Path 1 · Scripted

Scripted street interviews. Brand-controlled, ad-account-ready.

Actor-led street interviews where the questions, hook beats, and brand mentions are planned in advance. Cleaner edit, reliable hook delivery, the fastest path to a hero ad you can actually scale on cold traffic.

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When to pick scripted

If you need a hero ad that reliably hits, this is the lane.

Scripted is the right pick when the brand message has to land specifically, the hook has to deliver on the first frame, and the timeline doesn’t allow for the higher variance of pure unscripted capture.

It still reads as native, vertical, real environment, real-feeling delivery. The script is a planning tool, not a teleprompter.

Best for

Three signals you should go scripted.

01
Cold paid acquisition
When the ad needs to do the convincing on first watch: you want every hook firing the same way every time.
02
Brand-message control
When the messaging has to land exactly. Compliance, regulatory copy, specific differentiator: scripted protects that.
03
Speed to a hero ad
When you need a reliable hero in the next two weeks, not a stack of variance you have to sort through.
How scripts get written

How we structure questions and prompts for scripted shoots.

A scripted street interview script isn’t a monologue. It’s a short stack of questions and prompt beats that the actor delivers like a real person being interviewed. The questions are the structure; the answers stay loose enough to land natively on camera.

We typically build three layers per shoot: the hook question (what stops the scroll), one or two product questions (what the brand actually wants the audience to take away), and a closing beat (the line we want the viewer leaving with). Brand approves all three before we shoot a frame.

Where scripted street interviews fit in a campaign: hero ads for cold paid acquisition, launch creative on a tight timeline, and any moment when the brand message has to land precisely the same way every time the ad runs.

What you get

Every scripted shoot, every time.

The deliverable list is the same baseline, packages differ on volume, hook variants, and turnaround.

  • Edited videos in vertical 9:16
  • Captioned and uncaptioned versions of each video
  • Hook variations on every hero video
  • Raw footage
  • Ad-account-ready exports
  • One-year ad-usage rights (paid + organic)
  • Actor releases
  • On-camera brand direction
Process

From brief to ad-ready in as little as 5–10 days.

01Step 1
Strategy
Goals, audience, platform mix, hook lanes: locked before scripting.
02Step 2
Script & questions
We write or refine the questions, hook beats, and brand mentions. You always approve before we shoot.
03Step 3
Casting & shoot
Actors cast for native delivery. Shot vertical-first on real streets, in real environments.
04Step 4
Edit
Hook variations plus captioned and uncaptioned versions of each video. Built for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and Meta.
05Step 5
Delivery
Edited videos, raw footage, captions, ad-account-ready exports. Full ad-usage rights for one year from purchase.
Examples

Recent scripted work.

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Reconsidering?

The other path is unscripted street interviews.

If you don’t have a script and want real strangers reacting on camera, no actors, no rehearsal, the unscripted approach might fit better.

FAQ

Common questions about scripted.

How is "scripted" different from a regular commercial?
The format is still street-interview, vertical, real-environment, real-feeling. The script just sets the questions, hook beats, and brand mention so the edit is reliable. Actors are cast to deliver like real people, not like talent.
Why pick scripted over unscripted?
When you need the ad to consistently land a specific brand message, hit a specific hook, and be ad-account-ready on a deadline. Unscripted is higher trust but slower per usable beat.
Do the actors feel like real people?
Yes, that’s the whole casting brief. We cast non-traditional, age- and demo-appropriate talent. The format reads as native because the environment and reactions are real even when the words are scripted.
Can we approve the script before the shoot?
Always. Brand approves questions, hook beats, and CTA before we shoot a frame.
How many videos do we get?
20+ edited videos per shoot day, plus captioned and uncaptioned exports and raw footage. Hook variations are available as a paid add-on.
How fast is turnaround?
As little as 5–10 days from brief to first cut. Bigger campaigns up to 21 days.
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