Only for a week
Monospace note typed out character by character on a dark strip. Stages: “I'm only using drugstore makeup for 30 days.” You tried something for a stretch of time or tested several options. Fits lines like “I'm only eating from the grocery store's cheapest shelf for a week.”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Only for a week" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/only-for-a-week/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'm only [doing constraint] for [timeframe], here's what happened.
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'm only [doing constraint] for [timeframe], here's what happened.
- Example lines
- I'm only using drugstore makeup for 30 days. · I'm only eating from the grocery store's cheapest shelf for a week. · I'm only using one lens for a month. · I'm only using public transport on this trip.
- Beats
- 0.0s Mono label 'challenge_01' fades in at the left edge. → 0.1s 'I'm only using drugstore makeup for 30 days' types out letter by letter. → 1.4s Receipt or product haul on screen as the line is spoken; cut to a first-day close-up at 2 s.
- Technique
- Challenge / experiment hook: Frame the video as an experiment or time-boxed test with an unknown outcome.
- Footage
- Man talking and gesturing, Pexels