Magnetic Content OS 01 / 20

Look.
Care.
Watch.

How we make raw content that people actually finish.

Internal Magnetic v1.0
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02The big idea

Document Reality.
Frame The Interesting Part.

Nothing here is invented. The job is already interesting. People point the camera at the wrong second. Then they open their mouth with the wrong sentence.

Stripped hardwood floor mid-job, tools on the boards
RealityA floor stripped back to bare board. Nobody staged this. It's a Tuesday.
01Real lifeThe job, as it is
02Interesting momentThe part worth pointing at
03Better framingWhere you enter it
LookCareWatch
05StoryThey stay to the end
We don't manufacture drama.We find the interesting part of what's already happening.
03The problem
Wrong door

"Hey guys, today we're at a water damage job."

Nothing to look at. Nothing at stake. No reason for the next second.

Right door

"A single mistake cost this homeowner $30,000."

A number, a mistake, someone it happened to. Now they have to know.

Same reality.
Different entry point.

The content isn't fake. The framing changed. That's the whole difference between a post nobody finishes and a post nobody leaves.

04The entire system
01
Look

What do I want them to look at?

Gets the eyes
02
Care

Why should they give a shit?

Puts something at stake
03
Watch

Why do they now want to see what happens?

Makes them wait for it
Then run it again
05Beat one

Look

DefinitionGet their eyes onto something.

01Look at this.
02Check this out.
03Guess what.
04Look what we found.
05See this?
06Look under here.
07This is the problem.
08This looks normal, right?
09You'd never know.
10Here's what nobody sees.
Not necessarily a verbal hook

LOOK can be a visual, a reveal, a person, a reaction, a strange detail, a mistake, something hidden, a transformation, or something about to happen.

The only question

What do I want them looking at?

A visualA revealA person A reactionA strange detailA mistake Something hiddenA transformationSomething about to happen
06Beat two

Care

DefinitionGive them a reason to give a shit.

01Money
02Risk
03Surprise
04Mistake
05Consequence
06Relevance
07Contrast
08Emotion
09Usefulness
10Status
Money"This cost the homeowner $30,000."
Risk"This can happen behind your walls without you knowing."
Surprise"They thought it was a $500 repair."
Mistake"This one mistake made it dramatically worse."
Relevance"This can happen to your house too."
Look

Gets attention.

Care

Gives them a reason to keep going.

07Beat three

Watch

DefinitionGive them a reason to stay.

01See what we find
02See how bad it is
03See how we fix it
04See what happens
05See the reveal
06See the transformation
07Learn how to prevent it
08Find out the cause
09See if the plan works
10See the result

"Keep watching."

We don't say it.
We build something they already want to watch.

08The loop

Every Answer
Creates The Next Question.

You answer one thing. You open another. Same breath. They don't notice they're still watching.

Look

"Look at this."

Care

"This is why the deck has to be rebuilt."

Watch

"We're about to pull this section apart."

New info

The boards come up. Something is under there.

Look

"Look what we found underneath."

Care

"This is much worse than it looked."

Watch

"Now we need to see how far the rot goes."

New info

It goes further than anyone thought. Loop again.

09Worked example

The deck

2 loops 1 payoff
Loop one01
Look

"Check this out."
Camera goes to the rot.

Care

"This is why this deck has to be completely rebuilt."

Watch

"We're about to pull this section apart."

Loop two02
Look

"Look what's underneath."

Care

"This is much worse than the surface damage."

Watch

"Now we're going to see how far it goes."

Payoff

The full span comes out. The homeowner sees what they were standing on.

10Worked example

The mold

2 loops 1 payoff
Loop one01
Look

"Look at this mold."

Care

"This can happen behind your walls without you knowing."

Watch

"We're about to open this up and find out what's causing it."

Loop two02
Look

"Look how far this spread."

Care

"This is why catching it early matters."

Watch

"Here's what we're doing to fix it."

Payoff

Cavity dried, source cut off, wall closed. The cause gets named on camera.

11Worked example

The remodel

1 loop 5 beats
Loop one01
Look

"Look at this kitchen."

Care

"The homeowner thought this was a simple remodel. It turned into a rebuild."

