# A finite promise with a counter

Story / Hook / Visual hooks and animations. Checked 2026-11-13.

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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/hook/visible-counter
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/hook/visible-counter.json

## Watch out

- Measured on the reference: 8.3 percent of plays saved at 12 times the median of the account's other clips. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026)
- A list concept without a tracker on screen gives the viewer no progress to watch. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas)

## 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.
Shot 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.
Shot 1: one continuous shot
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[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.
```

## Goes well with

- Checklist with a counter: https://directorchair.ai/effect/checklist-tracker
- The whole list as a map in frame 0: https://directorchair.ai/hook/map-in-frame-zero
- Ticking effects list: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-ticking-effects-list

## Source

Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026 and Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas

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