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MirrorMirror · Oct 2026 · 1:31 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:31
- Scenes
- 34 · 2.7 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:08
- Features shown
- 1
- Call to action
- 1:21 · 90%
- Voiceover
- Yes
00:00:00 / 01:31:07
MirrorMirror’s 1:31 launch film runs 34 scenes, about 2.7 s each. The product shows up at 0:08 and 1 feature is revealed, with social proof. The call to action lands at 1:21 (90% in), over a voiceover. A founder-led launch film that alternates live-action talking-head shots with clean 3D device mockups and kinetic typography on a pale gray field, using a deep maroon accent for emphasis and a mirrored wordmark as the signature brand mark. The structure moves hook, problem, product intro, workflow demo, regulation context, credibility, and a consent-and-payment close, with captions building word by word to match the voiceover and quick cuts at roughly 123 bpm.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 capture group — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 13 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 4 graphic passages — draw or supply · 13 3D passages — build or supply
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· 34 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:02
A woman in a black turtleneck sits at a desk with an open laptop, holding a microphone and speaking to camera. On the left, a small white line scales in, then a large bold “AI SLOP?” drops in below it. A rounded name lower-third appears at the bottom right.
On-screen text: “are you still putting out”, “AI SLOP?”, “Yusan Lin”, “Founder & CEO - MirrorMirror AI”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
02 · Problem · 0:02–0:06
On a light gray field, the red headline 'Companies that use fake AI faces' builds in above a row of five portrait photos that fade into place. A second line, 'or worse, real faces WITHOUT CONSENT,' slides up below as the frame eases out.
On-screen text: “Companies that use”, “fake AI faces”, “or worse, real faces WITHOUT CONSENT”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Problem · 0:06–0:07
A 3D stack of news article cards rotates on a light gray field, flipping through AI headlines while a maroon headline builds on the left. The phrase grows from “are facing massive BACKLASH” to add “and” as the top card switches to a Guardian story.
On-screen text: “are facing massive BACKLASH”, “and”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:07–0:08
A fanned stack of newspaper front pages, with a red California Post and a blue Guardian on top, sits tilted in 3D on a light gray field. Left overlay text reads 'are facing massive BACKLASH' while 'and Legal issues' fades in on the right.
On-screen text: “are facing massive BACKLASH”, “and Legal issues”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
05 · Product intro · 0:08–0:14
The black MIRROR wordmark with its mirrored twin holds center on a soft gray gradient, then dissolves as a single sentence types in word by word, ending with a red strike crossing out “canceled”.
On-screen text: “MIRROR”, “WIBBOB”, “to give you the speed and savings of AI without getting you canceled”, “We're”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Product intro · 0:14–0:18
A woman in a black turtleneck sits at a table with a laptop, holding a microphone and speaking to camera in a bright room with a plant and sideboard. White captions build word by word on the left, ending with a large FOR AI GENERATION line, then a small closing line.
On-screen text: “We're a marketplace for licensing real people's likeness”, “FOR AI GENERATION”, “here's how it works”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
07 · Demo · 0:18–0:19
A dark laptop in 3D perspective slides in from the right, its screen showing a grid of talent profile photos, while the pink headline slides in on the left against a plain light background.
On-screen text: “here's how it works”, “Every talent is identity”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
08 · Demo · 0:19–0:23
A MacBook Pro in 3D perspective sits on a plain light background, its screen showing a grid of model profile cards. The laptop slides left across the frame as a maroon and pink headline on the left gives way to a second headline sliding in from the right.
On-screen text: “Every talent is”, “identity verified”, “and they set how their”, “likeness”, “can be used”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Demo · 0:23–0:24
A 3D laptop mockup displays a dark grid of model photos; the camera zooms into the screen as a Book Model form with dropdown fields pops up. On the right, two lines of dark red serif text slide in. The motion is quick.
On-screen text: “and they set how their”, “can be used”
Techniques: 3D mockup, UI zoom, Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
10 · Demo · 0:24–0:28
A dark booking modal sits over a grid of model portraits. A cursor opens the Media Type dropdown and selects Internal Use, then opens the Exclusivity dropdown. The frame zooms in slightly on the form.
Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom
Camera: Static
11 · Demo · 0:28–0:33
A dark lookbook UI with clothing thumbnails and a model photo pans left across a pale gray field while maroon headlines scale in, spelling a sentence on signed licenses and provenance. A red block accumulates three checkmarked lines on the right.
On-screen text: “every approved”, “IMAGE”, “is released with a signed license and”, “CONTENT VERIFIED”, “embedded provenance”, “LICENSE LINKED”, “PROVENANCE RECORDED”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
12 · Problem · 0:33–0:35
A woman in a black turtleneck holds a microphone and speaks to camera beside a laptop, with a framed painting behind her. On the left, the year 2026 fades in large, then the caption regulation is catching up appears below it.
On-screen text: “2026”, “regulation is catching up”
Camera: Static
13 · Problem · 0:35–0:38
Guardian and California Post article screenshots drift on a light gray field while large dark-red type assembles the line “New York now requires consent for the use of digital replicas”, the top line fading as the bottom enters.
On-screen text: “New York now requires consent for the use of digital replicas”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
14 · Problem · 0:38–0:39
A tilted newspaper article card and floating mastheads sit in 3D perspective on a pale background. Red text builds word by word on the left as the camera eases across the layout.
On-screen text: “for the use of digital replicas”, “Japan has issued”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax, Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
15 · Problem · 0:39–0:40
A tilted Japan Times clipping floats in 3D perspective on a gray field, its headline marking generative AI use in yellow. Red outlined words Japan has issued guidelines echo on the left as addressing slides in on the right.
On-screen text: “Japan has issued guidelines”, “addressing”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
16 · Problem · 0:40–0:42
A tilted newspaper page floats in 3D perspective on a gray void, its photo showing a woman singing into a microphone. Red serif text surrounds it: extruded 'Japan has issued guidelines' left, 'addressing unauthorized AI use' right that rewords to 'use of likeness', and 'digital replicas' top.
On-screen text: “digital replicas”, “Japan has issued guidelines”, “addressing unauthorized AI use”, “use of likeness”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
17 · Problem · 0:42–0:46
Angled newspaper and web article clippings about AI regulation sit in 3D perspective on a gray background. A red caption bar wipes open across the center, revealing the white sentence.
On-screen text: “while other jurisdictions are developing their own rules”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Masking
Camera: Static
18 · Social proof · 0:46–0:49
A woman in a black turtleneck sits at a desk with a laptop, holding a microphone and speaking to camera in front of a pale abstract painting. White caption lines build up on the left, one by one, then clear.
On-screen text: “We've been building”, “Mirror Mirror AI”, “around consent since day one”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
19 · Social proof · 0:49–0:51
A woman in a black dress stands in profile on a dark stage, speaking into a headset mic and gesturing with her hands. Two lines of white text sit on the left, the second line larger. The camera holds a locked-off medium shot.
On-screen text: “we came out of stealth”, “in late March”
Camera: Static
20 · Social proof · 0:51–0:52
Two women at a trade show booth talk to a man in a denim shirt as the dark image brightens. White overlay text on the left shows 'we came out of stealth in late March', then switches to 'as part of a16z / speedrun'.
On-screen text: “we came out of stealth”, “in late March”, “as part of”, “a16z / speedrun”
Camera: Static
21 · Social proof · 0:52–0:54
A woman in a black turtleneck holds a microphone and speaks beside a laptop, seated before a framed abstract painting. White caption text fades in on the left in two lines, the second line larger and bolder.
On-screen text: “since then we've been”, “working closely”
Camera: Static
22 · Social proof · 0:54–0:57
A horizontal filmstrip of three live-action clips slides across a light gray field. Each panel is captioned at the bottom with a white label, Brands, Agencies, Lawyers, as the row pans and the panels reveal in sequence.
On-screen text: “Brands”, “Agencies”, “Lawyers”
Techniques: Split screen
Camera: Pan
23 · Social proof · 0:57–1:00
A woman in a black turtleneck holds a microphone and speaks beside a laptop, framed mid-shot against a wall with a framed painting. On the left, a left-aligned block of white text builds up line by line, the headline sliding in word by word while she talks.
