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Service Video Script Builder for Restaurants
The owner asked this:«I want to show our service is different, without it looking staged. My team has been here for years and knows guests by name.»
① The moments of truth, with their test and their permission
| Moment | The gesture the camera sees | Does it happen on any Tuesday? | Permission needed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| «The usual» | Don Jairo puts down the 12:30 guest's juice before he orders | Yes, for years | From the guest and from Don Jairo, in writing | CHOSEN: visible proof that people are known here |
| The remembered order | The server repeats a 4-dish order having written nothing down | Yes, with the regular team | From the team only | Runner-up: shoots next month |
| Grandfather's table | The chair is pulled close and that zone's music comes down | Yes, with older guests | From the guest if their face shows | Third |
| The doorway goodbye | The manager sees guests off by name | Sometimes, depends on the shift | — | DROPPED for authenticity: if it does not happen daily, the video overpromises |
SUPUESTO: no platform retention figure is used. The target below is set against the house's own booking average for the last 4 weeks; if that average comes from an unusual month, the target gets recalculated before publishing.
② The two-column script («The usual», 22 seconds)
| Sec. | WHAT THE CAMERA SEES | WHAT IS HEARD |
|---|---|---|
| 0-3 | A glass of lulo juice lands on a table where nobody has ordered. | Just the room's sound. Text: «He didn't order it.» |
| 3-10 | The guest looks up, smiles, waves at Don Jairo. | «Don Aldemar has had Tuesday lunch here since 2021. Nobody asks what he drinks anymore.» |
| 10-17 | Don Jairo walking back toward the kitchen, greeting another table on the way. | «You can't rehearse that. It's six years of coming and being known.» |
| 17-22 | The full table, the room alive. | «Sazón de Origen. Come twice and “the usual” will be yours too.» |
Consent card, settled before the shoot: written permission from Don Aldemar —a real, informed guest— and from Don Jairo; the manager asks on Monday, not the camera on Tuesday. No-faces plan B: only the hands and the glass — the gesture survives without the face.
Why it does not close on food: the close asks people to come back, not to order the star dish. A service video that ends on a plate teaches that «the usual» was the menu, and here «the usual» is that they know you.
The full example has 1 more part(s): you see them inside the library, with your account.