Shorts grow a channel, but long videos are where most YouTube income comes from: they hold viewers longer, and longer videos can carry more ads. A faceless long video needs a script that holds attention for minutes, a steady voice, and a picture for every few lines.
TallyReel makes long videos as well as short ones. In the web app you can make wide 16:9 videos up to 3 minutes on Starter, 5 on Plus and 15 on Pro, and the TallyReel Studio desktop app makes them up to 15 minutes with no credits. This page covers how a long video gets made, 34 ideas that suit long form, two openings to copy and the common questions.
Updated 12 October 2026 ยท by Danish, who makes TallyReel
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Scripts you can copy
About 30 seconds each when read aloud. Paste one into TallyReel as your own script, or change the details first.
Script 1
How the Great Pyramid Was Built (opening)
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Four and a half thousand years ago, without iron tools or wheels, people built a mountain.
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Two million stone blocks. Some heavier than a truck.
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For centuries people guessed: slaves, giants, even visitors from the stars.
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The real answer was found in a workers' town, a papyrus diary, and a ramp.
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In the next ten minutes we'll follow one block from the quarry to the top.
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And by the end, you'll see why this was the greatest project of its age.
Script 2
Three Stories From the Night Shift (opening)
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Night shifts are quiet. That's what everyone tells you before your first one.
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Tonight, three people tell us what they saw when nobody else was awake.
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A security guard with one strange rule.
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A nurse who answered a call from an empty room.
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And a truck driver who picked up the same hitchhiker twice.
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Get comfortable. The first story starts at midnight.
How a long video gets made
Long videos are wide 16:9, made for YouTube's main feed, the TV app and suggested videos.
1. Pick a length. The web app makes videos up to 3 minutes on Starter, 5 on Plus and 15 on Pro, using 100 credits a minute of stock video, about 207 with AI pictures. The Studio desktop app makes long YouTube videos of any length, with no credits.
2. Type a topic, or paste your own script for a long story or explainer.
3. Read and edit the script in scenes. A long video still needs a hook in the first line and a promise of what the viewer will get.
4. Pick the visuals: stock footage, AI pictures in one look for the whole video, or your own clips.
5. Pick a voice and music. One steady voice across the whole video matters more in long form than in Shorts.
6. Fix any single scene afterwards without remaking the whole video, then post it to YouTube or download it.
What makes a long faceless video hold attention
Open with the most interesting moment, not the background. Tell the viewer in the first 20 seconds what they will know by the end. Then move in chapters: every minute or two, a new question, a new place or a new character. Long videos lose people at the slow parts, so cut anything a viewer could skip.
Compilations are an easy way into long form: three scary stories, five heists, four bedtime tales. Each story already has its own hook, and the format gives viewers a reason to stay for the next one.
Shorts and long videos together
The two work best as a pair. Post Shorts to reach new people, and point them at a long video on the same topic. Turn the best minute of a long video into a Short, and make a long video from a Short that did well. TallyReel makes both, so one idea can become a Short today and a long video this weekend.
Questions
Can AI make a 10 minute YouTube video?
Yes. The TallyReel Studio desktop app makes long YouTube videos of any length. The web app makes videos up to 3 minutes on Starter, 5 on Plus and 15 on Pro.
Are long faceless videos better for monetization?
Long videos can carry more ads and count toward watch hours, so they usually earn more per view than Shorts. YouTube still requires original, valuable content to monetize.
What size are long videos?
Long videos are made in wide 16:9, the standard for YouTube's main feed and TV app. Shorts are made in tall 9:16.
Can I make long videos on the free plan?
The free plan makes shorts. Long videos need a paid plan (up to 3 minutes on Starter, 5 on Plus, 15 on Pro) or Studio (any length).
Type the idea into TallyReel, read the script, and it makes the video for you: in the browser, on your phone, or in Studio on your own computer. Start on the free plan.