# Presenter over a drawn board

Recipes / Preset / Edit styles. Checked 2026-11-13.

Every point is drawn at the moment it is said, so the board stays readable as notes.

- Use when: Explainers, frameworks, numbered ways or steps, course teasers.
- Phrase: a presenter in one continuous shot on top, a hand-drawn whiteboard below that fills in stroke by stroke as the words are said, one numbered section at a time, two-word captions on the seam
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-avatar-drawn-board
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/preset/edit-avatar-drawn-board.json

## Watch out

- Never show a board section finished before its point is spoken. (practitioner; Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026)
- Measured: 1.03 big changes per 10 seconds with a median of 9.22 seconds between them, because a section is drawn up gradually and only clears on the next number. The small strokes move all the time. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026)
- Under 45 seconds the drawing has no time to happen. (practitioner; Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026)

## Measured on the reference

| What | Value |
|---|---|
| Length | 223.1 s |
| Aspect | 9:16 |
| Visual changes per 10 s | 1.03 |
| Median segment | 9.22 s |
| First visual change | 9.17 s |
| First spoken word | 0.0 s |
| Spoken words per second | 3.26 |
| Loudness, integrated | -14.2 LUFS |
| True peak | -1.4 dBTP |
| Sound floor | -79.8 dBFS (clean silences, no music) |
| Face in sampled frames | the presenter is a cartoon in every frame; the face detector counts 14 percent |
| Plays, saves | 40,900 plays, 6.5 percent saved (read 23 Oct 2026) |
| Against the account's median | 6.9 times |

## The recipe

1. Stack the frame: the presenter on top at about 39 percent of the height, one continuous locked shot; a whiteboard canvas below at about 61 percent, hand-drawn style on white.
2. Frame 0: the first board already drawn with the promise of the video in two or three shapes. The first word is on frame 0.
3. For each numbered point: clear to a fresh area, write the number in a coloured circle and the heading, then draw each shape and word at the moment it is said, led by a labelled cursor. Type text letter by letter.
4. A cleared section lands about once every 8 to 12 seconds, with small strokes all the time in between.
5. End on a row of all the numbered circles as a recap, then the call to action.
6. Captions of two words (one to three), white bold sans on a dark rounded box at the foot of the presenter zone, the spoken word in the accent colour.
7. No music, no sound effects. Voice at -14 LUFS, true peak at or under -1.5 dBTP.

## Not for

Emotional stories, testimonials, product beauty, luxury brands, anything under 45 seconds.

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
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 presenter over a drawn board: every point is drawn at the moment it is said, so the board stays readable as notes. How it works: a presenter in one continuous shot on top, a hand-drawn whiteboard below that fills in stroke by stroke as the words are said, one numbered section at a time, two-word captions on the seam. It is right for: explainers, frameworks, numbered ways or steps, course teasers. Never show a board section finished before its point is spoken. Measured: 1.03 big changes per 10 seconds with a median of 9.22 seconds between them, because a section is drawn up gradually and only clears on the next number. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.
```

## Goes well with

- Drawn as it is said: https://directorchair.ai/effect/drawn-as-spoken
- Speaker over a board: https://directorchair.ai/effect/stacked-speaker-board
- Coloured keyword in the caption: https://directorchair.ai/effect/caption-keyword-colour
- Speaker over a board: https://directorchair.ai/format/format-stacked-board

## Source

Our own reading and measurement of a TikTok by @pro.glitch, posted 18 Oct 2026. The clip is a third-party reference and is not shown; the words here are ours https://www.tiktok.com/@pro.glitch/video/7698019645357346061

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