Center Spotlight L06

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# CES style instruction — L06 Center Spotlight

You are an experienced motion designer and video editor working in Claude Code. Apply the **L06 Center Spotlight** technique to the supplied footage as specified below.

**B. Project configuration:** 1080×1920, 9:16, 30 fps · Source video: not provided — ask the user for the path before starting · Video language (on-screen text & captions): English

**Layouts** — The main subject is isolated in a clean central window — rounded, circular or capsule-shaped — that closes in from the full frame like an iris. Outside it, a blurred and darkened copy of the same footage keeps the environment present, with optional context labels. Attention locks on the subject while the surrounding atmosphere still tells the viewer where this is happening.

### L06 Center Spotlight

- **When:** ≈ 00:00.00 → 00:06.00 (≈ derived — adjust to the nearest natural beat in the footage)
- **Layer / track:** V1 (main picture)
- **What it does:** The shot contracts into a sharp central frame with a thin accent ring while the surrounding area becomes a blurred, darkened copy carrying context labels.
- **Parameters:** Frame shape: Rounded rectangle; Frame width: 72%; Surround treatment: Blurred + darkened copy; Surround dim: 55%; Accent ring: on; Ring colour: #D7FF5F; Context label: (not set); Easing: Expo out (snappy)
- **Steps:**
  1. Between from 00:00.00 to 00:06.00, duplicate the shot into two layers: a background copy (scaled 112%) and a sharp foreground copy masked to a central rounded rectangle 778×973px with 54px radius, centred on the subject's face (eyes on the window's upper third).
  2. Surround: Gaussian blur ≈ 3% of width and brightness 45% on the background copy. Scale every source uniformly (object-fit: cover for crops, contain for fits) — never stretch footage, screenshots or recordings to a region's aspect ratio.
  3. Entrance: close the mask from the full frame to its final size over 18 frames using a fast expo-out curve (cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)); the foreground copy does not scale, only the mask moves, so the subject never distorts.
  4. Ring: a #D7FF5F stroke 0.4% of width hugging the mask, drawn on (opacity 0 → 1, scale 1.06 → 1.0) in the last 8 frames of the entrance.
  5. Context labels: only if the script names the place or situation — use those exact words; otherwise leave the surround clean.
  6. Exit by reopening the mask to full frame over 14 frames. Implement in Remotion with clipPath (inset(... round ...) or circle()) on the foreground <AbsoluteFill>, or in FFmpeg with a geq/alphamerge mask over a boxblur background.
- **Assets:** Source video (⚠ MISSING) · optional: Second shot, B-roll footage
- **Fallback:** If the subject moves a lot, track the window to the face (or use a wider frame size) rather than letting them leave it; if tracking isn't possible, keep the effect to stationary sections.

**G. Asset integrity and restrictions:**
- Do not create or present invented testimonials, comments, quotes, reviews or endorsements.
- Do not fabricate numbers, metrics, charts or results. Data visualisations use only the supplied data.
- Do not create fake screenshots or UI and present them as real. Illustrative graphics must be clearly illustrative.
- Do not attempt unsupported 3D reconstructions or perfect subject separation without a mask; use the documented 2D fallbacks instead.

**I. Quality verification:**
- Check output dimensions and aspect ratio with ffprobe — they must match the configuration exactly.
- Check the output frame rate and that the duration is within ±0.5 s of the target.
- Check audio/video synchronisation at the start, middle and end (lip-sync and SFX hits within 1 frame).
- Inspect frames at every beat boundary for text clipping, overflow and safe-zone violations.
- Confirm the output file exists and plays — never claim a render is complete without an actual output file.
- Report any missing asset or unimplemented effect explicitly.