On-screen text: “CONDÉ NAST”, “VOGUE Q CN”, “Agencies”, “Lawyers”, “to build against”, “real world needs”, “and evolving regulations”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
24 · Social proof · 1:00–1:08
The line “We're not just another B2B SaaS or vibe-coded wrapper” types in as red strikethroughs cross out two phrases. A red node diagram grows at left while “We're building a robust infrastructure for AI likeness” scales in, then three red bars labeled consent, licensing, clear rights rise up.
On-screen text: “We're not just another B2B SaaS or vibe-coded wrapper”, “We're building a robust infrastructure for AI likeness”, “consent”, “licensing”, “clear rights”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
25 · Social proof · 1:08–1:11
A 3D iMac on a gray backdrop cycles through a fashion site, its screen swapping a hero image, an arrivals grid and a product page as a cursor clicks. Dark-red caption text builds on both sides, reading 'Brands and models around the world are already using Mirror Mirror'.
On-screen text: “Brands and models around the world”, “are already using Mirror Mirror”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
26 · Social proof · 1:11–1:12
A 3D desktop computer centered on a gray background shows a fashion product page with a model in a brown jacket. Red text frames the device on both sides while a headline above builds to 'AI is fast' as the view pushes into the screen.
On-screen text: “Brands and models around the world”, “are already using Mirror Mirror AI”, “AI is fast”
Techniques: 3D mockup, UI zoom, Kinetic type, Parallax
Camera: Push in
27 · Social proof · 1:12–1:13
A front-facing iMac mockup on a light gray background shows a fashion e-commerce site; a cursor clicks Add to Bag and the page wipes to the bag checkout view, while a red headline sits above and side text frames the device.
On-screen text: “AI is fast and cheap”, “Brands and models around the world”, “are already using Mirror Mirror”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Cursor demo
Camera: Push in
28 · Feature reveal · 1:13–1:16
A woman in a black turtleneck sits at a table with an open laptop, holding a microphone and speaking to camera. On the left, a rounded outline fills with five white AI brand icons, and a two-line caption builds word by word.
On-screen text: “Every AI company is promising”, “more content for less”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
29 · Feature reveal · 1:16–1:17
A woman in a black turtleneck sits at a desk, holding a microphone and speaking toward camera. The back of an open laptop faces the lens in front of her. A white caption rests on the left while the locked-off frame holds on her.
On-screen text: “We're all for efficiency”
Camera: Static
30 · Feature reveal · 1:17–1:18
A 3D tablet mockup swings from a rear three-quarter angle to face the camera, revealing a dark Licenses screen with a circular avatar and a mission match notification card. Dark red text on the left reads “We just don't think it should ever be done.”
On-screen text: “We're all for efficiency”, “We just don't think”, “it should ever be done”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
31 · Feature reveal · 1:18–1:21
A tablet in 3D perspective on a light gray background shows a dark app interface; the Licenses request card with model photos and Approve button gives way to an Earnings dashboard with charts and a payouts table, while red serif text frames the device on both sides.
On-screen text: “We just don't think it should ever be done”, “without consent and payment”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
32 · CTA · 1:21–1:28
A woman in a black turtleneck sits at a table holding a microphone, speaking to camera, the back of a laptop in front of her. Behind her, a potted plant and a framed painting fill a bright room. White caption lines fade in one by one on the left.
On-screen text: “We just don't think it should ever be done”, “AI GENERATED CONTENT is here to stay”, “Mirror Mirror AI gives you the savings and speed of AI”, “without getting you canceled”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
33 · CTA · 1:28–1:29
A woman in a black turtleneck holds a studio microphone and speaks behind a laptop, seated in a bright room with a framed painting on the wall. White caption text on the left swaps from 'without getting you canceled' to 'Don't be rude get consent'.
On-screen text: “without getting you”, “canceled”, “Don't be rude”, “get consent”
Camera: Static
34 · Outro · 1:29–1:31
A centered MIRROR IO logo sign-off sits on a white background. The wordmark starts light gray and darkens to charcoal while the frame stays locked.
On-screen text: “get consent”, “MIRROR”, “IO”
Camera: Static