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Reacting to my screen time: 212 pickups

A college student reacts in horror to his screen-time report, sets a focus block that locks distracting apps, flips his phone face down, and comes back to a far lower pickup count.

Example product
Deepwell — A focus timer that locks chosen apps during study blocks
Audience
Students and anyone glued to their phone
Creator
College sophomore, 19

Variables — swap these for your product

{{APP_NAME}} = Deepwell{{PICKUPS}} = 212{{PICKUPS_AFTER}} = 31

01 · hook

212 pickups

0–3s

“I picked up my phone {{PICKUPS}} times. Yesterday.”

Subject: Man, 19, Black, dark skin, short twists with a high-top fade, grey crewneck sweatshirt, white over-ear headphones around his neck.
Setting: University library study carrel in the afternoon: stacked textbooks, highlighters, laptop, warm desk lamp, tall shelves behind.
Vertical 9:16 close-up, handheld. A 19-year-old Black man with dark skin and short twists in a high-top fade, wearing a grey crewneck sweatshirt and white over-ear headphones around his neck, at a university library study carrel with stacked textbooks, highlighters and a laptop, tall shelves behind. He holds his phone up to the lens showing a screen-time report with a huge pickups number, then pulls it back and stares at it, jaw dropped. Handheld. Warm desk lamp and soft library daylight, natural skin texture, shot on iPhone front camera, handheld, unpolished home lighting.
[Creator: College sophomore, 19, natural and conversational]: "I picked up my phone {{PICKUPS}} times. Yesterday."
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)

Shot list

  1. 0.0–3.0sCU. Report to lens, jaw drops

On-screen text (overlay in edit)

Me reacting to my screen time: {{PICKUPS}} pickups

Audio

Library hush, a single dramatic sting

References

02 · demo

Lock it, flip it

3–8s

2 shots, 3 model prompts, settings and captions in the full library.

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03 · proof

Today: 31

8–12s

1 shot, 3 model prompts, settings and captions in the full library.

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04 · cta

Free for students

12–15s

1 shot, 3 model prompts, settings and captions in the full library.

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Why it works

Reacting to your own screen-time number is confessional and invites viewers to check theirs, which drives comments. The fix is physical (lock, flip, slide away), and the before/after numbers are on screen, so the proof is self-evident.

Hook variants to A/B test

  • “Check your pickups number. I'll wait.”
  • “My phone saw me 212 times yesterday.”
  • “Reacting to the most embarrassing stat on my phone.”

Reference images

  • creator

    Shoulders-up photo of the creator in the exact wardrobe: Man, 19, Black, dark skin, short twists with a high-top fade, grey crewneck sweatshirt, white over-ear headphones around his neck. Neutral expression, even light.

  • setting

    Library study carrel with stacked textbooks, highlighters, laptop, desk lamp, tall shelves behind

  • screen

    A screen-time report with a large pickups number, your focus timer with apps toggled to locked, and today's report with completed focus blocks, as 9:16 PNGs

  • endcard

    App icon, name, store badges and offer line on a plain background

Creator look (paste into your image model)

Man, 19, Black, dark skin, short twists with a high-top fade, grey crewneck sweatshirt, white over-ear headphones around his neck. University library study carrel in the afternoon: stacked textbooks, highlighters, laptop, warm desk lamp, tall shelves behind.

Model notes, last verified 2026-10-16: Provisional: written to Kling 3.0 conventions (3.0-compatible) until 4.0 publishes its own. 3, 5 or 10 s only; audio always on; add captions in post.

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