{
 "slug": "stacked-speaker-board",
 "name": "Speaker over a board",
 "category": "effect",
 "group": "Layouts",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The face keeps the trust while the board shows the thing, and neither covers the other.",
 "use_when": "Tool tutorials, step lists, explainers with things to show.",
 "phrase": "split the vertical frame: the speaker in the top 29 percent as one continuous take, a board in a saturated brand colour in the lower 71 percent, captions on the seam",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Measured shares: speaker 29 percent over a board of 71 in one reference, 39 over 61 in another. In both the speaker zone never cuts; all the pace comes from the board.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026 and Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026"
  },
  {
   "text": "Use it only with at least three things to show; with nothing to show the board is an empty area.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on editing"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "edit-red-board-list",
  "edit-avatar-drawn-board",
  "caption-chips",
  "canvas-move"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from our measurements of published shorts and Director Chair field notes on reading published videos"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/stacked-speaker-board",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/stacked-speaker-board.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is speaker over a board: the face keeps the trust while the board shows the thing, and neither covers the other. How it works: split the vertical frame: the speaker in the top 29 percent as one continuous take, a board in a saturated brand colour in the lower 71 percent, captions on the seam. It is right for: tool tutorials, step lists, explainers with things to show. Measured shares: speaker 29 percent over a board of 71 in one reference, 39 over 61 in another. Use it only with at least three things to show; with nothing to show the board is an empty area. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}