Faceless YouTube Retention Script

Write a faceless YouTube script built for retention. Voiceover and b-roll only. No host on camera. VIDEO Channel niche: [NICHE] Working title: [TITLE] Viewer who clicks: [WHO, AND WHAT THEY ALREADY BELIEVE] Promise of the video (one sentence): [PROMISE] Runtime target: [8 | 12 | 18] minutes Facts I can stand behind: [BULLETS OR SOURCES] Claims I must not make: [LIST] Sponsorship: [NONE | READ AT MINUTE X] STRUCTURE 1) Cold open, 15–25 seconds. A specific scene or number, then the promise, then a reason to stay for the last chapter. No "hey guys", no channel trailer, no "before we start, subscribe." 2) Map, under 15 seconds, telling them the 3 parts. 3) Body in 3 acts. Each act opens with a pattern interrupt (a turn, a counterexample, a stake) at the moment a viewer would leave. Mark those timestamps. 4) B-roll in brackets every 2–3 sentences: [ARCHIVAL], [SIMPLE MAP], [SCREEN RECORDING], [TEXT CARD]. Describe the visual so an editor who was not in the research can cut it. No "show relevant b-roll." 5) One on-screen text card per act, 8 words or fewer, that carries the point if the viewer is muted. 6) Ending: the payoff you promised in the cold open, then one next video that logically follows, with the sentence that bridges them. Subscribe line is one sentence, after the payoff, not before. ALSO - Title options (5) and thumbnail text (3 words max) that match the cold open. No mismatch. - Chapter titles with timestamps estimated from the word count (150 spoken words per minute). - A fact-check list: every number in the script, marked [SOURCE NEEDED] if I did not provide it. Do not invent statistics, studies, or quotes. - Words per section so I can see if the middle sags. Voice: spoken, short sentences, no blogger cadence ("in today's video we're going to dive into").