{ "slug": "my-ten-minute-sunday-reset-for-a-family-of-five", "edition": "apps", "angle": "tutorial", "vertical": "family-apps", "title": "My ten-minute Sunday reset for a family of five", "summary": "A mum sets a kitchen timer and walks through her Sunday reset in a family planner: dump everything in, drag it into days, assign names — with the shopping list building itself.", "example": { "brand": "Sundayly", "product": "A family planner with a weekly reset template: brain dump, plan the days, share jobs and the shopping list", "audience": "Parents, 32–50, running busy households" }, "creator": { "archetype": "Architect and mum of three, early 40s", "look": "Woman, 42, Middle Eastern, long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings, oatmeal knit sweater", "setting": "Dining table on Sunday evening, open laptop, mug of tea, kitchen timer, warm lamp light" }, "primaryModel": "kling", "duration": 30, "variables": [ { "key": "APP_NAME", "example": "Sundayly", "note": "Your app's name" }, { "key": "FAMILY_SIZE", "example": "five", "note": "Household size" }, { "key": "OFFER", "example": "The template's free", "note": "Offer" } ], "beats": [ { "stage": "hook", "start": 0, "end": 3, "title": "Timer on", "prompt": "Vertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater sits at a dining table on Sunday evening with an open laptop, a mug of tea, a kitchen timer and warm lamp light, twists a white kitchen timer to ten minutes with a click and sets it down hard, then looks at the lens. She says: \"Ten minutes. Whole week. Let's go.\" Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.", "dialogue": "Ten minutes. Whole week. Let's go.", "onScreenText": "10-minute Sunday reset (family of 5)", "shots": [ { "t": "0.0–3.0", "framing": "CU", "action": "Twists timer, sets it down, line to camera" } ], "audio": "Timer ticking starts and runs under the whole ad", "references": [ "creator", "setting" ], "variants": { "seedance": "Timer on. Vertical 9:16 UGC clip, 3 seconds, one continuous handheld take unless timecodes say cut.\nReferences: @Image1 = creator reference; @Image2 = setting reference. Keep the person, wardrobe and room identical to the references.\n0–3s: CU. Twists timer, sets it down, line to camera.\nVertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater sits at a dining table on Sunday evening with an open laptop, a mug of tea, a kitchen timer and warm lamp light, twists a white kitchen timer to ten minutes with a click and sets it down hard, then looks at the lens. Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\nDialogue (Architect and mum of three, early 40s): \"Ten minutes. Whole week. Let's go.\"\nNo subtitles. No on-screen text. No logos. Natural voice, no background music.", "kling": "Subject: Woman, 42, Middle Eastern, long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings, oatmeal knit sweater.\nSetting: Dining table on Sunday evening, open laptop, mug of tea, kitchen timer, warm lamp light.\nVertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater sits at a dining table on Sunday evening with an open laptop, a mug of tea, a kitchen timer and warm lamp light, twists a white kitchen timer to ten minutes with a click and sets it down hard, then looks at the lens. Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\n[Creator: Architect and mum of three, early 40s, natural and conversational]: \"Ten minutes. Whole week. Let's go.\"", "gemini": "Vertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater sits at a dining table on Sunday evening with an open laptop, a mug of tea, a kitchen timer and warm lamp light, twists a white kitchen timer to ten minutes with a click and sets it down hard, then looks at the lens. She says: \"Ten minutes. Whole week. Let's go.\" Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16. No captions or on-screen text." }, "settings": { "seedance": { "duration": "4 s", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "1080p (720p where the API caps it)", "generate_audio": "true", "references": "@Image1: creator, @Image2: setting", "first_frame": "creator reference" }, "kling": { "duration": "5 s (trim to 3 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "mode": "Pro / 1080p", "cfg_scale": "0.5", "negative_prompt": "subtitles, captions, on-screen text, watermark, logo, distorted hands, extra fingers, warped phone screen, morphing face, plastic skin, studio lighting", "elements": "creator, setting", "native_audio": "on (voice reference optional)" }, "gemini": { "duration": "3 s", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "720p · 24 fps", "audio": "always on — normalise to −14 LUFS in the edit", "image_urls": "creator, setting (guides look, doesn't lock frame 1)" } } }, { "stage": "demo", "start": 3, "end": 12, "title": "Dump, then drag", "prompt": "Vertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot of hands at the same dining table on Sunday evening, the kitchen timer ticking beside the laptop. