# How to Ask for a Video

Malinké Productions · malinkeproductions.com/how-to-ask
Checked on October 14, 2026

Say it the way you'd say it to a friend.

A voice memo is enough. So is a text. You don't need the right words; we have those.

A finished request. Four things, any order.

It's for Instagram, for my salon. I need it by the 20th. Here's my Instagram and my booking page. I want it calm. 02 between the photos and 08 on the word 'book'.

Sent as a voice memo · 19 seconds

## The four things

### Tell us these four things, in any order.

The numbers match the example above. That's the whole request; a voice memo that covers them is a perfect brief.

1. What it's for: Who sees it, and where: Instagram, your website, a competition, the screen in your shop.
2. When you need it: The real date. If there isn't one, say so.
3. What you already have: Links to your pages, and the pictures and words you already use. You don't have to make anything new.
4. What it should feel like: In your own words: calm, bold, quick, warm. Or point at the cheat sheet (https://malinkeproductions.com/cheat-sheet/) and send us numbers.

## What you don't need

### Leave these out. We do them.

- A script.
- New photos.
- The names of cuts and transitions.
- A design.

## If your AI writes it

### Let your AI write it for you.

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Siri, whichever you use. Lots of people do. Two ways, pick one.

### The quick way

Paste this into your AI

I'm asking Malinké Productions for a video. They make it from pictures and words I already have. Write my request in under 150 words, as four short parts: what it's for and where it will be seen; when I need it; what I'm sending them (links, pictures, words); what it should feel like. Keep my own words where you can. If I describe a move, use its number from their cheat sheet, the plain-text copy at malinkeproductions.com/cheat-sheet.md. If you can't open links, ask me to paste it.

### The better way

Give your AI the whole page we wrote for it. It knows your business; this tells it what we need and how to ask you for it without wearing you out.

The whole page for your AI: https://malinkeproductions.com/for-your-assistant.md

## Where to send it

### Two places. Either works.

1. Reply to the email we sent you: Type it, or attach a voice memo. It lands on your project.
2. Or use the form on our site: Send your links at malinkeproductions.com (https://malinkeproductions.com/#start). There's a box for your words.

Then: We reply by email with what we would make and what it costs. No call needed.

## If it didn't work

### Email us instead.

Write to team@malinkeproductions.com. A voice memo is fine. So is a photo of a note.

## Resources

### Help that isn't us.

Free, and from the people who make the phones, or who teach this for a living.

- Apple's own steps for sharing photos from an iPhone. (https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/share-photos-and-videos-iphf28f17237/ios)
- Google's steps for sharing photos and making a link in Google Photos. (https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6131416)
- Google's steps for sharing a Drive folder with anyone who has the link. (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7166529)
- AARP and Senior Planet: free live classes on using a smartphone. (https://www.aarp.org/personal-technology/senior-planet-and-aarp-online-classes/)
- Cyber-Seniors: free one-on-one tech help, by phone or video. (https://cyberseniors.org/about/)
- Find your public library. Most offer free tech help; ask at the desk. (https://www.usa.gov/libraries)
- Today at Apple: sessions in Apple stores. (https://www.apple.com/today/)

Not sure what to send? Send what you have. We'll show you a few and you pick.

## Sources

- Apple's own steps for sharing photos from an iPhone: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/share-photos-and-videos-iphf28f17237/ios (checked on October 14, 2026)
- Google's steps for sharing photos and making a link in Google Photos: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6131416 (checked on October 14, 2026)
- Google's steps for sharing a Drive folder with anyone who has the link: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7166529 (checked on October 14, 2026)
- AARP and Senior Planet: free live classes on using a smartphone: https://www.aarp.org/personal-technology/senior-planet-and-aarp-online-classes/ (checked on October 14, 2026)
- Cyber-Seniors: free one-on-one tech help, by phone or video: https://cyberseniors.org/about/ (checked on October 14, 2026)
- Find your public library. Most offer free tech help; ask at the desk: https://www.usa.gov/libraries (checked on October 14, 2026)
- Today at Apple: sessions in Apple stores: https://www.apple.com/today/ (checked on October 14, 2026)

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