A Question Becomes a Pixel-Art Collage
A 20-second narrated motion film turns an abstract question into rapid typography, pixel symbols, and a dissolving final word.
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Copies get_blueprint("REF-3002") for Claude. Connect Claude
Why it works
The opening keeps one question inside shot 1 while type jumps from huge cropped letters to a small complete line; the first hard cut waits until frame 47. Shots 4–8 compress the named values into five short alternating graphic cards, while shot 9's scattered symbols and the three short cards at frames 381–411 make the final word feel assembled from the visual language. The 76-frame final light field gives the thought room to resolve.
Blueprint
The first 2 of 15 plates are open. Claude reads the same plates over MCP.
Plate 01
The format in one breath
A reflective question starts as oversized type, resolves into a tiny line, and receives a terse spoken answer. Abstract values become original graphic symbols; those symbols finally assemble a word and disperse. The format sells a point of view through type, voice and a visual metaphor for {{PRODUCT}}.
Why it works
- (inferred) Shot 1 compresses poster, editorial and pixel type into 47 frames before a much longer shot 2 lets the question breathe.
- (inferred) The five fast cards in shots 4–8 turn spoken values into distinct objects while the ground alternates light and dark.
- (inferred) The payoff moves from the illustrated hand in shot 10 through three short symbol cards, then releases into shot 14's 76 frame field.
Plate 02
Format card
| Platform · aspect · length | X · 4:3 · 960×720 source · 1440×1080 build · 23.976 fps · 20.42 s |
| Pace | 14 shots, 13 transitions, 0.85 s median shot; nine hard cuts |
| Script | Narration-led · 25 spoken words; 93 wpm across the film, about 160 wpm while speaking. Cuts answer phrases, while the measured beat grid is secondary. |
| Voice | Original adult voice, medium register, reflective, animated pitch and deliberate gaps |
| On screen | Kinetic type, anonymous silhouette and hand, original pixel-symbol collage; no UI |
| Type | Five measured cap-height levels: 193, 62–70, 49, 35, 29 px at 1080p; mostly lowercase sans, with extreme opening display type |
| Sound | Tonal bed with an 89.1 BPM pulse; phrase and graphic accents; X target −14 LUFS, ≤ −1 dBTP |
| Structure | Six beats; symbol and word payoff in shots 11–13; quiet release in shot 14. Add a text CTA in the adaptation. |
Tools you'll need: Remotion for motion graphics · ElevenLabs or a recorded voice · 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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