Tight open that settles, ghosted caps

The first frame is a close crop that eases outward over about 1.2 s; condensed uppercase captions start at 0.1 s with upcoming words ghosted; the framing then stays still. Luxury, menswear and minimal lifestyle talking heads.

Open my video with this hook: "Tight open that settles, ghosted caps" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/tight-open-settle-ghost-caps-hook-e6x/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 3s 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: 'Take [thing] for example, [my story]' as tall caps, left aligned.
Pair with captions preset condensed-caps-ghost-future-words (https://24fps.dev/video-editor/captions/condensed-caps-ghost-future-words/preset.json); the captions kind takes script as [{ w, s, e, emph }], plus karaoke and activeColor.
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
'Take [thing] for example, [my story]' as tall caps, left aligned.
Example lines
Take this necklace for example, my grandmother wore it · You know how I adapt a few key pieces for different occasions · But minimalism helped me focus
Beats
0.0s Crop eases from about 1.6-1.9x to 1.04x (expo out). → 0.1s First caps word fades in left aligned at y about 0.7; faint upcoming words behind. → 0.4s Words fill in white as spoken, line 2 enters when line 1 is full. → 1.2s Static framing; no cuts until a reframe at about 4 s.
Same idea
Also called: Archive (AI Edit)
Technique
Edit device observed in the AI caption app sample clips
Footage
Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

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