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Carl Schoeller - Today we’re launching Parallax, the AI energy company with a $117m fu

Parallax · Sep 2026 · 1:32 · AI-annotated

Length
1:32
Scenes
20 · 4.6 s avg
Product on screen
0:07
Features shown
1
Call to action
1:18 · 84%
Voiceover
Yes
00:00:00 / 01:32:14

Parallax’s 1:32 launch film runs 20 scenes, about 4.6 s each. The product shows up at 0:07 and 1 feature is revealed, with social proof. The call to action lands at 1:18 (84% in), over a voiceover. A single talking-head launch monologue cut at about ten cuts per minute to black and white industrial b-roll and grayscale macro renders, keeping the founder's pitch industrial and urgent. Signature moves: frosted white logo chips that fade in and drift around the speaker, the orange Parallax mark fading in over his chest, and a static logo end card on a light gray field.

Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 official logo — reused across the film · 16 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 3 3D passages — build or supply
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Carl Schoeller - Today we’re launching Parallax, the AI energy company with a $117m fu, scene by scene

· 20 scenes as text

  1. 01 · Hook · 0:00–0:04

    A man in a navy jacket over a gray tee stands in a blurred warehouse, speaking to camera and gesturing with both hands. A white lower-third caption with his name and title sits at the bottom left.

    On-screen text: “Carl Schoeller”, “Founder and CEO, Parallax”

    Camera: Pull out

  2. 02 · Problem · 0:04–0:06

    A printed newspaper mockup floats in 3D over a dark grid, its front page tilting and turning to expose a second page, while a name and title caption hold static in the lower frame.

    On-screen text: “Carl Schoeller”, “Founder and CEO, Parallax”

    Techniques: 3D mockup

    Camera: Push in

  3. 03 · Problem · 0:06–0:06

    A monochrome close-up of a metal fan rotor spins, its curved blades blurring as they turn. The tight framing holds on the rotating hub and the surrounding ring of vanes.

    Camera: Static

  4. 04 · Problem · 0:06–0:07

    A soft-focus black-and-white shot of electricity pylons and power lines silhouetted in a foggy sky, with a pale glow rising at the left horizon. The frame holds still as the towers blur into the haze.

    Camera: Pull out

  5. 05 · Product intro · 0:07–0:30

    A man in a dark jacket and gray tee speaks to camera in a blurred warehouse, gesturing with both hands. The medium shot cuts to a tighter close-up as the orange Parallax mark and white wordmark fade in at the lower edge.

    On-screen text: “Parallax”

    Camera: Static

  6. 06 · Feature reveal · 0:30–0:32

    Black-and-white aerial shot of a coastal power plant at dusk. Smoke streams left from the tall chimneys past a bank of clouds, cranes and scattered facility lights dot the site, and the camera drifts slowly across the scene.

    Camera: Push in

  7. 07 · Feature reveal · 0:32–0:40

    A young man in a navy jacket over a grey tee stands centered in a softly blurred warehouse, speaking to camera. He gestures with both hands, opening his palms outward then bringing them together, ending with a small pointing motion.

    Camera: Static

  8. 08 · Feature reveal · 0:40–0:42

    Black and white footage of a vast warehouse interior. A metal truss ceiling and overhead lights frame the space, while tall racks hold stacks of materials and metal stock. The camera drifts forward and pans across the aisles, revealing the depth of the storage floor.

    Camera: Push in

  9. 09 · Feature reveal · 0:42–0:44

    In black and white, a worker in a hard hat drives a forklift past the camera inside an open shipping container. Stacked crates line the right side while the vehicle's rapid pass creates heavy horizontal motion blur.

    Camera: Push in

  10. 10 · Feature reveal · 0:44–0:45

    A black and white top-down aerial shot of an excavation site. Three excavators rest on dark, rutted earth, their arms angled across the frame. The drone drifts slowly over the terrain as tire tracks curve through the dirt.

    Camera: Static

  11. 11 · Feature reveal · 0:45–0:46

    A dark, grayscale close-up of a rough, pitted surface fills the frame, with shallow depth of field holding the central hollow in focus. The image is essentially static, with only a faint shift in focus.

    Camera: Static

  12. 12 · Feature reveal · 0:46–0:50

    A young man in a dark jacket over a light tee speaks to an off-screen interviewer in a warehouse with a wooden ceiling and soft blurred lights. He lifts both hands to gesture mid-sentence. Locked-off medium close-up with shallow depth of field.

    Camera: Pan

  13. 13 · Feature reveal · 0:50–0:56

    A brown-haired man in a dark jacket over a gray tee speaks to camera in a workshop, the industrial background thrown soft and blurred. He smiles and shifts his head slightly as he talks, framed in a steady medium close-up with shallow depth of field.

    Camera: Pull out

  14. 14 · Feature reveal · 0:56–0:59

    A grayscale macro shot shows a bright spark with thin light trails moving up the right edge of a speckled sheet with a rectangular cutout. The clip then cuts to a large industrial press machine working on a metal plate in a factory.

    Techniques: Particles

    Camera: Pull out

  15. 15 · Feature reveal · 0:59–1:02

    A black and white industrial rig fills the frame, mechanical arms lining a central rail. The camera glides forward at low height while focus racks from the foreground part to the blurred machinery and back.

    Techniques: Parallax

    Camera: Push in

  16. 16 · Feature reveal · 1:02–1:04

    A young man in a navy jacket and gray tee stands in a softly blurred warehouse, speaking to camera while gesturing with both hands. Shelves and carts sit out of focus behind him.

    Camera: Static

  17. 17 · Social proof · 1:04–1:05

    A young man in a dark jacket and gray tee faces the camera and speaks, his mouth moving as he delivers a line. The warehouse behind him stays softly out of focus, with shelves and colored equipment blurred.

    Camera: Static

  18. 18 · Social proof · 1:05–1:18

    A man in a dark jacket speaks to camera in a blurred warehouse. A large white $100M appears behind his head, then six investor logo cards fade in on both sides of the frame and fade out.

    On-screen text: “$100M”, “FOUNDERS FUND”, “Lux”, “ECLIPSE”, “Greylock”, “GENERAL CATALYST”, “diffusion”

    Camera: Pull out

  19. 19 · CTA · 1:18–1:29

    A young man in a navy work jacket stands in a blurred warehouse, speaking to camera and gesturing. Two rows of frosted white chips carrying company logos (Apple, SpaceX, Anduril, Tesla, Astra, JPL, Stanford, Relativity) drift horizontally at different speeds around him, then fade out. The clip ends on the Parallax logo, an orange mark beside a black wordmark on a light gray field.

    On-screen text: “Apple”, “SPACEX”, “ANDURIL”, “TESLA”, “ASTRA”, “Relativity”, “JPL”, “Stanford”, “Parallax”

    Techniques: Parallax

    Camera: Static

  20. 20 · Outro · 1:29–1:32

    A light gray gradient fills the frame. The Parallax logo, an orange bowtie mark beside the black wordmark, sits centered and remains static.

    On-screen text: “Parallax”

    Camera: Static