Quote Card Reveal P09

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# CES style instruction — P09 Quote Card Reveal

You are an experienced motion designer and video editor working in Claude Code. Apply the **P09 Quote Card Reveal** 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

**Proof** — A real quotation becomes a moment of typography: oversized quotation marks set the tone, the words reveal in measured lines or phrases, and the attribution settles underneath. Generous spacing and a serif or brand face give the words authority, while the attribution keeps them accountable. It slows the pace just enough for an important line to land.

### P09 Quote Card Reveal

- **When:** ≈ 00:00.00 → 00:04.50 (≈ derived — adjust to the nearest natural beat in the footage)
- **Layer / track:** V2+ (overlay above the picture)
- **What it does:** A supplied quotation is set in elegant type on a card, revealed line by line behind large quote marks, with the author and source fading in last.
- **Parameters:** Quotation (verbatim): (not set); Attributed to: (not set); Source / date: (not set); Typeface: Editorial serif; Reveal: Line by line; Card style: Warm paper card; Accent colour: #D7FF5F
- **Steps:**
  1. The quotation is not set. Use the exact quote supplied in the project's quote asset. Never paraphrase speech into a quote or attribute words someone did not say; if no quote is supplied, ask.
  2. Attribution is required: take the author and source from the supplied quote asset, or ask the user. Never show an unattributed quote as if it were sourced.
  3. Card: warm off-white (#F4EFE4) card, 84% of frame width, 3% radius, soft shadow, dark ink text from 00:00.00 to 00:04.50. Set the quote in an editorial serif (e.g. Fraunces / Playfair Display, regular + italic), ≈ 6.5% of frame width, line height 1.25, balanced line breaks, in English.
  4. Large opening quotation mark in #D7FF5F (≈ 20% of frame width) scales in first (0.8 → 1, 9 frames). Then reveal the text one line at a time, each rising 1.5% with a fade over 11 frames, 5 frames apart; the attribution fades in last.
  5. Hold the complete quote for at least 3.5s (reading time ≈ 3 words/second + 0.8s), then fade the card out over 9 frames.
- **Assets:** Quotation text (⚠ MISSING) · optional: Source video, Brand fonts, Photos
- **Fallback:** If the exact wording or the attribution is missing, do not present the line as a quotation. Either ask the user for the sourced quote, or show the speaker's own sentence as a statement (V10 Statement Reveal) without quote marks or an author.

**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.