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01 · Problem · 0:00–0:00

A locked-off, angled close-up of a video-editing timeline. Purple, teal and orange clips sit under a thin blue playhead, with shallow depth of field blurring the top toolbar and right edge as a clip eases into view on the right.

Camera: Static

02 · Problem · 0:00–0:01

Macro close-up of a dark editing timeline: a white cursor arrow drags a blue clip rightward along a yellow line beneath a glowing white timecode. The pixel grid of the display is visible and the frame stays locked off.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

03 · Problem · 0:01–0:02

A close-up of a monitor running 3D modeling software shows a white 3D model wrapped in a circular selection gizmo on a purple viewport. A cursor drifts right across the top edge while the model rotates slightly in place.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

04 · Problem · 0:02–0:04

A filmed monitor shows a Windows desktop with a Notepad window open. Inside it, large bold black text animates in with a motion-blur reveal, spelling 'Remote desktop is broken...'. The shot stays tight on the screen, edges softly blurred.

Techniques: Kinetic type

Camera: Push in

05 · Problem · 0:04–0:05

A hand holds a tablet in a dim room, the index finger on the glass as the 3D floor plan on screen rotates through a living space. Soft window light rims the right edge, the left side falls into shadow.

Camera: Static

06 · Problem · 0:05–0:05

A tight close-up of a hand resting on a black gaming mouse on a desk, the index finger presses the scroll wheel. The shot then gives way to a white and yellow wireframe mesh of hexagons over a dark background.

Camera: Static

07 · Problem · 0:05–0:06

A red-to-blue gradient field holds a white triangular wireframe mesh crossed by a yellow dashed line. A distorted white streak ripples and shifts through the center, mimicking a glitch, as the mesh jitters.

Camera: Static

08 · Problem · 0:06–0:06

A tight close-up of a 3D app's color panel with a circular gradient picker and a vertical slider, then a hard cut to a pixelated, glitching macro of a colorful gradient sphere crossed by grid lines.

Camera: Static

09 · Other · 0:06–0:10

A dark 3D form made of green and pink dots flashes briefly, then cuts to a man in a green shirt speaking in a bright office with blurred windows and plants. A white name caption and yellow role line sit at the lower left.

On-screen text: “CHRIS DICKSON”, “Co-Founder”

Techniques: Particles

Camera: Static

10 · Other · 0:10–0:11

Two white-bordered photos cut on a dark navy field. A man stands at a podium in a meeting room beside a projected webpage, then a group of eight people pose on a night-lit disc golf course. A still caption identifies Chris Dickson, Co-Founder.

On-screen text: “CHRIS DICKSON”, “Co-Founder”

Camera: Static

11 · Other · 0:11–0:11

A still photo of two men seated at office desks, each holding a game controller and facing a monitor, set in a wide locked-off frame bordered by dark navy and a thin white edge.

Camera: Static

12 · Other · 0:11–0:12

A framed photo of a team seated around a long restaurant table, a chef standing at the head and smoke rising from the grill. The still image holds, then blurs into a fast horizontal wipe that exits the frame.

Camera: Static

13 · Product intro · 0:12–0:14

Two men stand in a bright office, the man in the black shirt gesturing with both hands as he talks to the man in the green shirt leaning on a pillar. A white name caption with an italic title fades in at the lower left.

On-screen text: “BENJY BOXER”, “Co-Founder”

Camera: Static

14 · Product intro · 0:14–0:19

A man in a gray sweater stands in a sunlit office, speaking to camera and gesturing. A lower-third nameplate sits at left. As he talks, the a16z logo and a row of investor names plus a dollar figure fade in across his chest.

On-screen text: “BENJY BOXER”, “Co-Founder”, “a16z”, “INDIE”, “NextView”, “LERER HIPPEAU”, “MAKERS FUND”, “8.75 MILLION DOLLARS”

Camera: Static

15 · Product intro · 0:19–0:19

Close-up of a hand resting on a black mouse over a white desk, a colorful keyboard blurred behind it. The hand nudges the mouse, then a teal angular shape wipes in to cover the frame.

