Too close lens
A quiet serif line fades away, then a big reveal word slams in. Stages: “Okay, I need to tell you something.” The first frame needs to look different from the feed. Fits lines like “Come closer. This is important.”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Too close lens" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/too-close-lens/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: Speaker's face is far too close to the lens for the first second.
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
- Speaker's face is far too close to the lens for the first second.
- Example lines
- Okay, I need to tell you something. · Come closer. This is important. · Don't tell anyone, but... · Shh. Listen.
- Beats
- 0.0s Quiet line 'come closer...' fades in and out. → 0.9s 'Okay, listen' slams in huge. → 1.1s 'this is important' fades in under it. → 1.4s Wide-angle selfie with the face almost touching the lens, then a snap-back to a normal distance at 1 s.
- 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