Watch

"We're about to open this wall and see what we're actually dealing with."

01Discovery
02Consequence
03Decision
04Process
05Result
Stair treads part way through refinishing
ProcessHalfway is the interesting part. It's the part nobody films.
Finished hardwood floor catching daylight
ResultThis only lands because they watched the mess.
12When nothing crazy is happening

Nothing is happening.
That's fine.

Sometimes the job just started. No rot. No flood. No disaster. Don't invent one. Run the same three questions anyway.

Option A - the setupA
Look

"Here's what we're starting with."

Care

"Here's what the homeowner actually wants."

Watch

"Here's what we're going to change."

Option B - the methodB
Look

"Here's what we're doing."

Care

"Here's why we're doing it this way."

Watch

"Here's what happens next."

01

Reality first.

Point at the thing that is actually in front of you. If the day is slow, the day is slow.

02

Curiosity second.

Frame it so a stranger wants the next second. The framing comes after the fact, never instead of it.

The order of those two is the whole rule.
03

Never manufactured drama.

The second a crew invents a problem for the camera, every real one you film after it reads as fake too.

13Raw delivery

The Framework Is Engineered.
The Delivery Is Not.

We do not control

  • Personality
  • Exact wording
  • Jokes, reactions, stumbles
  • Tone
  • Natural speech

We control

  • Framing
  • Sequence
  • Curiosity
  • What information comes first
  • What gets revealed later
What we don't ask for

"Today we're going to discuss three important things homeowners should know before starting a renovation project."

What we ask for

"Dude, this homeowner literally thought this was nothing."

Don't script the person.Frame the story.
Contractor standing in front of a house at dusk
The brief we actually giveTalk to us like you're telling a friend what happened. That's the whole direction. There isn't a second page.

Raw Doesn't Mean Random.

They keep the stumbles. They keep the jokes. They keep the accent and the attitude. We take one thing. The order it comes out in. That's it. They sound like themselves and it still works on a stranger.

14The on-site prompt

When Nobody Knows What To Say,
Ask These Three.

01

What's interesting here?

Answer on site"There's rot underneath the deck."
02

Why does it matter?

Answer on site"You can't see how bad it is from above."
03

What happens next?

Answer on site"We're pulling the boards up."
Which becomes Look Care Watch

Three questions. No script. No notes. No second take. If they can answer these out loud, the piece already exists.

15Content lenses

One day.
20 angles.
One reality.

Don't think twenty scripts. Think twenty ways into the same afternoon.

1Job

Same site, same crew, same afternoon.

0Reshoots

The footage never changes. Only the way in.

0Scripts

Nobody memorises a line to make one of these.

20Angles

Every lens below is a different door into it.

These are structural counts, not performance claims. How many of the twenty are worth cutting depends on the day you filmed.

01The problem
02The mistake
03The homeowner
04The discovery
05The hidden damage
06The cause
07The prevention
08The decision
09The process
10The material
11The technical detail
12The surprise
13The customer question
14The money
15The personality
16The before / after
17The lesson
18The transformation
19The result
20The end of day
16Hook and reframe bank

A Toolbox.
Not A Script.

Take the line that fits. Say it your own way. Click one to copy it.

24 lines
Look
Care
Watch
17The story engine

The Audience Should Always Be
Moving Toward Something.

Dashed boxes are your questions, asked off camera. Solid boxes are what the viewer gets. It only stalls when you answer everything at once.

Attention isn't the story.It's the doorway.
01Reality
02What's interesting?
03Look
04Why care?
05Care
06What do they want to know next?
07Watch
08Reveal
New lookNew careNew watch
10Payoff
18The golden rule

Don't make it
more dramatic.
Make the real thing
more interesting.

Don't

  • Invent.
  • Exaggerate beyond reality.
  • Script personality.

Do

  • Find the interesting part.
  • Frame it.
  • Withhold the right information.
  • Reveal it progressively.
19Approval checklist

Before Anything Ships.

content-os / approval 0 / 8
Not ready Eight boxes. No exceptions.

Look.
Care.
Watch.

What do I want them to look at?

Why should they give a shit?

Why do they now want to see what happens?

That's the system.