# Handheld selfie in platform dress

Story / Video format / Formats. Checked 2026-11-13.

It reads as a person, not a production.

- Use when: Creator updates, proof of a result, organic calls to action.
- Phrase: a phone at arm's length, the room as it is, text in the platform's own styles, and recreated platform interface as inserts: a comment, a message, a notification
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/format/format-selfie-native
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/format/format-selfie-native.json

## Watch out

- Measured reference: 2.57 visual changes per 10 seconds, 10.3 times the account's median. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026)
- Not for corporate B2B, regulated sectors or any claim without real numbers. (practitioner; Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
Write a shot-by-shot outline for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. Use the handheld selfie in platform dress pattern: it reads as a person, not a production. Measured reference: 2.57 visual changes per 10 seconds, 10.3 times the account's median. Not for corporate B2B, regulated sectors or any claim without real numbers. How it works: a phone at arm's length, the room as it is, text in the platform's own styles, and recreated platform interface as inserts: a comment, a message, a notification. Plain spoken language, no hashtags, no emoji. Tell me which one you would post first and why, in one line.
```

## Goes well with

- Selfie with receipts: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-selfie-with-receipts
- Phone selfie: https://directorchair.ai/rig/phone-selfie-rig
- Face cam: https://directorchair.ai/format/format-face-cam
- Receipts in the platform's own interface: https://directorchair.ai/effect/platform-ui-receipts

## Source

Own words from Director Chair field notes on reading published videos

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.