More meetings won't fix it

Giant faded quote mark behind a word-by-word serif quote. Stages: “More meetings won't fix a communication problem.” You have a defensible counter-take on common advice. Fits lines like “More diets won't fix a consistency problem.”.

Open my video with this hook: "More meetings won't fix it" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/more-meetings-won-t-fix-it/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: More [action] won't fix a [root-cause] problem.
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
More [action] won't fix a [root-cause] problem.
Example lines
More meetings won't fix a communication problem. · More diets won't fix a consistency problem. · More tools won't fix a focus problem. · More filters won't fix a lighting problem.
Beats
0.0s Big quote mark scales in behind. → 0.1s Quote 'More meetings won't fix a communication problem' fades in word by word. → 1.0s Attribution 'every manager, eventually' fades in. → 1.4s Office B-roll for the first second, hard cut to the speaker on 'problem' so the word has a visual punch.
Technique
Contrarian hook: Challenge a belief the viewer holds so they stay to see if it's true.
Footage
Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

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