how to track which clips sell so I make more like them.
Don't invent earnings or acceptance rates. Remind me to read each site's contributor terms, especially on AI-generated or AI-edited footage.
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What to fill in
- camera or phone, lenses, drone, gimbal, lights
- city, nature, home studio, workplace access, travel plans
- none / friends who can sign releases / hired models
- shooting, editing, color grading, motion graphics
- list - or ask you to suggest what to check
- HOURS
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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