Descript · Design · Jun 2024
Arbital - Today, we’re launching Arbital. Trade memes. Trade stocks. Trade per
Arbital · Aug 2026 · 1:06 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:06
- Scenes
- 58 · 1.1 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:23
- Features shown
- 5
- Voiceover
- Yes
Arbital’s 1:06 launch film runs 58 scenes, about 1.1 s each. The product shows up at 0:23 and 5 features are revealed, with social proof. There is no explicit call to action; a voiceover carries the film. The video runs as one argument: a deadpan montage of archival footage and flat 'X is moving' cards proves that everything is moving, then 'until now' hands off to a rapid tour of the dark interface where each feature gets a white title over dimmed B-roll and a tight UI demo. The style is built on hard cuts near 123 BPM, a black-and-white palette with a single accent blue, and still color-block title cards that hold while the footage moves.
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· 58 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:01
The black line 'Gold is moving' holds centered on a plain off-white background, static for the full clip. No animation, no camera move; the title card simply sits while the voiceover plays.
On-screen text: “Gold is moving”
Camera: Static
02 · Hook · 0:01–0:01
Black-and-white archival footage inside a rocky tunnel. Two miners in caps work a vertical drill rig, one bending to adjust the mechanism while the other steadies the frame. The caption “Gold is moving” sits still over the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “Gold is moving”
Camera: Static
03 · Hook · 0:01–0:02
A grainy black-and-white low-angle shot of an old wooden crate or mine cart with a diagonal metal rail, set against dark timber walls. Dust motes drift through the frame while the camera holds steady on the weathered planks and mechanical parts.
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Pull out
04 · Hook · 0:02–0:03
A man in a dark shirt and overalls leans into a panel of gauges, levers and pipes on a large machine, gripping a valve with his right hand. Grainy black and white archival footage, medium shot, static framing.
Camera: Static
05 · Hook · 0:03–0:03
A single centered line, “Oil is moving”, sits on a plain white background and fades in from light gray to black across the clip.
On-screen text: “Oil is moving”
Camera: Static
06 · Hook · 0:03–0:04
A grainy black and white shot holds on two workshop workers, one crouching at left, one standing at right, both gripping a tall vertical cylinder fitted with a drill bit at its base. The frame stays locked off while the static caption sits over the image.
On-screen text: “Oil is moving”
Camera: Static
07 · Hook · 0:04–0:05
Grainy black-and-white footage of oil pump jacks and refinery structures fills the frame. The shot holds on the industrial machinery with a slight handheld drift, suggesting an archival news insert.
Camera: Static
08 · Hook · 0:05–0:05
Black-and-white archival footage of an oil refinery. A row of large circular tanks stands behind metal railings, with lattice towers rising in the background. The frame drifts slowly to the right.
Camera: Static
09 · Hook · 0:05–0:06
A plain white frame holds a single black headline, centered and locked off for the full second. No motion, secondary elements, or camera movement appear.
On-screen text: “Stocks is moving”
Camera: Static
10 · Hook · 0:06–0:07
A mustached man in a suit and red tie faces a balding man seen from behind on a crowded trading floor. Suits and papers shift in the dim background. The vintage footage holds on a locked-off medium shot.
On-screen text: “Stocks is moving”
Camera: Static
11 · Hook · 0:07–0:08
A grainy vintage shot of a busy office floor with rows of workers seated at desks, several wearing headsets. A mustached man in a light blue shirt stands in the foreground, head down and working, while others in red and grey sit behind him.
Camera: Static
12 · Hook · 0:08–0:09
A hand in a dark suit sleeve erases white chalk numbers on a large grid board. Country names such as ITALIE, DANEMARK, FLANDE and GRECE run down the left column. The camera holds a locked-off close-up as the hand wipes the digits in the GTE BRETAGNE row.
Camera: Static
13 · Hook · 0:09–0:10
A grainy, handheld shot of a dense crowd of men in dark suits, many raising hands and clapping, with a static overlay of country names and a price figure. The camera shakes through the packed room.