On-screen text: “AlOZ”, “INDIE NextView”

Techniques: Masking

Camera: Static

16 · Product intro · 0:19–0:20

Extreme close-up, slightly tilted, of a screen showing a dark header bar with an orange rule and a white app icon, above a field of gray static noise in which a bright green arrow with a motion-blur trail points right.

Camera: Pan

17 · Product intro · 0:20–0:20

A pixelated teal and gray pattern fills the frame, then the view pulls back to show it as a triangle outlined in orange on a dark checkered field. Thin black wireframe lines extend left from the triangle's edge.

Camera: Static

18 · Product intro · 0:20–0:22

A hand grips a black mouse on a pale desk. The shot opens in motion blur, then settles to frame a pastel mechanical keyboard with glowing yellow side strips in the background.

Camera: Pan

19 · Product intro · 0:22–0:23

A soft, out-of-focus teal field snaps into sharp focus, revealing an abstract graphic of overlapping teal, yellow and blue triangles over a speckled texture. The composition sits on a dark checkerboard and is outlined by thin orange lines that drift slowly to the right.

Camera: Static

20 · Product intro · 0:23–0:24

A dark 3D viewport fills the frame as yellow particles snap into a rotating wireframe cube on a grid, with a node editor at left. A quick cut lands on a man in a grey shirt talking.

Techniques: Particles

Camera: Static

21 · Demo · 0:24–0:28

A man in a gray crew-neck sweater speaks to an off-camera interviewer in a bright office. The static medium close-up holds on his face with a shallow depth of field, blurring a window and a green plant behind him.

Camera: Static

22 · Demo · 0:28–0:30

A man in a gray sweater walks across a sunlit open office and shakes hands with a woman in a red shirt, while blurred colleagues work at desks behind them. A lower-left caption shows the woman's name and role.

On-screen text: “ANAIS BLONDET”, “Video Editor”

Camera: Pan

23 · Demo · 0:30–0:33

In a bright open office, a bearded man in a cream shirt and backpack walks and talks with a man in a gray sweater toward the camera, while colleagues work at desks behind them. A lower-third caption identifies the bearded man.

On-screen text: “ANDREW HOAG”, “Motion Designer”

Camera: Static

24 · Demo · 0:33–0:34

Tight close-up of a hand resting on a black mouse on a white desk, the keyboard and gear behind it soft and blurred, focus easing onto the mouse as a name and title lower third appears.

On-screen text: “ANDREW HOAG”, “Motion Designer”

Camera: Static

25 · Demo · 0:34–0:36

An extreme close-up holds on a man's eyes and nose in three-quarter profile against a plain cream background. His blue eyes shift slightly as he looks off-screen, listening to the voiceover about connecting to a remote workstation.

Camera: Static

26 · Demo · 0:36–0:38

A bearded man, blurred in the foreground, sits at a desk facing a large monitor. The screen shows a dark 3D application with stacked property panels and a node graph at the bottom. The shot is locked off and static, holding on the man and the interface.

Camera: Static

27 · Demo · 0:38–0:42

A bearded man in a cream shirt sits at a white desk, hands resting on a keyboard and mouse, speaking as he watches a monitor off frame right. A wall-mounted screen behind him shows a dark abstract wallpaper with a small alien logo. Static medium shot in soft daylight.

Camera: Static

28 · Demo · 0:42–0:45

A man in a gray sweater and a woman in a red blouse sit at a long white table, watching a monitor on the left. The camera pulls back from a tight two-shot to reveal the open office, a red EXIT sign overhead, and a colleague at the right.

Camera: Pull out

29 · Demo · 0:45–0:48

Over-the-shoulder view of a curly-haired person in a red top watching a monitor that displays a video editor. Its preview window plays a clip of runners' feet on pavement while the timeline below holds rows of blue and green clips.

Camera: Static

30 · Demo · 0:48–0:50

A bearded man in a white shirt, out of focus in the foreground, gestures with his hand while talking. Across the table, a man in a gray long-sleeve shirt sits in focus, listening. A white mug rests on the table edge in a bright office.

