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3 Seconds to Stop the Scroll
Five different opening shots for the same history Short about the lighthouse of Alexandria.
How it was made
- One subject block for the lighthouse and one look line, shared by all five hooks.
- Five keyframes, one per hook type; the contrast hook is two pictures stacked in the edit.
- Each animated on the cheapest video model, then trimmed to 3 seconds in the edit (faceless, so drift doesn't matter).
- Labels added in the edit so you can compare hooks side by side.
What it shows
- Five hook types: scale, mystery, detail, point of view and contrast. The first frame has to work as a still.
The key prompt
Photographic still from a live-action historical epic, vertical 9:16, bold readable composition, strong silhouette, high contrast, rich colour, sharp subject, shallow haze, subtle film grain. At night on a dark sea, a tiny wooden sailing ship in the lower third, its sails lit orange; above it the colossal ancient lighthouse towers to the top of the frame, its summit fire blazing and throwing a long beam across low clouds. Low angle from the water, 24mm. Sparks drift. No text, no letters, no captions, no watermark.
AI-generated film. Tools: Google Flow (Nano Banana Pro, Veo 3.1), ElevenLabs, DaVinci Resolve.