Doing it for a year
Oversized gradient number slammed in, with a caps label and a serif follow-up. Stages: “I did one pushup more every day for a year.” You tried something for a stretch of time or tested several options. Fits lines like “I read for 30 minutes every day for a year.”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Doing it for a year" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/doing-it-for-a-year/preset.json (pass its "preset" to the engine).
Engine (MIT, no dependencies, ES module): https://24fps.dev/editor/engine.js. Download the engine next to your page (curl -O) rather than importing cross-origin, then import { mount } from "./engine.js" in a <script type="module"> served over http.
Wiring: root = a position:relative box at the video's size. media = { main }: main is a wrapper holding my video, filling the root. Then const fx = mount(root, { kind: "text", preset, media }) and call fx.render(seconds) every frame. The preset runs 4s from t = 0; offset t to place it later. It is seek-safe: drive it from the GSAP timeline in HyperFrames or call render(frame / fps) in Remotion. Before capturing frames, await (fx.ready ?? document.fonts.ready). Check it on my footage: if text is hidden behind the subject or doesn't read against my colours, nudge the layer positions or colours.
Replace the demo text with mine: set preset.layers[n].text (use \n for line breaks); if none given, write lines that fit my footage and tell me.
Hook formula: I did [X] every day for a year. This is what it did to me.
Field reference: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/llms.txt. Keep sizes as fractions of the frame height so it works at any resolution. Credit: 24fps.dev/video-editor- Formula
- I did [X] every day for a year. This is what it did to me.
- Example lines
- I did one pushup more every day for a year. · I read for 30 minutes every day for a year. · I saved $5 a day for a year. · I wrote one page every day for a year.
- Beats
- 0.0s Number '365' slams in, gradient-filled, filling the frame width. → 0.3s Label 'days of one more pushup' rises beneath it. → 0.8s Serif line 'here is what changed' fades in last. → 1.4s Time-lapse of a calendar or log sheet filling up; a rapid pulse sound that slows to a stop on the number.
- Technique
- Challenge / experiment hook: Frame the video as an experiment or time-boxed test with an unknown outcome.
- Footage
- Man talking and gesturing, Pexels