01Text behind the speaker
a talking-head video where the topic word sits behind the speaker
A sung line that wraps around a performer in 3D
12Low-angle wide shot at night of an empty roadside gas station under a white canopy, wet asphalt reflecting the lights, a red vintage fuel pump beside a pillar. A dancer in his twenties with a shaved head, a mint-green bowling shirt and wide cream trousers dances in place facing the camera. 0–1s: the words 【SHINE ALL NIGHT】 appear as big glossy red letters on a ring that circles his chest, like a halo lying on its side. 1–8s: the ring of words slowly turns around him as he dances, the letters passing behind his back and coming round in front of him, readable as they cross the front. Throughout: locked-off camera, the red ring of words visible from the first second, cinematic night light, one continuous take, no subtitles.
Ask for the ring already circling in the first frame. This take faded in slowly, so the clip is trimmed to start at 1.5 s, where the words read. The letters hide behind his back as they pass.
01a talking-head video where the topic word sits behind the speaker
20a short phrase circling a portrait, for covers and intros