
Preset
Hook score
Send one finished video and get a Hook Score out of 100: how well the first three seconds stop the scroll, the pacing, the words on screen and the call to action. You get the strongest second, notes on your first frame and three fixes you can make today, then the option to make a stronger version.
- Best for
- Creators and brands checking an ad, a Reel, a TikTok, a Short or a YouTube intro before it goes out
- Output
- Video
- Time
- 2 to 5 minutes
- Credits
- Priced on the review card before it runs
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How to use it
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Your video
Add one video from your device or your Library. One finished clip. The first three seconds get the closest look, then the pacing, the words on screen and the call to action.
What is it for?
Pick one. The score weighs the hook, pacing, words on screen and call to action differently for each.
- Ad
- Organic short
- YouTube intro
Anything we should know?Optional
Write it in your own words. Who it is for, the offer, or the words you meant to say. You can skip this.
For example: New customers, 20 percent off this week
Create
Press Create and NOLGIA Agent makes your video from your answers, in the chat, and saves it to your Library. It takes 2 to 5 minutes.
About this preset
Hook score reads one finished clip the way an editor would and gives it back as a number you can act on. It looks hardest at the first three seconds, the part that decides whether anyone sees the rest, then at the pacing, the words on screen and the call to action. Twenty checks, each scored against the same rubric every time, weighted for what the clip is for: an ad, an organic short or a YouTube intro.
It is a rubric review of the craft, not a guess at how many views you will get. Nobody can promise reach. What this can tell you is whether the opening frame stops a thumb, whether the first words open a question, whether a muted viewer understands anything, where the clip peaks, and what to change first.
What you get back: the score out of 100 and what band it sits in, one plain sentence for each of the four areas, the strongest second of the clip and what happens there, two to four sentences on your first frame with the frame itself, and three fixes ranked by how many points they win back. Each fix names a time in the clip, the change, and how to make it. Then you can take it further in one tap: a text hook and captions, a tighter cut, or a new opening shot with a stronger spoken line, and the new version gets scored beside the old one.
An example, a ten second creator review ad scored on the NOLGIA account:
Hook score 36 out of 100, rework the opening. Hook, first 3 s: 24 of 40, voice and product land at 0.15 s, but there is no text on screen and the opening line names the topic without a gap. Pacing: 6 of 20, one continuous take with no new action for five seconds, two silences over a second, and a 1.76 s silent ending. On-screen text: 4 of 20, no captions at all. Call to action: 2 of 20, the product is held up but nothing is ever asked of the viewer. Peak second: 0 s, the strongest picture and the loudest moment are both on the first frame. The three fixes: a bold headline plus captions from 0.0 s, a call to action card at 7.5 s, and a trim of the silent 1.76 s at the end.
Scoring makes nothing new, so it spends no generation credits. Only a new opening shot generates video, and that is quoted before anything is made.
Use cases
- Checking an ad's first three seconds before you put money behind it
- Choosing between two openings of the same Reel
- Finding the dead air in a TikTok or a Short before you post it
- Tightening a YouTube intro so viewers stay for the video
- Reviewing a creator's delivered ad against your brief
Examples
Made with this preset, with the prompt behind each one.
Energy drink ad, 10 s: 32 of 100 for an ad. Voice on the very first frame and a concrete claim, but no on-screen text, no call to action and a 2.5 second gap at 5.9s.
UGC iPhone aesthetic, filmed in the place described under THE SETTING below, soft neutral daylight, photoreal. Framed from the mid chest up at phone arm's length, the presenter's whole head and shoulders inside the frame with room above the hair. The clip opens ALREADY MID MOMENT: the presenter is mid gesture holding the cold can up beside the shoulder, the whole can visible inside the frame, the first word landing on the very first frame. The presenter speaks to camera in a relaxed upbeat voice with natural room tone, opening with the line under THE HOOK below spoken word for word on the very first frame, then cracking the tab with an audible snap and hiss, taking one sip and saying clearly: Okay that is so much better cold. Genuine reactions, lively but human, never staged screaming energy. No on-screen text, no captions, no watermark, no brand logos, no beauty filter, no cinematic grade, no extra hands. The presenter's skin shows visible fine texture with natural pores and subtle asymmetries, slightly uneven natural makeup, matte to natural complexion, no beauty filter, no digital smoothing, naturally muted catchlights in the eyes, never glowing irises. THE PRESENTER (@Image1): Jonah Reyes, a 20 year old Mexican American man with light tan skin, a few faint acne marks on the cheeks, a soft jawline, dark brown eyes, an easy lopsided grin; dark brown loose curls falling over the forehead, grown out, natural matte finish; average height slim build, 5 foot 9; wearing a faded burgundy thrifted crewneck sweatshirt over a white tee showing at the collar; a beaded surf style necklace and a silver hoop in the left ear. Matches @Image1 exactly. THE HOOK: I drank four of these yesterday. THE SETTING: a student flat kitchen, a plain wall and an open fridge door just out of the way behind the presenter. THE PRODUCT (@Image2): a slim tall aluminium drinks can in bright citrus yellow with brushed metal rims, about 15 cm tall and narrow, a plain silver pull tab, faint condensation beads on the cold metal, completely unbranded with no printed label and no lettering of any kind. Matches @Image2 exactly; do not redesign, restyle, recolor or reinterpret it.
Milk frother tutorial, 15 s: 44 of 100 for an organic short. Three clear steps and the product legible on frame one, nothing burned in and a 3.4 second wait at 8.4s.
UGC iPhone aesthetic, filmed in the place described under THE SETTING below, soft neutral daylight, photoreal, the phone propped at chest height in a locked-off vertical frame so both of the presenter's hands are free. A short how to tutorial in which the presenter shows the viewer how to use one product, step by step. The clip opens ALREADY MID MOMENT with the presenter holding the product up to the lens, the first word landing on the very first frame, saying clearly: Here is how to use this. Then the presenter works through the steps listed under THE STEPS below, in order, one clear hand action per step, the hands and the product always in frame and in focus, naming each step out loud in a few plain words as it happens, the result of each step visible before the next begins. It ends on the finished cup held up to the lens, the presenter smiling and saying: And that is it. Exactly one product, with realistic weight and scale in the presenter's hands. Natural room audio, the presenter's real voice, no music. No on-screen text, no captions, no watermark, no brand logos, no beauty filter, no cinematic grade, no extra hands. The presenter's skin shows visible fine texture with natural pores and subtle asymmetries, slightly uneven natural makeup, matte to natural complexion, no beauty filter, no digital smoothing, naturally muted catchlights in the eyes, never glowing irises. THE PRESENTER (@Image1): Theo Laurent, a 33 year old French man with light skin and a faint tan, a long face with a strong chin, light stubble, green grey eyes, a slightly crooked nose, a cool unbothered expression; tousled medium brown hair with day two texture pushed back off the forehead; lean rangy build, 6 foot 2. Matches @Image1 exactly. THE STEPS: pour cold milk into the jug up to the line, press the button once and wait for the foam, then pour the foam over a fresh coffee. THE SETTING: a bright modern kitchen, the presenter standing at the counter with the product on the worktop in front of them. THE PRODUCT (@Image2): a matte white countertop electric milk frother, about 20 cm tall, a tapered cylindrical jug with a small pouring lip, a slim black silicone handle, a soft domed lid and a single round brushed silver button on the front, standing on a matching low circular base, completely unbranded with no lettering of any kind. Matches @Image2 exactly; do not redesign, restyle, recolor or reinterpret it.
Cover reveal, 4 s: 55 of 100 for a YouTube intro. The lettering is sharp but lands at 2 s, there is no sound and no reason given to stay.
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Agent ability
NOLGIA Agent runs this preset with the video-scorecard ability from the marketplace.
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