On-screen text: “ITALE”, “DANEMARK”, “FLANDE”, “GRECE”, “11519.5005”
Camera: Static
14 · Problem · 0:10–0:11
A white headline sits centered on a solid black field, held static with no camera or text motion for the full duration of the clip.
On-screen text: “Everything is moving”
Camera: Static
15 · Problem · 0:11–0:12
A camera locked to the rocket body looks down as the Falcon 9 lifts off, climbing through golden exhaust and billowing smoke while the launch towers drop away and the sun glows on the horizon below.
On-screen text: “Everything is moving”, “MM”
Camera: Static
16 · Problem · 0:12–0:13
Aerial top-down view of a rocket lifting off from a coastal pad at dusk, the launch pad ringed by a roaring orange fireball and billowing smoke. The word ALL scales in at the center over the flame.
On-screen text: “ALL”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
17 · Problem · 0:13–0:15
A rocket climbs straight up through a pale blue sky, its white exhaust plume stretching to a coastal shoreline below. The word ONCE sits centered in bold dark type over the mid-frame. A thin vertical scratch line runs down the left edge of the frame.
On-screen text: “ONCE”
Camera: Pan
18 · Problem · 0:15–0:15
A collage of cartoon animal characters, led by a green frog in a beanie and sunglasses, dissolves into a pixel-art shiba inu in a suit smoking a cigar.
Camera: Static
19 · Problem · 0:15–0:16
A 3D cartoon monkey in a red cap and sunglasses sits at a laptop displaying a smiley card, then the shot cuts to a purple trading card titled Moon Stoad showing a red crab creature.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
20 · Problem · 0:16–0:16
A cartoon bear in a red boxing glove punches a horned viking, a cat crouches behind them on a yellow backdrop. The frame cuts to a 3D bear in a cap with clasped hands, flanked by a human and a duck against a dark starry sky.
Camera: Static
21 · Problem · 0:16–0:17
A green frog puppet in a red shirt with a white PEPE patch rests a hand on its chin, then lifts its head and grins as the camera pushes in. A grainy dark set with a barred window and soft bokeh lights sits behind it.
Camera: Push in
22 · Problem · 0:17–0:21
Grainy dusk light over a flat sea. A whale rises and rolls in the water at center frame, throwing spray. The white two-line caption holds locked in the middle, and a small PEPE mark scales in.
On-screen text: “PEPE”, “And all you could do”, “was watch”
Camera: Static
23 · Problem · 0:21–0:23
A near-black field holds the centered white line until now., which fades in from dim to full opacity and stays locked. The earlier lines And all you could do and was watch sit static above it.
On-screen text: “And all you could do”, “was watch”, “until now.”
Camera: Static
24 · Product intro · 0:23–0:24
A dark trading dashboard fades up from black to full brightness, revealing a spot list on the left, a red-and-green candlestick chart in the center, and a buy/sell panel with order-flow stats on the right. A static headline holds over the interface.
On-screen text: “until now.”
Camera: Pull out
25 · Feature reveal · 0:24–0:25
A dim pixel-art collage of meme faces, a dog, a frog and a crying face, fills the locked-off frame and brightens slightly. At center the white word Memes slides left to join Trade, settling into the single line Trade Memes.
On-screen text: “Trade Memes”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
26 · Feature reveal · 0:25–0:26
A dark candlestick chart on a trading interface shows a falling red price line; a white cursor glides right across the candles while a dashed crosshair tracks it. Volume bars sit below the chart and a static Trade Memes headline holds over the frame.
On-screen text: “Trade Memes”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
27 · Feature reveal · 0:26–0:27
A dark trading dashboard fills the frame, top nav and a left column of green price ticks framing the main panel. The view reframes onto a candlestick chart where red candles fall in a steep staircase, a white cursor hovering at the drop.
Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom
Camera: Static
28 · Feature reveal · 0:27–0:28
A dark trading panel fills the frame, a price ladder on the left and a buy box on the right. A cursor rests on the blue buy button, which fades to grey and shows a small spinner as the label switches to a loading state.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
29 · Feature reveal · 0:28–0:29
A dark crypto chart fills the screen, a green-and-red candlestick line climbing to the right while the timeline scrolls and the top data bar ticks through new values for price, market cap and 24h change.
