Ideas worth a whole video

Video and channel ideas grouped by format, with a one-line hook each, many of them taken from what our own channels have made.

The topic

Cinetana's Ideas board holds every idea for every channel: a working title, the one-line hook, the audience and the format. Ideas that suit pictures and narration go forward. Ideas that would need a real person, real news footage or a face on camera do not.

The lists in this topic come from that board. Each idea is something we would make, or have made. None of them comes with a promise of views.

In the studio

Step 01Start from the viewerAn idea begins as the question a viewer would type, not as a topic we like.

Step 02Test the pictureIf the idea cannot be shown with stills and motion, it belongs to a different kind of channel.

Step 03Write the hookEvery idea on the board has one line that says why someone would watch it.

Step 04Check the costEach idea is costed against our own cost meter before it is scripted.

The guides

01
YouTube video ideas, grouped by formatA long list, each with a one-line hook.
In writing
02
YouTube video title ideas that state a clear promisePatterns from our own titles, keyword first.
In writing
03
TikTok video ideas that also work as ShortsVertical ideas cut from long videos or made from scratch.
In writing
04
YouTube channel ideas: a whole channel, not one videoFormat, audience and the first three videos.
In writing
05
AI video ideas: what suits AI visuals, and what does notExplainers, history, stories and science.
In writing
06
Faceless YouTube channel ideas: niches we run ourselvesWith what each costs us to make per video.
In writing

Rules we keep

No ideas that fake a real person or real news footage.
No promise that any idea gets views or subscribers.
Costs are quoted from our own meter, with the date.
Titles lead with the subject. No clickbait.