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater types a fast brain-dump list into the app on her laptop — dentist, football kit, Gran's birthday — then uses the trackpad to drag each item into a weekday column. The camera stays close on her fingers and the screen. She says: \"Step one, dump everything in. Step two, drag it into days.\" Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.", "dialogue": "Step one, dump everything in. Step two, drag it into days.", "onScreenText": "1. dump everything in 2. drag into days", "shots": [ { "t": "3.0–7.5", "framing": "CU, hands on keyboard", "action": "Types brain-dump list; composite your real screen recording" }, { "t": "7.5–12.0", "framing": "Insert, laptop", "action": "Drags items into weekday columns" } ], "audio": "Timer ticks; light piano loop starts", "references": [ "creator", "screen", "setting" ], "variants": { "seedance": "Dump, then drag. Vertical 9:16 UGC clip, 9 seconds, one continuous handheld take unless timecodes say cut.\nReferences: @Image1 = creator reference; @Image2 = app screen reference; @Image3 = setting reference. Keep the person, wardrobe and room identical to the references.\n0–5s: CU, hands on keyboard. Types brain-dump list.\n5–9s: Insert, laptop. Drags items into weekday columns.\nVertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot of hands at the same dining table on Sunday evening, the kitchen timer ticking beside the laptop. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater types a fast brain-dump list into the app on her laptop — dentist, football kit, Gran's birthday — then uses the trackpad to drag each item into a weekday column. The camera stays close on her fingers and the screen. Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\nDialogue (Architect and mum of three, early 40s): \"Step one, dump everything in. Step two, drag it into days.\"\nNo subtitles. No on-screen text. No logos. Natural voice, no background music.", "kling": "Subject: Woman, 42, Middle Eastern, long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings, oatmeal knit sweater.\nSetting: Dining table on Sunday evening, open laptop, mug of tea, kitchen timer, warm lamp light.\nVertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot of hands at the same dining table on Sunday evening, the kitchen timer ticking beside the laptop. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater types a fast brain-dump list into the app on her laptop — dentist, football kit, Gran's birthday — then uses the trackpad to drag each item into a weekday column. The camera stays close on her fingers and the screen. Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\n[Creator: Architect and mum of three, early 40s, natural and conversational]: \"Step one, dump everything in. Step two, drag it into days.\"", "gemini": "Vertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot of hands at the same dining table on Sunday evening, the kitchen timer ticking beside the laptop. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater types a fast brain-dump list into the app on her laptop — dentist, football kit, Gran's birthday — then uses the trackpad to drag each item into a weekday column. The camera stays close on her fingers and the screen. She says: \"Step one, dump everything in. Step two, drag it into days.\" Warm lamp light, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16. No captions or on-screen text. (Generates 10 s — trim to 9 s in the edit.)" }, "settings": { "seedance": { "duration": "9 s", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "1080p (720p where the API caps it)", "generate_audio": "true", "references": "@Image1: creator, @Image2: screen, @Image3: setting", "first_frame": "—" }, "kling": { "duration": "10 s (trim to 9 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "mode": "Pro / 1080p", "cfg_scale": "0.5", "negative_prompt": "subtitles, captions, on-screen text, watermark, logo, distorted hands, extra fingers, warped phone screen, morphing face, plastic skin, studio lighting", "elements": "creator, screen, setting", "native_audio": "on (voice reference optional)" }, "gemini": { "duration": "10 s (trim to 9 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "720p · 24 fps", "audio": "always on — normalise to −14 LUFS in the edit", "image_urls": "creator, screen, setting (guides look, doesn't lock frame 1)" } } }, { "stage": "proof", "start": 12, "end": 21, "title": "Names on jobs", "prompt": "Vertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot at the same dining table with warm lamp light, the kitchen timer showing a few minutes left. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater clicks coloured name tags onto each task on the laptop, then picks up her iPhone to show the shopping list already filled from the week's meals. She says: \"Step three, give each job a name. The shopping list builds itself.