A Christmas Reel from One Blog Line
Turn one blog sentence into four beats. Hearth Bakery's line about closing at four is the whole cartoon, not a new topic per beat.
Turn one blog sentence into four beats. Hearth Bakery's sentence is that they close at four on Christmas Eve. Beat one is the hook with that fact. Beat two is the paper door. Beat three is the tin still on the counter. Beat four repeats the close. The sentence does not grow a second policy. The picture is a cartoon or a paper-cutout on one wooden board, and the pieces are drawings, not real people. The first three seconds carry one big hook title in the spoken language, unless on-screen text is off. At most one arrow. No blank grey strip. Approve the stills before motion. Start from the sentence you already wrote, and refuse every beat that is not inside it. Copy the line that they close at four on Christmas Eve, map the hook, the paper door, the paper tin, and the close, draw them on one wooden board, and approve before motion. The first three seconds show the English hook while the narrator says they close at four on Christmas Eve. A second policy, a forest, or a new character in any beat is rejected before posting. One idea, fifteen to forty-five seconds, and the pieces stay drawings.
Start with the sentence
Copy one line from the bakery's note: they close at four on Christmas Eve. Do not start from a mood board. Every beat has to be a piece of that sentence. If a beat introduces returns, a new character, or a forest, it is a different reel. One narrator speaks short lines taken from the same sentence. Four beats fit a practical cut of fifteen to forty-five seconds. The blog line is the script. Every beat has to be a piece of it, spoken by one narrator in short lines from that same sentence. The first three seconds show the hook while the narrator says they close at four on Christmas Eve. A beat about returns, or a forest, is the still you reject.
Map the four beats
The hook title, in English if the voice is English, states the close, unless on-screen text is off. Then a paper door, then the paper tin, then a hold on the same fact. At most one arrow points at the door or the tin, not both as a pair of arrows. One wooden board, no grey strip, no second background. The first three seconds are the hook, so the blog line is visible or spoken immediately. Map the beats in order: hook, then paper door, then paper tin, then a hold on the same fact. At most one arrow, on the door or the tin. The opening three seconds show the blog line as the hook while the narrator says they close at four on Christmas Eve. A pair of arrows, a grey strip, or a second background is refused.
Keep the drawing a drawing
Paper shapes are not photographs of staff or customers, and a cartoon is not a real person. Approve each beat's still before motion so the board and the single idea survive. If on-screen text is off, the narrator still opens with the blog sentence. The reel does not become a title card with no picture. The door and the tin stay on the wood. Paper shapes stay drawings. Approve each beat, and open with the blog sentence even when on-screen text is off. The first three seconds show the door and the tin on the wood while the narrator says they close at four on Christmas Eve. A title card with no picture, or a photograph of staff, is the frame you throw out.
A worked example
Hearth Bakery takes the blog line that they close at four on Christmas Eve and splits it into four paper beats on one wooden board: the English hook, the door, the tin on the counter, and the close again. One narrator, one arrow at most, no grey strip. The shapes are drawings, not people. The stills are approved before motion. Blog sentence, four beats, one arrow at most, then approval. The first three seconds show the English hook on the wooden board while the narrator says they close at four on Christmas Eve. A beat that adds a new policy is rejected before posting.
Before you post
- All four beats come from one sentence.
- The board stays wooden.
- The hook matches the spoken language.
Where Scro fits
Scro turns the line into a cartoon or a paper-cutout on one wooden board and keeps one idea. The first 3 seconds show one big hook title in the spoken language, unless on-screen text is off. Use at most one arrow, leave no blank grey strip, and approve the stills before motion. Approve the four stills, keep one idea on the board, and move the paper after every beat still comes from that one line. The first three seconds show the hook in the spoken language while the narrator says they close at four on Christmas Eve. A grey strip or a second sentence is rejected before posting. If the voice sounds real, the caption says it is AI.
Turn one line into four beats. Finished samples are on the examples page.
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