# Speaker over a board

Edit / Edit effect / Layouts. Checked 2026-11-13.

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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/effect/stacked-speaker-board
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/effect/stacked-speaker-board.json

## Watch out

- 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. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 22 Oct 2026 and Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026)
- Use it only with at least three things to show; with nothing to show the board is an empty area. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on editing)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
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.
```

## Goes well with

- Red board list: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-red-board-list
- Presenter over a drawn board: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-avatar-drawn-board
- Phrase captions on a chip: https://directorchair.ai/effect/caption-chips
- Camera move on one canvas: https://directorchair.ai/transition/canvas-move

## Source

Own words from our measurements of published shorts and Director Chair field notes on reading published videos

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.