SKILL.md
Explainer Video
Turn one message into a paced, narrated 30–90s short. Run the full pipeline: script → storyboard → scene build → narration/caption sync → edit → polish, with a consistent style system throughout.
When to use
- Produce a 30–90s product, how-it-works, onboarding, or concept video.
- Go from a raw idea or feature to a script, storyboard, and assembled piece.
- Sync narration to visuals and add captions for muted playback.
Story structure (decide this first)
An explainer is an argument, not a feature tour. Before any pipeline step, lock the narrative so every later choice serves it.
- One core idea. A single sentence the viewer should be able to repeat afterward. If you can't state it in one line, the video has no spine — cut scope until you can. Everything that doesn't serve that idea gets dropped, not shrunk.
- Script-first. The VO is the spine; visuals illustrate the line being spoken, never lead it. Write and time the words before you storyboard or animate — it is far cheaper to cut a sentence than a built scene.
- Earn the "how" with stakes. Don't jump from problem to mechanism. Make the viewer feel the cost of the problem first; that tension is what makes them watch the solution.
The explainer story arc — a beat per stage, in order: