B-Roll Suggester

What is B-Roll Suggester?

B-Roll Suggester is an AI tool that watches your talking-head or static video and tells you exactly where it needs cutaways, then suggests specific b-roll to fill each moment. You upload a video and the AI finds the stretches that sit too long on one shot, identifies what is being said or shown, and proposes concrete visuals (specific shots, screen recordings, graphics, archival, or stock ideas) for each spot. A talking head with no visual variety loses the eye fast, but figuring out what to cut to, and when, is the slow part of editing. This tool does that planning for you. It rates how visually varied the video is, flags the long static stretches and the points that are told but never shown, and builds a b-roll plan: a moment-by-moment shot list with timing and length suggestions. It reads your notes about the footage you already have so the suggestions are things you can actually use, not a wish list, and it names the one visual change that would do the most to keep viewers watching.

How B-Roll Suggester Works

Upload your video and add notes about the topic and the footage or assets you already have, so the suggestions are practical rather than aspirational. The AI watches for visual variety: how much the frame changes versus sitting on one locked or talking-head shot. It measures how long the static stretches run, notes any cutaways already used well, and counts the moments that are begging for a visual. The core output is a b-roll plan that walks through the video and, for each spot that needs a cutaway, gives you roughly when it occurs, what is being said or shown there, one to three concrete b-roll or visual ideas, and how long the cutaway should run. It also scores the overall visual variety, flags the worst dead visual moments by severity, and names the single highest-leverage visual change. Telling it what you have on hand keeps the suggestions to shots you can actually grab.

Benefits of B-Roll Suggester

• Get a moment-by-moment b-roll plan instead of staring at a talking head wondering what to cut to.
• Find the long static stretches that lose the viewer's eye and need a cutaway.
• Receive specific shot ideas (screen recordings, graphics, stock, archival) rather than a vague add b-roll.
• See which points are told but never shown, so you can show them instead.
• Get timing and length suggestions for each cutaway, not just what but when and how long.
• Base suggestions on footage you already have so the plan is actually doable.
• Lift visual variety, which keeps attention and watch time up.

Tips for Best Results

• Tell the AI what footage and assets you already have so it suggests shots you can actually use.
• Name the topic so the b-roll ideas are relevant rather than generic.
• Start with the longest static stretches, since those lose the eye fastest.
• Use the timing notes to drop cutaways exactly where attention dips.
• Treat the shot list as a starting point and swap in better footage when you have it.
• Show the things you currently only talk about, the AI flags those moments for you.
• Re-run after adding b-roll to confirm the visual-variety score improved.

Popular Use Cases

• Talking-head creators who need cutaway ideas to break up a static shot.
• Editors building a b-roll shot list before a footage-gathering or stock-licensing session.
• Educators and explainers turning told points into shown visuals.
• Solo creators without a producer who need a quick visual plan for an edit.
• Podcasters repurposing audio-first video who need cutaways to make it watchable.
• New editors learning when and what to cut away to from real examples.
• Teams planning a shoot who want to know which b-roll to capture in advance.