Faceless YouTube script templates, prompts and a checklist

TITLE: [the promise, strongest words first]

0:00 OPENING (50-100 seconds)
A real moment with a date and a place. Then the scale.
Then why it matters. Then what the viewer will know by the end.

SETUP
Where and when. Who was there. What was normal before.

CHAPTER 1: [title] (4-6 min)
Question: [what this chapter answers]
Facts: [2-3 dates, numbers, names]
Ends on: [the open question for chapter 2]

CHAPTER 2: [title] (4-6 min)
Question / Facts / Ends on

CHAPTER 3: [title] (4-6 min)
Question / Facts / Ends on

ENDING (about 1 min)
Go back to the opening moment. What changed. Where it stands today.
One line that leads to your next video.

TITLE: [number] [places or things] [the promise], strongest words first

OPENING (50-100 seconds)
A real moment with a date and a place. Then the scale: how many, how much.
Then what these places have in common. Then what the viewer will know by the end.

NUMBER [N]: [name]  (one block per item, 90-150 seconds)
Where it is. One thing you won't find anywhere else.
Facts with sources: [number], [date], [price or census figure].
The catch, honestly: what's bad about it.
Bridge to the next number.

(Save the strongest item for number 1 or 2, and don't announce a shock you can't deliver.)

ENDING (about 1 minute)
Go back to the opening moment. What it means now. One line leading to your next video.

PRONUNCIATION TABLE (before voiceover)
[Place name] = [how locals say it]. Check it. Viewers notice.

I run a faceless documentary channel about [niche].

Below are the titles, lengths and view counts of the top 10 videos from 3 channels
in this niche, published in the last 12 months:
[paste the list]

1. Group the videos by angle.
2. For each group, give the number of videos, average views and average length.
3. Suggest 10 topics none of these channels has covered that fit the strongest angle.
4. For each topic, say whether public-domain photos, maps or archive footage are
   likely to exist.

Answer in a table. If you aren't sure about a fact, say so.

Write 10 YouTube titles for a [length]-minute documentary about [topic].

What the viewer will know by the end: [one sentence]
Facts I can back up: [3-5 facts]

Rules:
- Put the strongest words first.
- Lead with the most surprising fact, not the date.
- Promise only what these facts can deliver.
- The first minute of the video must deliver what the title promises.

Then pick the 3 strongest and explain each in one line.

I'm writing a [length]-minute YouTube documentary about [topic].
List 15 specific facts: dates, numbers, names, places. For each, give the source and link.
Mark anything you're not sure of as UNVERIFIED. Don't guess at numbers.
I'll check each one myself.

Here is my script: [paste]. Act as an impatient viewer.
1. Where would you stop watching, and why?
2. Which sentences can't be shown on screen?
3. Which claims have no number, name or source?
4. Does the first 60 seconds keep the promise of the title: [title]?
Quote the lines. Don't rewrite the script.

Here are the titles and openings of my last videos: [paste].
Would a reviewer see these as different videos, or one template with the names swapped?
Point to what repeats: structure, phrases, hooks. Suggest how to make the next one different.