Fireship-style edit (faceless "Code Report" format)

Learned 2026-09-29 by reverse-engineering Fireship's "Meta is pivoting again… everything you missed from Connect 2026" (5:40, 1080p, 23.976 fps). Full study (transcript with word times, cut list, per-shot contact sheets, dense in-shot frame sheets, audio measurements): clone-projects/fireship-style-study/ (historical, not bundled) (frames/sheet_*.jpg, frames/zoom_*.jpg, audio/, cuts/). Learn the grammar; never copy their assets. No Fireship footage, music, logo or the name "Code Report" in our videos. Our show title is our own (default "The Kev Report").

Engine: templates/fireship_engine.py. Template + device demo: templates/render_template.py. Real event footage: scripts/fetch_footage.py (yt-dlp search → download → 1 s contact sheet → accurate cut). Real docs: wikipedia_extract() + wiki_doc() in the engine (REST API, no browser). scripts/capture_page.mjs needs Playwright: optional, never the default (Kevin 2026-10-02: no browser automation for assets). Demo of every device: ~/Downloads/Fireship Style Demo Reel.mp4 (built from clone-projects/fireship-demo/ (historical, not bundled)).

0. LITERAL VISUALS (Kevin 2026-10-02, first test edit review)

"the edit can be even more descriptive of what's being said ... in the intro it should LITERALLY be the prime president of australia speaking."