Montage — an agent skill that cuts the trip video · Launch Video Breakdown: Hook, Pacing & Motion Design

Scene-by-scene timeline & spoken transcript

1. 0:00 – 0:08

   The Hook

   Start with one folder

   “(No spoken dialogue — ambient electronic background track with UI click effects)”

   On screen

   MONTAGE PIPELINE FROM ONE FOLDER TO A FINISHED MONTAGE Start with one folder. Photos, Live Photos and videos, as a folder or an archive. Catalog every original. Originals stay untouched. Metadata and identities are kept. ORIGINAL PRESERVED METADATA IDENTITY RECORDED LIVE PHOTO: STILL MOTION PAIRED 01 ORIGINALS

   Camera

   Static front view with animated folder UI framing

   Motion

   Grid pop-in with badge fade and icon transitions

2. 0:08 – 0:15

   Problem Agitation

   Generate contact sheets & filter

   “(No spoken dialogue — ambient electronic music continues)”

   On screen

   Generate contact sheets. Motion becomes frames you can review at a glance. Filter what doesn't belong. Relevance, exclusions and duplicate proposals. EXCLUDED DUPLICATE 02 CONTACT SHEETS

   Camera

   Static flat canvas

   Motion

   Batch extraction of sub-frames, badge tagging, and removal animations

3. 0:15 – 0:30

   Product Reveal

   Moments selection & trimming

   “(No spoken dialogue — electronic soundtrack with soft UI tick sounds)”

   On screen

   Choose the meaningful still. Held on screen for a set time. Verify the pair and its anchor. Then inspect the motion around the capture moment. Scout broadly, then closely. Inspect a motion span, then save a clear window. 03 MOMENTS

   Camera

   Centered UI focus with subtle framing adjustments

   Motion

   Bounding box guides, timeline scrubbing strips, and temporal window markers

4. 0:30 – 0:37

   Feature Teaser

   Plan the timeline

   “(No spoken dialogue — melodic synth track)”

   On screen

   Plan the timeline. Order · Pacing · Framing · Sound 04 TIMELINE

   Camera

   Horizontal pan following audio/video clip timeline

   Motion

   Clip sequencer alignment with synchronized audio waveform expansion

5. 0:37 – 0:48

   Feature Teaser

   Render, review, and reference output

   “(No spoken dialogue — synth progression)”

   On screen

   Render, then review. Agent and technical checks, plus your own playback. The accepted reference MP4. 4.3-second illustrative excerpt From accepted source moments 05 MONTAGE

   Camera

   Dark mode switch with central video playback

   Motion

   Theme inversion, playback rendering, and technical metadata overlay

6. 0:48 – 0:58

   Call to Action

   One folder in, one montage out

   “(No spoken dialogue — outro musical flourish)”

   On screen

   Separate, editable clips. Finish by hand in CapCut. One folder in. One accepted montage out. 06 EDITABLE CLIPS OPTIONAL PUBLIC SKILLS IN PREPARATION

   Camera

   Subtle UI zoom to CapCut editing canvas, resolving to final title card

   Motion

   Node branch expansion, app window transition, and red accent framing