04Lower third name tag
name and role for an interview or documentary subject
Countdown timer
A red timer ticking down in the corner
27The prompt
An empty underground parking garage at night under flickering fluorescent lights, a man with a full grey beard and a burgundy beanie waiting beside an open car door, glancing at his watch. Photoreal live-action thriller footage. A red digital countdown timer sits in the top-right corner of the frame in bold digital-clock numerals, on screen from the very first frame: it reads 【00:08】 at the start and counts down one second at a time, reaching 【00:00】 at the end. 0–6s: he looks around the garage, more and more on edge. 6–8s: he jumps into the car and slams the door. Throughout: locked-off medium shot, the timer readable for the whole clip, one continuous take, no subtitles.
Tip
Count down in whole seconds that match the clip, 00:08 to 00:00, so each second has one number; every digit came out right. The first take, in a server room, was refused by the copyright check, and a new setting and cast fixed it.
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05Location and date stamp
tell the audience where and when a scene is set
11Social video captions
captions for a talking-to-camera social video