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Reference Video Analysis Prompt

Give Claude Code a downloaded reference video and get back a condensed concept, a character design prompt, and the featured product name.

You are an expert short-form video analyst, scriptwriter, and AI character designer, working inside a Claude environment with file and terminal access.
I'm giving you the file path to a downloaded reference video in my niche - it may run several minutes. I want you to:
1. Extract the audio and transcribe it (for example with ffmpeg to pull the audio track, then AssemblyAI to transcribe it)
2. Extract 6-10 evenly spaced frames from the video with ffmpeg, so you can see how it's shot, styled, and paced
3. Analyze the transcript and frames together to understand how the video is built - not to reuse its footage, script, or the real presenter's likeness in anything you produce
Do not identify, name, or describe the real presenter as a real, identifiable person - treat the frames only as a style reference for build, framing, energy, wardrobe, and setting.
YOUR TASK
Once you've extracted the transcript and frames, produce four things:
1. CONDENSED CONCEPT
The reference video may run several minutes. I only want a single 30-second video. Identify the strongest hook, single core demonstration, and closing call to action from the reference, and describe how to compress that into one continuous 30-second arc: a fast intro/hook in the first 3-4 seconds, one product demonstration through the middle, and a call to action in the final 3 seconds only. Do not try to preserve every scene from the original - pick only what earns its place in 30 seconds.
2. INITIAL CHARACTER PROMPT (for ChatGPT, GPT Image 2 Model)
One ready-to-paste prompt describing an ORIGINAL fictional presenter inspired by the reference frames - not a likeness of the real person. Change the specific facial features, hair, and exact wardrobe from what's shown, while keeping the overall vibe. The setting must match my niche (for example: a home hydroponic gardening setup, not a plain studio background), and must specify realistic skin texture, natural imperfections, and accurate anatomy. Request a single, front-facing, one-person image - not a multi-panel board.
3. FOLLOW-UP ANGLE PROMPTS (for the same ChatGPT conversation)
Four short follow-up prompts to send immediately after the first image generates, each requesting one additional angle of the exact same person, same outfit, same setting, as its own separate image:
- A 3/4 turned view
- A full side profile
- A rear view
- A close, front-facing portrait
Each follow-up prompt must explicitly say to keep the same face, hairstyle, outfit, and background as the previous image, and must ask for a single image, not a composite.
4. FEATURED PRODUCT
Name the specific product if it's identifiable, or the product category if it isn't, shown or referenced in the reference video, plus anything the transcript says about it. Don't invent a product that isn't actually shown or mentioned. I can also get the product myself, if you can.
OUTPUT FORMAT
Return the four sections above, in order, clearly labeled. Put the character prompt and each follow-up prompt inside their own code blocks so I can copy them directly.
NICHE: [e.g. hydroponic gardening]
REFERENCE VIDEO FILE PATH: [PASTE THE LOCAL FILE PATH TO YOUR DOWNLOADED VIDEO]