Camera: Static

31 · Demo · 0:50–0:56

Over-the-shoulder, a bearded man in a light shirt points with his index finger at a large monitor, his head soft in the left foreground. The screen shows Blender with a 3D turtle model and a node graph that updates as he gestures.

Camera: Static

32 · Demo · 0:56–0:58

A woman with curly hair in a red shirt sits at a white desk, right hand resting on a mouse, left hand gesturing as she talks. The back of a large monitor and a keyboard fill the right foreground. Static medium shot, soft office light.

Camera: Static

33 · Demo · 0:58–1:01

A monitor fills the frame showing Premiere Pro in dark mode, its timeline packed with blue video and green audio clips. The program monitor plays a runner's feet and shoes as the playhead advances. A blurred bright office and plant sit behind the screen.

Camera: Static

34 · Demo · 1:01–1:05

A woman in a red shirt talks and gestures at a monitor on the left, which shows a video editing timeline. A man in a gray shirt sits behind her, softly focused, watching the screen. The bright office blurs into the background under a red exit sign.

Camera: Static

35 · Demo · 1:05–1:07

A bearded man in a cream shirt sits at a desk with a white keyboard, gesturing with his hands as he speaks. He turns from a monitor showing an Alienware logo toward the camera. The bright office stays static in the background.

Camera: Static

36 · Demo · 1:07–1:09

Through a circular fisheye vignette, a bearded man in a striped shirt sits at a desk, resting his chin on his hand before reaching for a mouse. The shot then pushes into his monitor, filling the frame with a 3D modeling interface.

Techniques: UI zoom

Camera: Static

37 · Demo · 1:09–1:11

A dark circular vignette frames a fisheye shot of a monitor angled in a bright white studio. The screen displays Blender's shader node editor, with a web of connected nodes and a settings panel on the right. The camera drifts slightly on the display.

Camera: Static

38 · Demo · 1:11–1:11

A bearded man in a cream shirt sits at a white desk, framed in a circular fisheye vignette. His hand hovers over a keyboard as he watches a monitor to the right, in a bright white studio.

Camera: Static

39 · Demo · 1:11–1:12

A bearded man in a cream shirt sits at a white desk, gazing at a monitor, his hand resting near the keyboard. The shot is framed by a dark circular vignette that masks the office scene, holding him in a peephole view.

Techniques: Masking

Camera: Static

40 · Feature reveal · 1:12–1:14

A man in an olive t-shirt sits at a desk facing the camera, hands near a keyboard, mouse and headphones. A glass wall behind him carries small plus signs, with office desks and a plant blurred beyond. He speaks to camera in a locked-off medium shot.

Camera: Static

41 · Feature reveal · 1:14–1:15

A centered medium close-up of a man in a dark green t-shirt speaking in a bright office, then a cut to a 3D wireframe cube on a deep blue field with small white dots.

Camera: Static

42 · Feature reveal · 1:15–1:21

An isometric wireframe cube rests on a grid trail over a purple field. Shield icons glow on its faces beside a callout reading CUSTOM NETWORKING PROTOCOL; the icons then swap to gears and the label changes to CUSTOM WINDOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. A wireframe window plane sweeps across.

On-screen text: “CUSTOM NETWORKING PROTOCOL”, “CUSTOM WINDOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM”

Techniques: 3D mockup, Morph

Camera: Pull out

43 · Feature reveal · 1:21–1:28

Two floating panels, blue and yellow, sit in 3D perspective on a blue grid. Wireframe spheres with orbiting arrows morph into discs as a cursor moves between them. A white wireframe laptop appears, then a desktop tower with monitor slides in, linked by a line.

On-screen text: “LOW LATENCY”, “4”, “HIGH FRAME RATES”

Techniques: 3D mockup, Cursor demo, Morph

Camera: Pull out

44 · Other · 1:28–1:32

A man in a gray crewneck stands centered in a sunlit open office, speaking to the camera and gesturing with both hands. Behind him, large windows, a potted plant, and a blurred coworker at a desk stay static as the camera holds a steady medium shot.

