{
 "slug": "preset-list-reel",
 "name": "List reel: one shape, a new surface per item",
 "category": "preset",
 "group": "Motion graphics",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "A long list goes by fast and still feels like one film.",
 "use_when": "N tools, N workflows, N of anything, with the full list in the post text.",
 "phrase": "one fixed mask holds the frame for the whole list, a horizon-shaped arc; each item is a new full-bleed texture inside it, cut hard on the beat, with a numbered two-line label at the bottom left",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Measured on the reference: 20 items in about 11 seconds after a 2.2-second title, a cut every 0.45 to 0.9 seconds, music only at -14.0 LUFS.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair notes on A motion studio in 20 open-source repos (Arminas Valunas)"
  },
  {
   "text": "Half a second per item only works when the list is also in the post text, so viewers can read it there.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "cut-on-the-beat",
  "hard-cut",
  "visible-counter",
  "format-motion-graphics"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics and Director Chair notes on A motion studio in 20 open-source repos (Arminas Valunas)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-list-reel",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-list-reel.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 list reel: one shape, a new surface per item: a long list goes by fast and still feels like one film. How it works: one fixed mask holds the frame for the whole list, a horizon-shaped arc; each item is a new full-bleed texture inside it, cut hard on the beat, with a numbered two-line label at the bottom left. It is right for: n tools, N workflows, N of anything, with the full list in the post text. Measured on the reference: 20 items in about 11 seconds after a 2.2-second title, a cut every 0.45 to 0.9 seconds, music only at -14.0 LUFS. Half a second per item only works when the list is also in the post text, so viewers can read it there. 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."
 }
}