Jump-cut close-up, then serif title behind the speaker

A wide first shot lasts 0.17 s, a hard jump cut punches in to a close-up, pill captions start at 0.25 s and a two-part serif title (caps word over an italic word) fades up behind the speaker at 0.5 s and stays about 2.5 s. Property, interiors and lifestyle openers that need an editorial title in the first second.

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Open my video with this hook: "Jump-cut close-up, then serif title behind the speaker" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/jump-cut-then-serif-title-behind-subject-hook-e3x/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 5s 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: [hard jump-cut close-up at 0.15 s] + [When I + milestone], [lesson]; title = [CAPS WORD over italic word] taken from the first noun phrase
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: [hard jump-cut close-up at 0.15 s] + [When I + milestone], [lesson]; title = [CAPS WORD over italic word] taken from the first noun phrase
Example lines: When I bought my first home, I realized quickly that you need a solid team · As a first-time home buyer, I'm trying to look past the staging · Notice the sleek marble fireplace and the custom built-in bar
Beats: 0.0s wide opening frame → 0.2s hard jump cut to a roughly 1.7x close-up → 0.3s cream pill caption fades in on the first words → 0.5s serif title fades in with a short defocus, caps word behind the head, italic word in front → 0.8s title holds while pill captions advance; it fades out at about 3.0-3.3 s
Same idea: Also called: Linen (AI Edit)
Footage: Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

"For me" with a script title revealA tight serif caption starts alone, then a large script title with a sparkle and a tiny stacked tagline blurs in behind the speaker at about 0.7 s.Edit passHookCut-out

Keyword blur card with a settling zoomThe clip eases out from a tight crop while the first keyword blurs into a glowing cream caps card at 0.5 s, followed by a tiny orange label at 1.2 s.Edit passHook

Dark fade-up, red keyword, flashThe clip rises from near black while bold red caption words and a letter-spaced glowing keyword reveal, then a prismatic white leak flashes at about 1.1 s.Edit passHook

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