Giant question behind head

Giant word tucked behind the speaker with a small boxed caption in front. Stages: “WHY does every diet fail by February?” The first frame needs to look different from the feed. Fits lines like “HOW do pilots beat jet lag?”.

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Open my video with this hook: "Giant question behind head" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/giant-question-behind-head/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, fg }: 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.
This look needs a cut-out of the person: fg is a second copy of my video with the background removed (video with alpha, e.g. WebM VP9 or HEVC with alpha; e.g. npx hyperframes remove-background clip.mp4 -o clip.fg.webm, or any person-segmentation tool such as rembg or MediaPipe), stacked above the other clips.
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: [Question word] stacked huge behind the speaker with the question in front.
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: [Question word] stacked huge behind the speaker with the question in front.
Example lines: WHY does every diet fail by February? · HOW do pilots beat jet lag? · WHAT is a good credit score? · WHEN should you book a flight?
Beats: 0.0s Giant 'WHY' scales up behind the speaker's head and shoulders (cut-out layer in front). → 0.3s Tiny label 'the real reason' fades in at the top. → 0.6s Boxed caption 'does every diet fail by February?' pops in low-frame. → 1.4s Big question word behind, speaker begins the question halfway through the scale-in so the voice rides the motion.
Technique: Visual pattern interrupt hook: Break feed rhythm with an unexpected visual, sound or staging paired with a line.
Footage: Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

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