Paper sign hold up
Handwritten sticky note slapped on screen, with an optional tag. Stages: “HEY! YOU THERE! This one is for you.” The first frame needs to look different from the feed. Fits lines like “WAIT. Read this before you book.”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Paper sign hold up" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/paper-sign-hold-up/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: Hold up a sign to the lens before speaking.
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
- Hold up a sign to the lens before speaking.
- Example lines
- HEY! YOU THERE! This one is for you. · WAIT. Read this before you book. · PSST. Your stand is too low. · LOOK. This is the whole trick.
- Beats
- 0.0s Yellow note 'HEY! YOU THERE!' pops in, tilted. → 0.5s Tag 'this is for you' pops on its corner. → 1.4s Speaker holds a handwritten sign right at the lens, stares silently for 1 s; paper rustle; then drops the sign and speaks.
- 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