Camera: Static

45 · Other · 1:32–1:35

A man in a gray crew-neck shirt speaks in a medium close-up, angled slightly off-camera. The background is a soft-focus office with a bright window on the left and a green plant on the right. The shot holds steady on his face as he talks.

Camera: Static

46 · Other · 1:35–1:37

A man in a gray sweater stands in a bright open-plan office, speaking directly to the camera while gesturing with both hands. The background stays softly out of focus, showing tall windows, a green plant, and empty desks. The medium shot holds steady.

Camera: Static

47 · Other · 1:37–1:39

A man in a gray crew-neck sweater speaks in a shallow-focus office, framed from the chest up and positioned right of center. A bright window and green plant remain softly blurred behind him while the camera stays steady.

Camera: Static

48 · Feature reveal · 1:39–1:45

An isometric wireframe laptop and desktop sit on a purple grid, joined by a line with a yellow check dot. The view pulls back as a gold ring forms around the pair, then the setup tiles into a repeating grid while small gear, plus, dollar, and cursor icons pop in.

On-screen text: “0”, “+”, “0”, “S”

Techniques: 3D mockup

Camera: Pull out

49 · Feature reveal · 1:45–1:47

A man in a dark green t-shirt sits at a desk with a keyboard and headphones, speaking to the camera and gesturing with one hand. A glass wall behind him carries small white plus signs, with an office and plant visible. The frame stays locked off.

Camera: Static

50 · Feature reveal · 1:47–1:49

A man in a dark green t-shirt sits in profile at a desk, gazing at a monitor whose blurred back fills the right edge of frame. A leafy plant softens the left background against bright window light. The shot holds on his focused expression with a slight tightening reframe.

Camera: Push in

51 · Feature reveal · 1:49–1:50

A young man in a gray t-shirt stares intently at a monitor in a tight close-up. Blurred green plants fill the background while a dark screen edge sits out of focus in the foreground. The camera holds steady on his concentrated expression.

Camera: Static

52 · Feature reveal · 1:50–1:57

A white wireframe cube on an indigo grid stretches into a tall prism. A base badge cycles star, shield, and bolt icons while the lower half fills with orange, then purple, and angled captions swap between the three features. The prism then glows and repeats in a row of three.

On-screen text: “CONSOLIDATING HARDWARE”, “SECURING DATA”, “COOLING & POWER MANAGEMENT”

Techniques: Morph

Camera: Pull out

53 · Feature reveal · 1:57–2:00

Glowing wireframe prisms float above a thin vertical line on a blue diagonal grid dotted with small stars. The frame drifts back to reveal a row of identical shapes, each with a purple-to-white gradient at its base, as the voiceover names server rooms and the cloud.

Camera: Pan

54 · Feature reveal · 2:00–2:01

Three glowing isometric wireframe cubes float over a blue grid dotted with stars, then slide left out of frame as a small cream circle with a dark stacked-layers icon fades in at the center.

Camera: Static

55 · Feature reveal · 2:01–2:05

On a deep indigo background with a diagonal line texture and faint star dots, a white circle with a yellow stacked-layers icon sits centered. Two more white circles pop in to the right, a yellow location pin and a yellow cloud, making a row of three.

Camera: Pan

56 · Other · 2:05–2:08

A man in a gray sweater talks to camera in a tight close-up, the office behind him blurred into a bright window and a green plant. The shot then cuts wider, revealing him standing in the open office, gesturing with both hands as he keeps speaking.

Camera: Static

57 · Other · 2:08–2:13

A man in a gray long-sleeve shirt stands centered in a sunlit open-plan office, facing the camera and speaking while gesturing with both hands. The shallow depth of field blurs the desks, plants, and tall windows behind him.

Camera: Static

58 · Outro · 2:13–2:16

A purple rounded-square icon holding a white shape sits large at center on a dark navy field with faint concentric outlines, then shrinks and slides left as the wordmark appears to its right.

On-screen text: “Phaze”

Techniques: Morph

Camera: Static