One tiny rule for a morning you do not feel like it. No promise of money, fame or any result.
Untested. We have not rendered a video from this brief yet. Rendering costs credits, so it has not been run; the draft steps (scenes, edits, price quote) are free.
Hook (nine words or fewer)
“Put your shoes on. Nothing else.”
Frame 1, already in motion
A pair of running shoes on a bedroom floor in the glow of a phone alarm, the camera already sliding toward them.
The brief to paste
Make a 30-second motivation short with AutoShort. Art style AUTOSHORTS, 9:16, English narration (language en). Hook, my first spoken line and first caption: "Put your shoes on. Nothing else." Frame 1 is already moving: running shoes on a bedroom floor in alarm-screen glow, camera sliding toward them. Scenes, one idea each: 1. Hook over the shoes. 2. The alarm goes off; the covers stay on. Show the phone and the bed, no faces. 3. Rule one: shoes on. Close on the laces being pulled tight. 4. Rule two: open the door. The street is still grey. 5. Rule three: one block. Golden light reaches the pavement. 6. Closing question: what is your "shoes on" step? Look of every image: photographic, dim bedroom turning to golden sunrise street, objects and places only. No faces; hands only when needed. Ending: End on the question to the viewer. Do not promise money, fame or any specific result. Write the scenes yourself and show me the narration and the visual of every scene before anything renders. Keep the narration to about 70 words. Price it with autoshort_estimate_cost. Render only after I say yes.
- Art style
AUTOSHORTS(Professional). Objects and places carry the story; the default style removes people.- Length and format
- 30 seconds, 9:16.
- Language
- Narration: English (en).
- Voice
- Not selectable on the draft path: the product narrates with its default voice. Steer the delivery with short sentences and plain punctuation; premium ElevenLabs voices are a separate paid option (see the options table).
- Caption look
- Picked automatically through MCP. In the dashboard's Motion graphics (beta) style, the "Bold" look is the first one listed for this genre.
- Estimated cost
- 40 credits (about $0.63 on the Starter plan, $0.80 at the $0.02-per-credit list rate). Ask for the price first: autoshort_estimate_cost quotes it for free.
- Tools it triggers
autoshort_list_optionsautoshort_draft_videoautoshort_get_draftautoshort_update_draftautoshort_estimate_costautoshort_render_draft
Visual direction for the images
- Move the light across the six scenes: dark room, window grey, door, street, sunrise. The change is the story.
- Every scene is one object or one place. No collages.
- Hands on laces are fine; ask for "close on the laces", not "a runner".
- Keep text out of images: no clocks, alarm digits or app screens (show the glow, not the numbers).
Two variations
Evening version: “Lay out tomorrow's clothes. That is all.”
Same one-tiny-step idea for an evening routine.
Make a 30-second motivation short with AutoShort. Art style AUTOSHORTS, 9:16, English narration (language en). Hook, my first spoken line and first caption: "Lay out tomorrow's clothes. That is all." Frame 1 is already moving: a folded shirt and trousers placed on a chair by a lamp, camera moving across the chair. Scenes, one idea each: 1. Hook over the folded clothes. 2. The tired end of the day: lamp, mug, closed laptop. 3. Step one: clothes on the chair. 4. Step two: shoes by the door. 5. Morning: the chair and the door are already ready. 6. Closing question: what is your evening step? Look of every image: photographic, warm lamp light turning to morning light, objects and places only, no faces. Ending: End on the question. No promise of any result. Write the scenes yourself and show me the narration and the visual of every scene before anything renders. Keep the narration to about 70 words. Price it with autoshort_estimate_cost. Render only after I say yes.
Stickman figure: “Shoes on. That is the whole rule.”
Same rule drawn as one stick figure, so a character can be in every scene.
Make a 30-second motivation short with AutoShort. Art style STICKMAN, 9:16, English narration (language en). Hook, my first spoken line and first caption: "Shoes on. That is the whole rule." Frame 1 is already moving: the stick figure sitting on the edge of a bed, one shoe in hand, arms moving. Scenes, one idea each: 1. Hook with the figure holding a shoe. 2. The figure argues with an alarm, drawn as a simple bell shape with no numbers. 3. Shoes on. 4. Door open. 5. One block, a sun rising behind the figure. 6. Closing question to the viewer. Look of every image: flat 2D stick figure, one red scarf as the only accent colour, flat peach background, one prop per scene, no writing anywhere. Ending: End on the question. No promise of any result. Write the scenes yourself and show me the narration and the visual of every scene before anything renders. Keep the narration to about 70 words. Price it with autoshort_estimate_cost. Render only after I say yes.
Do not
Do not write "you will" promises or numbers of days. Narration invents statistics even when told not to; read every figure.
What we saw: 6 of 13 prompts that said "don't invent statistics" still got a percentage figure in the narration. (our note: video-feedback-2026-10-17.md, line 76.)
Do not put clocks, phone screens or alarm digits in the visuals; they come back as pseudo-text.
What we saw: The long uppercase no-text block made the image model redraw garbage text on 3 of 11 trial videos; a short "Pure illustration with no writing in it." replaced it. (our note: howto.md, line 7.)
Do not open on a wide sunrise or "Every morning..." scene-setter. Start on the shoes.
What we saw: A bedtime story opened on a wide establishing frame and a 16-plus-word "In a soft watercolour world..." first sentence. (our note: hook-first-2026-10-26.md, line 20.)
Also see Daily motivation use case, all prompts and what each step costs.