{
 "slug": "visible-counter",
 "name": "A finite promise with a counter",
 "category": "hook",
 "group": "Visual hooks and animations",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "A countable promise turns the clip into something to finish, and to save.",
 "use_when": "List videos and capability reels.",
 "phrase": "18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Measured on the reference: 8.3 percent of plays saved at 12 times the median of the account's other clips.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026"
  },
  {
   "text": "A list concept without a tracker on screen gives the viewer no progress to watch.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "checklist-tracker",
  "map-in-frame-zero",
  "edit-ticking-effects-list"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026 and Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/hook/visible-counter",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/hook/visible-counter.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. 18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item.\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. 18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item.\nShot 1: one continuous shot",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. 18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item. The scene is [your setting].",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. 18 effects, 20 seconds in large type at the top left of the first frame, and a checklist that ticks on every item. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}