Should you
Two contenders stacked with a VS badge between them. Stages: “Should you rent or buy in this market?” The video answers a question the viewer would plausibly have. Fits lines like “Should you cut or bulk first?”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Should you" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/should-you/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: Should you [common decision] or [alternative]?
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
- Should you [common decision] or [alternative]?
- Example lines
- Should you rent or buy in this market? · Should you cut or bulk first? · Should you travel now or save first? · Should you go freelance or stay employed?
- Beats
- 0.0s 'rent' slides in from the left on top. → 0.2s 'buy' slides in from the right below, in the accent colour. → 0.4s VS badge pops between them. → 1.4s Scale or crossroads visual idea; speaker gestures left then right on the two options; answer teased for 3 s.
- Technique
- Question hook: A specific question starts the viewer answering in their head.
- Footage
- Man talking and gesturing, Pexels