Aries · Launch Video Breakdown: Hook, Pacing & Motion Design
Aries launches its own brokerage with API-first trading, better mobile execution and a new desktop app
Scene-by-scene timeline & spoken transcript
The Hook
Infinite Canvas Introduction
“Okay, so before we publish a launch video or anything, I wanted to take 30 seconds and just record something to show you what we've actually built and why I think it's cool. So what you're looking at right here is an infinite canvas, just like Figma or Miro. You can scroll, you can move in any direction...”
- On screen
- app.aries.com/trading
- Camera
- Static screen recording with circular webcam overlay in bottom-left.
- Motion
- Direct UI interaction and canvas panning.
Product Reveal
Adding Charts and Tape
“You can go in here and you can grab something like a chart and we can put the chart down... The chart is a TradingView integration. So let's say you want the chart and maybe you wanted to take a look at the time and sales for Apple...”
- On screen
- Watchlist Chart Options Chain Market Depth Time & Sales SPY AAPL
- Camera
- Screen capture panning to place modular widgets.
- Motion
- Drag-and-drop widget placement and real-time data populating.
Feature Teaser
Embedding Live Bloomberg TV
“Let's say maybe you didn't want to trade Apple, but you really weren't sure what to trade. You could open up Bloomberg and you could watch Bloomberg and maybe that'll give you an idea.”
- On screen
- Bloomberg TV Live News
- Camera
- Canvas panning to position media stream.
- Motion
- Live video embed window placement.
Feature Teaser
API Infrastructure Showcase
“The really cool thing is that it all runs on our API, finance.dev. And it's the same API that's publicly available to you. So you can take this API, throw it into your favorite AI tool, and just build whatever you wanted...”
- On screen
- Welcome to Finance.dev Real-time market data. Instant order execution. Portfolio analytics.
- Camera
- Browser tab switch to developer portal.
- Motion
- Webpage scrolling over API documentation.
Feature Teaser
AI 3D Volatility Surface
“Or you could come right back into this infinite canvas... and just talk in English... you could say 'aapl 3d vol surface'. And this is going to hit our API and it's going to build a 3D vol surface for Apple's options...”
- On screen
- Ask Gemini aapl 3d vol surface AAPL Implied Volatility Surface
- Camera
- Static focus on chat sidebar and canvas response.
- Motion
- AI text query triggering WebGL 3D surface plot generation.
Call to Action
Incentive and Community Feedback
“We'll give you a free stock for the first little bit to just make an account and give it a shot. Let us know your thoughts, drop a comment or something and let me know what you guys think. Thanks.”
- On screen
- Finish Recording
- Camera
- Static screen view.
- Motion
- Camera bubble gesture and recording interface click.
Motion design primitives
Synthesizable in Remotion · key components of the spatial-fintech-canvas template.
DraggableWidgetCard
Rectangular panel with green bounding box placed onto an infinite dark grid canvas.
+ Code construction recipe
Render an AbsoluteFill canvas. Animate widget position and scale with spring interpolation upon user placement.
WebcamBubbleOverlay
Circular speaker video stream anchored in the lower left corner.
+ Code construction recipe
Use an absolute positioned div with borderRadius 50%, border outline, and clipped video element.
VolSurfaceVisualizer
3D interactive surface chart rendered smoothly inside a modular container.
+ Code construction recipe
Render Three.js canvas or Remotion Three component rendering parametric mesh colored by height elevation.
Style DNA & aesthetic system
Visual aesthetic
Typography
Motion
Special effects
Pacing & rhythm
Conceptual story rhythm
- 1
Casual Hook
Purpose. Lower barriers with an authentic, unedited product preview.
Execution. Presenter speaks over a clean, dot-gridded canvas.
- 2
Modularity Proof
Purpose. Demonstrate flexibility of financial layout customization.
Execution. Placing live charts, tape lists, and streaming video.
- 3
AI Power Demo
Purpose. Highlight advanced analytical capabilities driven by natural language.
Execution. Typing a simple prompt yielding a real-time 3D volatility surface.
- 4
Closing CTA
Purpose. Convert viewers into initial active platform users.
Execution. Presenter wraps up highlighting sign-up incentives.
Remix in Animatiq Studio
Master remix prompt · agent-ready
Sample remix
Objective
Crypto multi-exchange spatial workspace launch trailer.How the recipe adapts
Replaces US equity charts with cross-DEX liquidity pools, token order books, and real-time on-chain transaction visualizations on the canvas.Remix blueprint · spatial-fintech-canvas
Scene durations (4 scenes, 30s)
Key Remotion components
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