Script templates

Script templates

12 templates for the moments people read from a script: introducing yourself, pitching, presenting, interviews, toasts and videos you record to camera. Each one gives the structure, a template with {placeholders} and [cues], a full example with its word count at 140 words per minute, and tips for that situation. Read any of them in the free online teleprompter or in the OwlPrompter app.

New to writing for a prompter? Start with how to format a teleprompter script, which also has templates for a YouTube intro, a product demo and a 60-second social video.

Work & career

Introducing yourself, pitching and presenting.

  • 1-minute self introduction

    1 minute, about 140 words

    Introduce yourself to a new team, a class or a camera in four short parts.

    example: 124 words, 53 s

  • 30-second elevator pitch

    30 seconds, about 70 words

    Who you help, their problem, what you do and one small ask, in about 70 words.

    example: 74 words, 32 s

  • Presentation script

    2 minutes, about 280 words

    Open on the audience’s problem, signpost every section, close with one ask.

    example: 263 words, 1 min 53 s

Video & content

Scripts you read straight to camera for a listing, a brand, an offer, a show or a course.

  • Real estate listing video

    90 seconds, about 210 words

    Walk the home in order: hook, location, standout rooms, facts, viewing call.

    example: 193 words, 1 min 23 s

  • Company intro video

    90 seconds, about 210 words

    An “about us” video: who you serve, why you started, how you work, an invitation.

    example: 174 words, 1 min 15 s

  • Sales video

    2 minutes, about 280 words

    Problem, offer, proof, the doubt you always hear, one ask. About two minutes.

    example: 231 words, 1 min 39 s

  • Podcast intro and outro

    a 45-second intro and a 30-second outro, about 175 words

    A hook, the show line and this episode, then an outro with one ask.

    example: 142 words, 1 min 1 s

  • Online course intro video

    90 seconds, about 210 words

    Who it’s for, what they’ll be able to do, how it works, who you are, a first task.

    example: 192 words, 1 min 22 s

Speeches & events

Moments with an audience in the room or on the call.

  • Wedding toast

    2½ minutes, about 350 words

    Thanks, one story, what changed when they met, a wish and the raise. About 3 minutes.

    example: 281 words, 2 min

  • Webinar opening

    2 minutes, about 280 words

    Welcome, housekeeping and the promise in the first two minutes, while people join.

    example: 190 words, 1 min 21 s

Practice

Rehearsal scripts for interviews and broadcast reading.

  • “Tell me about yourself” answer

    90 seconds, about 210 words

    Present, past, future: a 60–90 second answer for live and one-way video interviews.

    example: 175 words, 1 min 15 s

  • News anchor practice script

    2 minutes, about 320 words

    An invented two-minute bulletin to practise pace, emphasis and reading to the lens.

    example: 258 words, 1 min 37 s

Read it on your phone

Paste any template into OwlPrompter and it scrolls next to the camera at the words per minute you set, while you record. Free with no account. Check a script’s length first with the speech timer.