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Silent Film Cards

Tells a story as an old silent picture: sepia silhouette scenes hard-cut with black intertitle cards in ornate frames, one sentence per card; people walk in quick, jerky 18-frames-a-second steps, and grain, flicker, scratches and an iris stay on throughout. Good for short history stories, how inventions began, curious facts and gently funny narratives.

Use this style
Good for
History story
Footage
Tags
Format
16:9 1920×10809:16 1080×192030fps

What to provide

Give the story or fact and the few key lines you want on cards (keep each short); optionally describe the scenes (a street, a factory, a station). Pictures are drawn in code as silhouettes by default; you can also upload photos or videos, which are turned black-and-white sepia. Dates and numbers come only from what you provide.

What you can change

pictures
画面二选一或混用:代码画的棕褐色剪影场景(天空、云、远山、城市天际线、房子、钟楼、工厂、树、路灯、齿轮、钟、老式汽车、火车、人物与人群),或用户上传的照片与视频(自动做成黑白棕褐色,视频按每秒 18 格抽帧)
cards
字卡:黑底花边双框,一张卡一句话(可手动断行),可加一行斜体小字;片名卡更大更繁
iris
光圈:整片第一段开头自动打开、最后一段结尾自动收拢,段内也可以在某个细节上开合

Limitations

  • 支持 16:9 横版与 9:16 竖版、30 fps 输出;画面运动在引擎里按每秒 18 格量化,呈现手摇默片的定格感
  • 字只出现在字卡上,不压在画面上;每张字卡要停够阅读时长,字多的内容要拆成多张卡
  • 画面只有黑白棕褐色,不做彩色;不适合需要彩色产品图、界面截图或数据图表的内容
  • 胶片颗粒、闪烁、片门晃动、灰尘、划痕、暗角与圆角画框是风格本身,不能关掉
  • 不出现真实电影、演员、片厂的片名或标志;人物都是无名剪影
  • 不自带配乐与音效

More examples

The first traffic signal

The first traffic signal

A title card opens on London, 1868; a constable stands by a tall semaphore signal as people stride past; a card reads "Gas-lit at night, turned by hand."; then the lamp bursts in a flash of light and smoke and the iris closes.

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