\" Camera moves from laptop to phone in her hand, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.", "dialogue": "Step three, give each job a name. The shopping list builds itself.", "onScreenText": "3. put a name on every job", "shots": [ { "t": "12.0–16.5", "framing": "Insert, laptop", "action": "Clicks name tags onto tasks; composite your real screen" }, { "t": "16.5–21.0", "framing": "CU, phone in hand", "action": "Auto-built shopping list" } ], "audio": "Piano continues; timer ticks", "references": [ "creator", "screen", "setting" ], "variants": { "seedance": "Names on jobs. Vertical 9:16 UGC clip, 9 seconds, one continuous handheld take unless timecodes say cut.\nReferences: @Image1 = creator reference; @Image2 = app screen reference; @Image3 = setting reference. Keep the person, wardrobe and room identical to the references.\n0–5s: Insert, laptop. Clicks name tags onto tasks.\n5–9s: CU, phone in hand. Auto-built shopping list.\nVertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot at the same dining table with warm lamp light, the kitchen timer showing a few minutes left. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater clicks coloured name tags onto each task on the laptop, then picks up her iPhone to show the shopping list already filled from the week's meals. Camera moves from laptop to phone in her hand, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\nDialogue (Architect and mum of three, early 40s): \"Step three, give each job a name. The shopping list builds itself.\"\nNo subtitles. No on-screen text. No logos. Natural voice, no background music.", "kling": "Subject: Woman, 42, Middle Eastern, long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings, oatmeal knit sweater.\nSetting: Dining table on Sunday evening, open laptop, mug of tea, kitchen timer, warm lamp light.\nVertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot at the same dining table with warm lamp light, the kitchen timer showing a few minutes left. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater clicks coloured name tags onto each task on the laptop, then picks up her iPhone to show the shopping list already filled from the week's meals. Camera moves from laptop to phone in her hand, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\n[Creator: Architect and mum of three, early 40s, natural and conversational]: \"Step three, give each job a name. The shopping list builds itself.\"", "gemini": "Vertical 9:16 close-up handheld shot at the same dining table with warm lamp light, the kitchen timer showing a few minutes left. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater clicks coloured name tags onto each task on the laptop, then picks up her iPhone to show the shopping list already filled from the week's meals. She says: \"Step three, give each job a name. The shopping list builds itself.\" Camera moves from laptop to phone in her hand, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16. No captions or on-screen text. (Generates 10 s — trim to 9 s in the edit.)" }, "settings": { "seedance": { "duration": "9 s", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "1080p (720p where the API caps it)", "generate_audio": "true", "references": "@Image1: creator, @Image2: screen, @Image3: setting", "first_frame": "—" }, "kling": { "duration": "10 s (trim to 9 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "mode": "Pro / 1080p", "cfg_scale": "0.5", "negative_prompt": "subtitles, captions, on-screen text, watermark, logo, distorted hands, extra fingers, warped phone screen, morphing face, plastic skin, studio lighting", "elements": "creator, screen, setting", "native_audio": "on (voice reference optional)" }, "gemini": { "duration": "10 s (trim to 9 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "720p · 24 fps", "audio": "always on — normalise to −14 LUFS in the edit", "image_urls": "creator, screen, setting (guides look, doesn't lock frame 1)" } } }, { "stage": "cta", "start": 21, "end": 30, "title": "Beat the timer", "prompt": "Vertical 9:16 handheld medium close-up at the same dining table on Sunday evening, laptop open and tea beside her in warm lamp light. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater closes the laptop, stops the kitchen timer before it rings, and holds it up to the lens with a satisfied grin. She says: \"Nine minutes forty. For a family of {{FAMILY_SIZE}}. {{OFFER}} in {{APP_NAME}}.\" Relaxed, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.", "dialogue": "Nine minutes forty. For a family of {{FAMILY_SIZE}}. {{OFFER}} in {{APP_NAME}}.", "onScreenText": "{{APP_NAME}} · {{OFFER}} ↓", "shots": [ { "t": "21.0–25.0", "framing": "MCU", "action": "Closes laptop, stops timer" }, { "t": "25.0–30.0", "framing": "MCU", "action": "Holds up timer, delivers CTA; end card over last 1.5 s" } ], "audio": "Timer stops; piano resolves", "references": [ "creator", "endcard" ], "variants": { "seedance": "Beat the timer. Vertical 9:16 UGC clip, 9 seconds, one continuous handheld take unless timecodes say cut.