Tuck: Money Disappears, Savings Appear
A 29-second animated app film turns disappearing money into a colourful path toward one simple savings action.
By @motionimo for TuckSource onlineOriginal post ↗
Copies get_blueprint("REF-4668") for Claude. Connect Claude
Why it works
The first 1.75 seconds make an abstract money problem visible through a diagonal gradient trail, white arrow and typed phrase. Four rapid scene changes by 0:08 move from buying cues to savings shapes, then a single card action at 0:16–0:20 makes the product tangible. A 1.58-second pause before the name at 0:24 gives the sparse end card room to land.
Blueprint
The first 2 of 15 plates are open. Claude reads the same plates over MCP.
Plate 01
The format in one breath
An abstract, designed product film turns small everyday losses into something tangible: a coloured streak shoots away, buying cues appear, and the product quietly redirects that energy into a simple action. The payoff is a product interaction at about 0:16 and a spacious wordmark at 0:25.
Why it works
- The opening makes an invisible problem visible within 1 second: a bright diagonal arrow grows while a short phrase types onto a neutral grey field (0:00–0:01.75).
- Each metaphor gets its own environment: laptop by 0:02, commerce imagery by 0:05, abstract savings tokens by 0:12, and a card interaction by 0:18.
- A 1.58-second measured pause precedes the final product name at 0:24, allowing the logo to feel like the answer rather than another feature label.
Plate 02
Format card
| Reference | |
|---|---|
| Platform · aspect · length | X · 1280×720 / 16:9 · 29.2 s · 24 fps |
| Pace | 7 measured shots, 6 cuts, 12.3 cuts/min; mean shot 4.17 s, median 2.33 s; long final two shots carry continuous animation |
| Script | 34 spoken words, 6 short sentences; 83 wpm across the film, about 115 wpm while speaking |
| Voice | One bright, conversational narrator in a high register; playful emphasis and generous pauses |
| On screen | 100% designed motion graphics; 3D-like objects, stylized product UI, kinetic type; no human footage |
| Captions | No dialogue subtitles; one small black italic typed hook line, then sparse UI and brand text |
| Sound | Continuous tonal/music-like bed (inferred electronic); sharp accents around all 6 detected cuts; intentionally quieter ending |
| Structure | Problem → examples → product turn → small-action proof → relief → brand sign-off |
Tools you'll need: Remotion for motion graphics · Blender for 3D · ElevenLabs or a recorded voice · 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 sheet, the same ones Claude reads over MCP.
Shots1 sheet
one frame per shot
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
- 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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