Remotion Video Skill

Captures hard-won lessons from building a series of short social-media videos in Remotion. Covers conceptual design thinking, layout modes, talking-head integration, motion grammar, kinetic typography, character moments, and measurable self-review.

If your project keeps companion reference files, read them when you need specifics beyond this skill:

• a brand-tokens / CLAUDE.md file — colors, fonts, architecture overview, animation anti-patterns
• a production playbook — pacing, transitions, audio, messaging craft
• a frame-review process doc — how to QA rendered frames
• a video-template README — the full template workflow

This skill focuses on the design thinking and technical patterns that make scenes work. Anywhere it shows specific colors, fonts, or asset names, treat them as placeholders to swap for your own brand tokens.

Tone target: design-forward with real personality. The failure mode to push back on is "competent SaaS" — restrained, corporate, forgettable. Type should perform. Small moments should have character. Motion should feel deliberately designed, not improvised. Aim for craft and confidence over polish-for-its-own-sake.

The Most Important Lesson

The visuals must tell the same story as the voiceover, not illustrate it abstractly.