skills/pixverse-ugc-video/references/creator-story.md

# Creator Story And Review Recipe

Read `../../../skills-shared/ugc-production.md`. This mode uses one visible creator,
eight portrait panels per board, mandatory board refinement, and native performed speech.
A topic, routine or story without a product is a complete supported mode: omit and
renumber product references; never invent a brand, package, purchase or sales prop.

## Earn The Story Before The Sell

Lock the accepted creator, voice persona, register, wardrobe and approved facts. A generated
demonstrator cannot supply evidence of a real customer's purchase or personal result.
Preserve a supplied claims allowlist verbatim. Choose natural engaged performance unless
the user asks for hype, sustained calm, ASMR or another tone; appearance does not imply accent.

For an open creative brief, sketch three short story spines, select the strongest, and
build around one complication or “but then” turn. The story should still be understandable
without the product. In a multi-board story, introduce the product around the middle
(roughly 40–60%) as a supporting actor. A one-board full arc can show it in the hook.
Explicit review/demo requests may instead use problem→agitation→solution,
before→after→bridge, hook→story→offer, a supported comparison or a direct demonstration.
Never fabricate a before/after result to satisfy an advertising structure.

Useful story engines: discovery through use; a satisfying mechanism loop; a supported
alternate use; guided comparison; behind the concept; interrupted storytime; get-ready
with a concrete stake; a new-place vlog; a day with one twist; staged reveal; a clear POV;
a process win; a real FAQ response; commentary on supplied evidence; feature checklist;
host question; baseline then demonstration; silent flex; timed ASMR. Pick one, not a collage.

The opening has a physical event and content-bearing first word. Choose one hook:
mid-action impact, a sentence already underway, visible incongruity, a brief reaction
freeze ≤0.7s, a concrete challenge, an opted-in recurring quirk, a mechanism, or an explicitly
staged reveal. No recording warm-up, generic greeting or unearned “amazing” claim.

## Eight Slots And Multi-Board Arc

Use one row of eight portrait slots on a 21:9 board, with the shared geometry and refinement
rules. Each slot must contain a different physical event; change adjacent action/framing.
Default camera cadence: selfie medium → fixed wide → fixed macro → selfie tight → fixed
medium → fixed macro → fixed wide → selfie tight. Include at least two wide/context, two
medium and two detail/tight views. A useful cadence takes precedence over mechanically
alternating camera modes when that would contradict a real action.

| Board role | Ordered eight events |
| --- | --- |
| FULL ARC | Hook, context, life beat, first touch/turn, core action, reaction, result, recommendation/settle |
| HOOK | Attention, context, life, life development, curiosity, first touch, lead-in, handoff |
| HOOK + SETUP | Attention, setup, context, life, first touch, development, reaction, lead-in |
| MAIN | Pickup, build, demo A, demo B, reaction, development, transition, handoff |
| REVEAL | Open, reveal, detail, macro, impression, reaction, development, settle |
| APPLY | Begin, apply, macro, first visible effect, supported result, reaction, development, settle |
| APPLY + CLOSER | Application, effect, macro, reaction, result, recommendation, settle, final look |
| CLOSER | Result, evidence, recommendation, settle, warmth, aside, final look, visual loop |

N=1 uses FULL ARC. N=2 uses HOOK+SETUP then APPLY+CLOSER. N=3 uses HOOK, MAIN,
CLOSER. N=4 uses HOOK, REVEAL, APPLY, CLOSER. Above four, keep HOOK first and CLOSER
last and develop supported REVEAL/APPLY events between them. In productless mode these
roles follow the topic's real events rather than fictional product mechanics.

Default to near-equal D/8 cut durations, adjusting for an actual action or phrase while
keeping eight cuts and total D. At 12s this is about 1.5s per cut, not four slow 3s shots.
Write all eight sections using the shared 4–10 sentence / five micro-observation contract.
Seven `Hard cut to.` markers are the normal structure. No implicit costume/prop state jump
inside a continuous transition. Bind clean board, creator, optional product in that order.

On the closing board only, a fixed→selfie boundary into a final shot ≥3s can use one
Pick-Up by default if there is no state jump: reach past the lens; the view lifts and
settles at arm's length; speech continues through the ~1.5s move. Put camera motion in
the incoming selfie section, not the preceding fixed shot. On other boards a Set-Down
or Pick-Up needs an explicit one-take brief. A classic-cut brief keeps all hard cuts.

## Perform The Exact Copy

Write the full monologue, then divide at natural phrase boundaries in proportion to time.
Reuse exact accepted words in the Audio section. Performance directions live outside the
quoted dialogue; do not stretch vowel spellings or rewrite an approved line. Keep at most
1–2 emphasized words per line, one main verbal reaction peak per clip, a closed-mouth
recovery between phrases, and the shared natural physical performance rules.

On the first board, normally start with 1–3 small human nonverbal sounds (a short laugh,
soft gasp or amused exhale) integrated with the hook, not a long silent intro. Hype sounds
need explicit hype intent; omit the sounds for sustained calm/process-led work. Later
boards start mid-thought, never with another greeting, product introduction or recap.
Finish the requested sentence; a visual return toward the opening can make a loop without
repeating copy or cutting off a word. A deliberate unfinished verbal loop needs that brief.

Quiet process-led mode may use ≤20 words/15s and named sound. Silent mode uses zero spoken
words; ASMR uses ≤15 whispered words, timed triggers, denser small motions and macro views,
with no generated on-screen text. These are explicit modes, not the default response to
a beauty product or a calm-looking creator. Music remains opt-in.

A requested series means separate posts, not one long concatenated film. Show an arc table
and planned paid counts before production, then proceed post by post under existing
approval rules. Reuse the creator and exact persona/voice/wardrobe; vary the story engine,
build from lighter introduction to supported selling and a community payoff. Do not make
extra posts or escalate a quirk without series intent.

Check evenly spaced frames, detail actions and 2–3 mid-word frames per clip. Validate
identity, hands, actual claims, visible lip behavior, story progression and audio continuity.
Prompt-only delivery includes all eight slots per board, the full text, timing and asset
plan; it does not collapse the story to a single generic prompt paragraph.