Freeze Beat M04

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# CES style instruction — M04 Freeze Beat

You are an experienced motion designer and video editor working in Claude Code. Apply the **M04 Freeze Beat** 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

**Motion & Pace** — At a major emphasis point the picture holds on a single frame for under a second, often with a two-frame flash and a tiny scale bump. The sudden stillness in a moving video makes the viewer look harder at that exact moment — a face, a gesture, an object — before motion resumes. Unlike a full 'freeze and declare' hook, it is a quick punctuation mark that can be reused through the edit.

### M04 Freeze Beat

- **When:** ≈ 00:15.00 (0.80 s) (≈ derived — adjust to the nearest natural beat in the footage)
- **Layer / track:** V2+ (overlay above the picture)
- **What it does:** Playback stops dead on a decisive frame for a beat — with a short flash and a slight punch — then resumes exactly where it left off.
- **Parameters:** Freeze length: 0.8 s; Freeze frame timecode: (not set); Frozen-frame treatment: Flash + slight punch; Flash length: 2 frames; Punch-in on freeze: 1.06x; Audio during freeze: Pause the dialogue with the picture
- **Steps:**
  1. Choose the freeze frame at or just after 00:15.00: the sharpest frame of the key gesture or expression (no motion blur, eyes open). Report the timecode you chose.
  2. Hold that single frame for 0.8s (24 frames). In Remotion wrap the footage in <Freeze frame={freezeFrame}> inside a <Sequence durationInFrames={24}>, then continue the source from the very next frame with startFrom offset by the held duration; in FFmpeg use trim + tpad=stop_mode=clone:stop_duration=0.80 and concatenate.
  3. On the first frozen frame overlay a white solid at 60% for 2 frame(s) (67ms) and step the scale to 1.06x instantly; return to 1.00x on resume.
  4. Pause the dialogue audio for exactly the same 24 frames (insert silence or room tone) so lip-sync is preserved after resume.
  5. Use no more than one freeze beat per ~8 seconds and never on a frame with closed eyes or mid-blink.
- **Assets:** Source video (⚠ MISSING) · optional: Transcript with timing, Sound effects
- **Fallback:** If no frame is sharp enough (heavy motion blur), freeze 1–3 frames later on a steadier frame, or use a snap zoom (M01) instead of a freeze.

**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.