Six months ago
Left-aligned lower-third: kicker, big headline, quiet sub-line. Stages: “Six months ago my skin was the worst it had ever been.” You have a personal story or a scene with tension to lead with. Fits lines like “Six months ago I was sleeping four hours a night.”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Six months ago" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/six-months-ago/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: [Time period] ago, I was dealing with [relatable struggle].
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
- [Time period] ago, I was dealing with [relatable struggle].
- Example lines
- Six months ago my skin was the worst it had ever been. · Six months ago I was sleeping four hours a night. · Six months ago I was working three jobs. · Six months ago I couldn't edit a video.
- Beats
- 0.0s Kicker 'six months ago' slides in from the left. → 0.1s Headline 'My skin was the worst it had ever been' slides in with an expo ease. → 0.6s Sub-line 'here's what I did' fades in. → 1.4s Archival-style phone clip from six months ago in the background; speaker's current self cuts in at 1.5 s.
- Technique
- Story cold open hook: In medias res: drop into a moment with stakes before any context.
- Footage
- Man talking and gesturing, Pexels