Claude's 15-Second Motion Design Showreel
A music-led AI-made showreel that builds a mark, switches graphic systems, and ends in a rapid title burst.
By @stephanlivera for ClaudeSource onlineOriginal post ↗
Copies get_blueprint("REF-0005") for Claude. Connect Claude
Why it works
The mark grows within shot 1 before the frame-113 transition, so the opening rewards attention without an early cut. Contrasting chart, geometry and texture studies give way to four brief shots at frames 675–785, then the end-card identity starts at frame 786. The 128.02 BPM bed provides energy while zero of nine shot boundaries land within 1.5 frames of a beat, leaving the picture in charge.
The prompt it was made from
Made with Claude Opus 5.5 from this prompt, word for word. Prompt by @shneural ↗
make a dynamic 15-second motion graphics video that shows what an incredible motion designer you are, like it's your showreel for a résumé. go all out.
Blueprint
The first 2 of 15 plates are open. Claude reads the same plates over MCP.
Plate 01
The format in one breath
A tiny visual seed develops into an identity, then the film proves motion craft through distinct graphic studies. A compressed run of type cards resolves into a branded end card. Its engine is visual transformation and contrast.
Why it works
- The mark grows within shot 1 before the first boundary at frame 113, making a single shot feel eventful.
- Shots 3–5 change graphic systems while the same technical edge treatment holds the reel together.
- Shots 6–9 compress into four short cards before shot 10 gives the identity room to register.
Plate 02
Format card
| Platform · aspect · length | X · 16:9 · source 1280×720 · deliver 1920×1080 · 60 fps · 15.02 s |
| Pace | 10 shots · median 1.72 s · dense final card run |
| Script | Picture-led · wordless; changes in shape and type set timing. The steady music pulse supports them, but cuts do not follow its beat grid. |
| Voice | None |
| On screen | Designed vector mark, giant type, chart, geometry, procedural texture, type burst, end card |
| Type | Eight measured cap-height levels in plate 6; display caps dominate, tiny type decorates |
| Sound | Tonal electronic bed, 128.02 BPM; accents on picture events; reference −13.1 LUFS |
| Structure | Seven beats · end card begins with shot 10 |
Tools you'll need: Remotion for motion graphics · a licensed or generated music track · Claude alone: yes
Frame sheets
Frame by frame
Stills taken at measured moments, each labelled with its time. Claude gets the same sheets over MCP.
Every frame sheet is Pro
The hook sheet is open. Pro adds the shots, timeline and transitions sheets, the same ones Claude reads over MCP.
Shots1 sheet
one frame per shot
Timeline2 sheets
the whole film at fixed steps
Transitions4 sheets
every frame around each cut and in-shot change
The rest of the blueprint is Pro
Plates 03 to 15 and the recipe: the timed shots, type and sound specs, and a prompt Claude can run.
Open the full blueprintPro is $16 a month or $120 a year.
- 03The hook, frame by frame (first 3 seconds)
- 04Structure (beat sheet)
- 05Shot grammar
- 06Visual style guide
- 07Voice and delivery
- 08Sound design
- 09Packaging
- 10Script template
- 11Production plan
- 12Prompts
- 13Edit recipe
- 14QA checklist
- 15Make it yours
- Recipe: the runnable prompt
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