Documentary Skill
The Documentary Skill builds a scroll-driven visual narrative from a single prompt. As the reader scrolls, background media transitions while the text tells the story — the same format used by major news outlets for immersive longform pieces.
How to trigger it
Ask for an immersive story or documentary in natural language, in any language:
- “Create an immersive story about the Amazon rainforest”
- “Build a scroll documentary on the Apollo missions”
- “Make a longform piece on the history of jazz”
- “Racconta la storia della Via della Seta in formato documentario”
What you get
A self-contained HTML page where scroll drives the experience. The documentary includes:
- A strong visual opening — a full-bleed image or video with a short hook
- Narrative sections where text floats over or beside full-bleed media
- Editorial elements within sections — timelines, before/after comparisons, annotated images, photo galleries, pull quotes
- A closing that resolves the story — a final image, a reflection, or a key takeaway
Tips for best results
- Tell the story arc upfront. Opening scene, key chapters, and how it ends — the AI structures the pacing from there.
- Provide your own images and videos. This format lives or dies by its visuals. The AI will ask for them per section and use labelled placeholders until you supply them.
- Think in beats, not paragraphs. Each scroll step is one moment in the story — short, focused, visually anchored.
- Iterate freely. Ask to add a chapter, swap a photo, insert a timeline — the AI updates the page in place.