\nReferences: @Image1 = creator reference. Keep the person, wardrobe and room identical to the references.\n0–4s: MCU. Closes laptop, stops timer.\n4–9s: MCU. Holds up timer, delivers CTA; end card over last 1.5 s.\nVertical 9:16 handheld medium close-up at the same dining table on Sunday evening, laptop open and tea beside her in warm lamp light. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater closes the laptop, stops the kitchen timer before it rings, and holds it up to the lens with a satisfied grin. Relaxed, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\nDialogue (Architect and mum of three, early 40s): \"Nine minutes forty. For a family of {{FAMILY_SIZE}}. {{OFFER}} in {{APP_NAME}}.\"\nNo subtitles. No on-screen text. No logos. Natural voice, no background music.", "kling": "Subject: Woman, 42, Middle Eastern, long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings, oatmeal knit sweater.\nSetting: Dining table on Sunday evening, open laptop, mug of tea, kitchen timer, warm lamp light.\nVertical 9:16 handheld medium close-up at the same dining table on Sunday evening, laptop open and tea beside her in warm lamp light. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater closes the laptop, stops the kitchen timer before it rings, and holds it up to the lens with a satisfied grin. Relaxed, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16.\n[Creator: Architect and mum of three, early 40s, natural and conversational]: \"Nine minutes forty. For a family of {{FAMILY_SIZE}}. {{OFFER}} in {{APP_NAME}}.\"", "gemini": "Vertical 9:16 handheld medium close-up at the same dining table on Sunday evening, laptop open and tea beside her in warm lamp light. a 42-year-old Middle Eastern woman with long dark wavy hair, gold hoop earrings and an oatmeal knit sweater closes the laptop, stops the kitchen timer before it rings, and holds it up to the lens with a satisfied grin. She says: \"Nine minutes forty. For a family of {{FAMILY_SIZE}}. {{OFFER}} in {{APP_NAME}}.\" Relaxed, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone, handheld, unpolished, vertical 9:16. No captions or on-screen text. (Generates 10 s — trim to 9 s in the edit.)" }, "settings": { "seedance": { "duration": "9 s", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "1080p (720p where the API caps it)", "generate_audio": "true", "references": "@Image1: creator", "first_frame": "—" }, "kling": { "duration": "10 s (trim to 9 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "mode": "Pro / 1080p", "cfg_scale": "0.5", "negative_prompt": "subtitles, captions, on-screen text, watermark, logo, distorted hands, extra fingers, warped phone screen, morphing face, plastic skin, studio lighting", "elements": "creator", "native_audio": "on (voice reference optional)" }, "gemini": { "duration": "10 s (trim to 9 s)", "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "resolution": "720p · 24 fps", "audio": "always on — normalise to −14 LUFS in the edit", "image_urls": "creator (guides look, doesn't lock frame 1)" } } } ], "hookVariants": [ "I plan our entire week before this timer goes off.", "The Sunday-night routine that saves my Mondays.", "Five people, one week, ten minutes. Watch." ], "referenceImages": [ { "id": "creator", "what": "Photo of the creator in oatmeal sweater with gold hoops and long wavy hair, warm lamp light", "how": "Generate once with your image model (or shoot your real creator) and attach as the subject/character reference on every beat; use it as the first frame of the hook." }, { "id": "setting", "what": "Dining table with laptop, mug of tea and a white kitchen timer, Sunday evening lamp light", "how": "Attach as the scene/background reference on every beat so all four clips share one location and light." }, { "id": "screen", "what": "Brain-dump list, weekday columns with dragged tasks, coloured name tags and an auto-built shopping list on phone", "how": "Use as the image reference for the phone screen, then replace the screen in edit with your real screen recording so the UI stays legible." }, { "id": "endcard", "what": "App icon, app name, store badges and the offer line on a plain background", "how": "Overlay in the editor for the final 1–1.5 s; don't ask the model to render logos or text." } ], "whyItWorks": "The ticking timer turns a planning session into a race the viewer wants to see finished. Each step is numbered and copyable, so the tutorial delivers value even before the app is named. Beating the timer is the proof, and the free template lowers the barrier to try.", "tips": [ "Keep the timer ticking audio continuous across all four clips in edit; it ties them together.", "Use real family-style tasks; specific items (football kit, Gran's birthday) feel lived-in.", "Make a 15 s cut with only steps one and three." ], "captionStyle": "White bold sans on a terracotta pill, top-left, numbered steps stacking as she goes" }