smoke-1496889083.mp4
Here is what is on the screen and when it changes:
- At , standard SMPTE color bars display on the screen.
- At , the shot changes.
- At , the screen turns solid red.
- At , the shot changes.
- At , a glitchy test pattern with a digital timecode and geometric shapes appears.
- At , the shot changes.
- At , the screen switches to solid blue.
How it is put together
Measured, not written- Length
- Shape
- Cuts
- Shortest shot
- Middle shot
- Longest shot
- Spoken lines
- Words on screen
The edit cuts at a regular pace. The middle shot is 2.0 seconds.
Where the cuts fall
0:00 to 0:08
Here is what is on the screen and when it changes:
- At , standard SMPTE color bars display on the screen.
- At , the shot changes.
- At , the screen turns solid red.
- At , the shot changes.
- At , a glitchy test pattern with a digital timecode and geometric shapes appears.
- At , the shot changes.
- At , the screen switches to solid blue.
The whole video
4 shots · 2.0s each on averageNobody has written about this stretch.
0:00–0:02
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Playhead watches a video with AI and answers in words. Every moment in the answer carries the second it happens at. The cuts, the shot lengths and the spoken lines were counted by a pass over the file, so they cannot drift from the picture they describe.
It plugs into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code over MCP, so an agent can watch a video for you and quote the second. Ads have a tool of their own that reads a creative into its hook, beats, claims and call to action.