Camera: Pan
30 · Feature reveal · 0:29–0:29
A dark, out-of-focus crowd fills the frame, with a man in a white shirt and sunglasses at the center. The white title Trade Stocks sits locked in the middle over the footage, static throughout the shot.
On-screen text: “Trade Stocks”
Camera: Static
31 · Feature reveal · 0:29–0:30
A dark, angled close-up of a stock ticker board shows CRUDE OIL in gray letters and a red LED digit, with faint dotted date and price fields below. The white caption Trade Stocks holds centered over the still, locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “Trade Stocks”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
32 · Feature reveal · 0:30–0:31
A dark trading panel shows Spot and Perps tabs with a row of filter chips, the cursor resting on the Stocks chip. Below, a list of stock tickers with logos, prices and red percentage changes sits on a black background.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
33 · Feature reveal · 0:31–0:32
A dark crypto trading interface fills the frame in close-up. The layout eases into place with a short horizontal drift, the top navigation and left price list briefly overlapping. A green candlestick begins to draw in the lower right corner.
Techniques: Parallax
Camera: Static
34 · Feature reveal · 0:32–0:33
A dark trading interface fills the frame. A white cursor moves onto the blue Buy NVDAB button and clicks it; the button then flips to a Buying... state while the available-balance line updates. A price ladder with a green highlighted tick sits to the left.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
35 · Feature reveal · 0:33–0:34
A dim trading floor crowd, blurred and packed with people, fills the frame beneath glowing red and green ticker boards. The white words Trade Perps hold still in the center over the dark scene.
On-screen text: “Trade Perps”
Camera: Static
36 · Feature reveal · 0:34–0:35
A dim, out-of-focus trading floor with rows of desks, papers and glowing monitors fills the frame. The white label “Trade Perps” holds steady at the center over the blurred motion.
On-screen text: “Trade Perps”
Camera: Static
37 · Feature reveal · 0:35–0:37
A dark trading card shows the Perps tab with the Stocks filter active. After a brief crossfade from the crypto list, the stock ticker list scrolls down, revealing more rows with leverage tags, USDC prices and green or red change figures, while a cursor hovers over the rows.
On-screen text: “Trade Perps”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
38 · Feature reveal · 0:37–0:38
A dark Adjust Leverage modal dissolves into view, then a white cursor drags the slider handle rightward. The blue fill bar lengthens and the leverage readout climbs from 4x to 9x as the handle moves toward the 10x end.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
39 · Feature reveal · 0:38–0:39
A dark trading panel shows a leverage slider marked 1× and 10×, an orange warning line, and a wide blue Confirm button. A mouse cursor hovers at the button's right edge. The locked-off frame dissolves in from a doubled state and fades to black.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
40 · Feature reveal · 0:39–0:41
A dim stadium crowd in white and yellow fades in from black. The white title “Market Make” sits centered and stays locked on the frame.
On-screen text: “Market Make”
Camera: Pull out
41 · Feature reveal · 0:41–0:41
A dark trading dashboard fills the frame in a locked-off shot. The Your Bots view shows three stat cards above a strategy table, and a mouse cursor rests on the Create a Bot button at the top right; the labels briefly overlap at the start.
