{
 "slug": "edit-selfie-with-receipts",
 "name": "Selfie with receipts",
 "category": "preset",
 "group": "Edit styles",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "Nothing looks produced, so the proof on screen is believed.",
 "use_when": "Build-in-public updates, proof of a result, a comment-keyword call to action.",
 "phrase": "a handheld selfie at arm's length in the room as it is, a POV title on top, one-to-three-word captions on the chest, and every claim arriving with a receipt in the platform's own interface",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Every number on a receipt is real and readable at phone size, and lands on the word that claims it.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026"
  },
  {
   "text": "Measured: 2.57 visual changes per 10 seconds, median segment 2.93 seconds. A steady tripod frame or studio light breaks the register.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026"
  },
  {
   "text": "The reference runs hot at -10.3 LUFS; export at -14 with the true peak at or under -1 dBTP.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "platform-ui-receipts",
  "pov-title",
  "whip-transition",
  "phone-selfie-rig",
  "cta-comment-keyword",
  "format-selfie-native",
  "look-social"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@mino.mp4/video/7696916687039335710",
  "note": "Our own reading and measurement of a TikTok by @mino.mp4, posted 15 Oct 2026. The clip is a third-party reference and is not shown; the words here are ours"
 },
 "body": "## Measured on the reference\n\n| What | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Length | 31.2 s |\n| Aspect | 9:16 |\n| Visual changes per 10 s | 2.57 |\n| Median segment | 2.93 s |\n| First visual change | 2.93 s |\n| First spoken word | 0.0 s |\n| Spoken words per second | 3.0 |\n| Loudness, integrated | -10.3 LUFS (hot) |\n| True peak | -1.0 dBTP |\n| Sound floor | -32.8 dBFS (room noise or a quiet bed) |\n| Face in sampled frames | 69 percent, middle third |\n| Plays, saves, comments | 173,000 plays, 2.6 percent saved, 1.4 percent commented (read 22 Oct 2026) |\n| Against the account's median | 10.3 times |\n\n## The recipe\n\n1. A full-frame handheld selfie at arm's length, the face at about half the height, the room as it is with its own light. The first word is on frame 0.\n2. A POV title in the platform's own text style in the top fifth for the first half.\n3. Captions of one to three words, white medium sans, sentence case, no box, centred on the chest.\n4. Two or three handheld cutaways of 2 to 7 seconds to the screen where the work happens.\n5. Receipts float in the top fifth, each on the word that claims it: a card of a real post with its counter climbing, a comment box typing the keyword, the message the keyword triggers.\n6. Close on a time-stamp card and the next step of the diary.\n\n## Not for\n\nCorporate B2B, regulated sectors, a client's brand voice, any claim without real numbers.",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-selfie-with-receipts",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-selfie-with-receipts.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is selfie with receipts: nothing looks produced, so the proof on screen is believed. How it works: a handheld selfie at arm's length in the room as it is, a POV title on top, one-to-three-word captions on the chest, and every claim arriving with a receipt in the platform's own interface. It is right for: build-in-public updates, proof of a result, a comment-keyword call to action. Every number on a receipt is real and readable at phone size, and lands on the word that claims it. Measured: 2.57 visual changes per 10 seconds, median segment 2.93 seconds. 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."
 }
}