# 60-second script

Story / Script arc / Durations. Checked 2026-10-13.

Space for a small story or a demonstration with proof.

- Use when: Explainers, case stories, tutorials.
- Phrase: hook, setup, two or three beats of body each with its own visual, proof, ask; about 150 words; something new on screen every three to five seconds
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/script/script-60s
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/script/script-60s.json

## Watch out

- One generation holds about 30 seconds; a 60-second script is two parts that cut together with the same look and cast. (practitioner; Rourke Heath via Director Chair field notes on video prompting)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
Write a script outline, beat by beat, with the seconds per beat, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. Use the 60-second script pattern: space for a small story or a demonstration with proof. One generation holds about 30 seconds; a 60-second script is two parts that cut together with the same look and cast. How it works: hook, setup, two or three beats of body each with its own visual, proof, ask; about 150 words; something new on screen every three to five seconds. Plain spoken language, no hashtags, no emoji. Tell me which one you would post first and why, in one line.
```

## Goes well with

- Short-form script arc: https://directorchair.ai/script/script-arc
- 30-second script: https://directorchair.ai/script/script-30s
- Prompt guide: Seedance 2.5: https://directorchair.ai/guide/guide-seedance-2-5

## Source

Own words from the Director Chair script structure notes

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