Camera: Static
42 · Feature reveal · 0:41–0:42
A dark trading dashboard fills the frame over a dotted grid. A white hand cursor rests on a centered Create Bot button. A wallet address sits top right, and a panel bottom left shows Total Fees & PnL with a red -$125.86. The shot is locked-off and static.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
43 · Feature reveal · 0:42–0:43
A dark bot-creation form scrolls down. The Exchange Account dropdown opens to list Pacifica, Extended and GRVT, then closes on Pacifica with a Loading tag, and a red warning box appears. The right-hand Summary panel fills in with the chosen values while a cursor hovers over the fields.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
44 · Feature reveal · 0:43–0:44
A dark trading dashboard fills the frame. A cursor taps the Select trading asset dropdown, then drifts down across a list of BTC and ETH rows showing volume and 24h figures. A red warning banner and a Strategy Type row with Short, Neutral, Long buttons sit below.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
45 · Feature reveal · 0:44–0:45
A dark bot-configuration interface shows a left form and a right summary panel. The volume field fills with a value and the summary's volume range updates, then a mouse cursor rests on the Create Bot button.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
46 · Feature reveal · 0:45–0:46
A dark dialog box fills the frame, showing a green price range and two buttons. A white hand cursor clicks the highlighted Create Bot button, and the label switches to Creating... as the button dims.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
47 · Feature reveal · 0:46–0:47
A dark trading dashboard displays a 'Your Bots' header and a row of stats, then the frame zooms into the bot table while a hand cursor slides to the green 'Active' status and clicks it.
Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
48 · Feature reveal · 0:47–0:49
A dim, desaturated trading floor fills the frame as a man in a shirt stands with his back to the camera near a glowing monitor, while another figure moves at the left edge. The title Trade Ideas holds centered over the footage.
On-screen text: “Trade Ideas”
Camera: Static
49 · Feature reveal · 0:49–0:52
A dark trading app shows a feed of trade idea cards beneath a tab bar. The view zooms in step by step onto a green BULLISH tag and a nested asset card, with a cursor hovering over the card.
Techniques: UI zoom
Camera: Push in
50 · Feature reveal · 0:52–0:54
A dimmed candlestick chart for the token ANSEM brightens to full view, then a buy panel fades in on the right with size presets and a Buy ANSEM button, where a cursor hovers.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
51 · Feature reveal · 0:54–0:55
A dark trading panel shows a cursor clicking the blue Buy ANSEM button. The label switches to Buying... and the size drops to 0 USD, then a green Buy completed banner with a checkmark slides in across the top.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
52 · Feature reveal · 0:55–0:56
A dim dark trading panel, showing a green “Buy completed” banner, USD size presets and a buy button, fades out until the frame is fully black.
Camera: Static
53 · Social proof · 0:56–0:59
A white card holds a large black dollar figure that rolls through scrambled digits before locking onto $1,339,626,025, with the bold word TRADED fixed beneath it.
On-screen text: “$1,339,626,025”, “TRADED”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
54 · Social proof · 0:59–1:00
A dark grid of X post cards fills the frame and scrolls downward as new tweets slide in from the top. Short comments such as “Arbital cooking bro” and “it's a cook for sure” sit in the middle row while the top row swaps out for fresh posts.
On-screen text: “TRADED”, “$1,339,626,025”
Camera: Pull out
55 · Social proof · 1:00–1:01
A dark collage of Twitter screenshots about Arbital fills the frame in a loose grid, each post tagged with a white caption. The posts hold still while the captions scale in over them, one after another, ending on a full wall of praise.
On-screen text: “Insane growth, maximum opportunity for traders to lock in”, “Arbital lowk goated”, “Arbital maxxing”, “gud teck”, “Arbital cooking bro”, “arbital grind never stops”, “Been using @arbital_xyz for it”, “trading smarter without constant monitoring”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
56 · Outro · 1:01–1:01
On a near-black background, a blue arrowhead with a dark swoosh scales up from a small sliver at center, then the gray wordmark Arbital fades in to its right as the logo settles.
On-screen text: “Arbital”
Camera: Static
57 · Outro · 1:01–1:03
The Arbital logo and the text “Arbital cooking bro” scale in on a dark background, then cut to the white tagline “Trade what's moving” centered on screen.
On-screen text: “Arbital cooking bro”, “Trade what's moving”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
58 · Outro · 1:03–1:06
The white headline “Trade what’s moving” holds centered on a near-black background, then the frame cuts to the Y Combinator lockup: an orange square with a white Y beside “a Y Combinator company” in white. Both lines sit static, locked off.
On-screen text: “Trade what's moving”, “a Y Combinator company”
Camera: Static







