Director Chair
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The impact lands on the exact frame where the logo stops moving.

Sound

Sound on the peak, not the start

Picture and sound feel like one event.

Use when
Every effect placed on a movement or a cut.

Prompt instructions

Give me a sound brief: what to record or pick, where it sits on the timeline, the levels, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is sound on the peak, not the start: picture and sound feel like one event. How it works: the impact lands on the exact frame where the logo stops moving. It is right for: every effect placed on a movement or a cut. Place the sound so its loudest moment falls on the frame where the motion peaks or the cut happens: a riser ends on its hit, an impact starts on it. A whoosh into an impact on a hard cut reads as one hit. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.

The same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

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Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics Checked 2026-11-13.

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