Travel recap highlight reel prompts

Give it the trip in order, the length, one peak per day, and how much talking to keep. It knows where and when each clip was shot, so that's enough to work from.

Minimal:

Make a 45-second highlight reel of this trip in chronological order.

Standard:

Build a 45-second 9:16 travel recap from these clips. Chronological, three days. Each day gets one establishing shot of where we are, two or three quick moments, and one peak held longer. Cut all talking except the clip where I say "we made it." Sync to the uploaded track, one cut every two beats, and let the peaks run for a full bar.

Full:

Make a 60-second vertical travel recap from the three days of footage. Open on the airplane window shot for 2 seconds with the title "3 days in SF" as small white text bottom left. Day 1 is the train arriving, the office, the night walk. Peak is the Bay Bridge at night, hold it 4 seconds. Day 2 is the run along the water, the Ferry Building. Peak is the pier skyline pan, hold 4 seconds. Day 3 is the Waymo ride, the street dance. Peak is the Waymo pulling up, hold 4 seconds. Between peaks, one cut every two beats on the uploaded track. Keep only two talking clips, "day four" at the start of day 1 and "we made it" as the final clip. Original ambience under the music at 30% on the night walk so the city is audible. Light warm grade across everything so the days match. No transitions, no speed ramps.

What each part does

Day lists with one named peak each is the structure. The peak holds give it a pulse. "Only two talking clips" keeps your voice without turning it into a vlog. Ambience under the music on one section is what makes it feel like your trip. "Warm grade so the days match" fixes the color mismatch every multi-day trip has.

Fixes

• Peaks too short. "Hold each peak 5 seconds."
• Days out of order. "Airplane, office, run, Waymo."
• Too much talking. "Cut every talking clip except 'we made it'."
• Days look different. "Match day 2's grade to day 1."

FAQ

Chronological or best first? Chronological for a recap. The trip is the story.

Can it find the peaks? Ask it to list the ten most striking moments with timestamps, then pick one per day.

Related

• /formats/travel-recap
• /prompts/highlight-reel
• /prompts/montage-beat-sync
• /for/vloggers

Rules that apply to every prompt

1. One target per prompt. Length, platform, purpose.
2. Quote the exact line when you mean a specific moment.
3. Give numbers, not adjectives. "Pauses over half a second," not "snappy."
4. Say what not to add. Zooms, transitions, music, effects.
5. One fix per follow-up message. Ask for a list of changes with timestamps if you want to check.