Keyword Spotlight V03
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Previews are illustrative demonstrations of the technique — not your footage. Your real edit is produced later by Claude Code.
V03 · Visual Beats · beginner · 0.8–3s
The footage dims and softens while one key phrase appears large and lit, framed by a highlight box, then everything returns to normal.
On the word that carries the idea, the rest of the frame steps back — darker, slightly blurred or desaturated — and the key phrase appears on top in a bright, framed treatment. After a short hold the spotlight releases. Reducing everything except one phrase is the clearest way to say 'remember this' without cutting away from the speaker.
Try the parameters
Best used for
- — Defining a key term
- — Landing the main takeaway
- — Emphasising a product name
- — Educational keywords
Assets
- ● Source video required
- ● Transcript with timing required
- ○ Brand fonts optional
Pairs well with
If assets are missing
Without word-level timing, align the spotlight to the sentence and verify by listening. If no phrase is clearly emphasised, ask which one to use rather than choosing arbitrarily.
Accessibility
Hold ≥ 0.8s; keep background blur moderate for motion-sensitive viewers. The keyword must also be spoken, so it is not visual-only.
Individual prompt
updates with the parameters above# CES style instruction — V03 Keyword Spotlight You are an experienced motion designer and video editor working in Claude Code. Apply the **V03 Keyword 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 **Visual Beats** — On the word that carries the idea, the rest of the frame steps back — darker, slightly blurred or desaturated — and the key phrase appears on top in a bright, framed treatment. After a short hold the spotlight releases. Reducing everything except one phrase is the clearest way to say 'remember this' without cutting away from the speaker. ### V03 Keyword Spotlight - **When:** ≈ 00:15.00 (1.50 s) (≈ derived — adjust to the nearest natural beat in the footage) - **Layer / track:** V2+ (overlay above the picture) - **What it does:** The footage dims and softens while one key phrase appears large and lit, framed by a highlight box, then everything returns to normal. - **Parameters:** Key phrase: (not set); Background treatment: Dim + blur; Background reduction: 60%; Keyword frame: Outlined box; Duration: 1.5 s; Text position: Center; Accent colour: #D7FF5F - **Steps:** 1. No key phrase is set. Pick the 1–3 word phrase the speaker stresses at this point (from the transcript, verbatim). If several are plausible, ask the user. 2. Background: reduce brightness by 60% and blur ≈ 1.2% of frame width over 6 frames. Captions on other layers dim with it. 3. Keyword in Space Grotesk bold, ≈ 11% of frame width, in the optical center of the frame, scaling 0.9 → 1.0 over 8 frames with a fast expo-out curve (cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)). Draw a #D7FF5F outline box (0.5% stroke, 1.5% padding) around it, tracing on over 9 frames. 4. Hold 1.5s total from 00:15.00 to 00:16.50, then release the background and fade the keyword over 6 frames. - **Assets:** Source video (⚠ MISSING), Transcript with timing (⚠ MISSING) · optional: Brand fonts - **Fallback:** Without word-level timing, align the spotlight to the sentence and verify by listening. If no phrase is clearly emphasised, ask which one to use rather than choosing arbitrarily. **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.
More visual beats styles
Insert a beat whenever the script changes idea, lists items or lands a key line.
- V01Kinetic Section TitleA short chapter title rises out of a hidden mask line by line with a small chapter number above it, holds for a beat, then slides away.
- V02Number BurstNumbers or ranking positions from the script burst onto the frame one after another with a staggered scale pop and radiating accent sparks.
- V04List CascadeList items slide in one after another with numbered markers; the current item stays bright while earlier ones step back, keeping a clear hierarchy.
- V05Comparison CollisionTwo option cards fly in from opposite edges, collide in the middle with a small impact, and settle side by side under a VS divider for comparison.
- V06Progress JourneyA progress track with labelled step markers fills from one step to the next, lighting each stage as it is reached to show how far along the story is.
- V07Callout BubbleA speech bubble or label pops out of an object in the shot with a pointer tail attached to it, explaining what it is in a few words.
- V08Shape MorphA bold geometric shape smoothly morphs between compatible forms — circle, square, triangle — rotating as it goes, to mark a change of idea.
- V09Data Visualization BeatA clean chart builds on screen from supplied data — bars grow, a line draws or a ring fills — with the key value highlighted and a source line.
- V10Statement RevealA strong sentence appears in stages — phrase by phrase in muted type — and the final key words land last in full colour with a heavier weight.