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A New Start | Raycast for Windows

Raycast · Nov 2025 · 0:52 · AI-annotated

00:00:00 / 00:52:21

A 52-second letter to the Windows Start button, cut at roughly 41 cuts per minute over a 107 BPM pulse, that runs one continuous voiceover across four acts: salutation, nostalgia, break-up, and reveal. The style is a grainy 4:3 retro montage of faded photographs, pixel UI and blue-screen stings, all letterboxed on black, resolving into a clean dark Raycast palette and a serif end card.

Footage neededEstimated needs: 3 capture groups — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 12 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 4 graphic passages — draw or supply · 5 3D passages — build or supply

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A New Start | Raycast for Windows, scene by scene

· 39 scenes as text

  1. 01 · Hook · 0:00–0:01

    A grainy blue sky with drifting white clouds fills a 4:3 frame. A Windows Start button, with the four-color flag and the word Start, fades in at the center and holds still.

    Camera: Static

  2. 02 · Hook · 0:01–0:03

    On a near-black background with a faint dot grid, white pixel-style type is typed letter by letter in the lower left, ending with a blinking underscore. The line reads DEAR START BUTTON_ and carries a slight red-cyan color fringe.

    On-screen text: “DEAR START BUTTON_”

    Techniques: Kinetic type

    Camera: Static

  3. 03 · Problem · 0:03–0:04

    A pixelated retro screen shows a Start button with a multicolored pixel icon. A white pixel cursor rests on the icon, and a dotted focus outline snaps around the button.

    On-screen text: “DEAR START BUTTON_”

    Techniques: Cursor demo

    Camera: Static

  4. 04 · Problem · 0:04–0:05

    A faded vintage photograph of a young boy in a white shirt and tie, seated at a desk with hands on a keyboard before an old beige desktop computer. The still image sits centered on a black background with no motion.

    Camera: Static

  5. 05 · Problem · 0:05–0:07

    A close-up of a young green seedling with two leaves stands in dark, clumpy soil, the background earth thrown out of focus. The camera holds a locked-off frame on the sprout with no movement.

    Camera: Static

  6. 06 · Problem · 0:07–0:08

    A Windows 98 desktop on a teal background holds the open Start menu on the left. A white cursor glides up the menu, pausing over Favorites and Help as the menu fades into place.

    Techniques: Cursor demo

    Camera: Static

  7. 07 · Problem · 0:08–0:10

    A still photograph centered on a black background shows a toddler in a white outfit kneeling on a stool, reaching to the keyboard of a beige CRT computer on a wooden desk. A small webcam sits on top of the monitor. The image holds static for the full shot.

    Camera: Static

  8. 08 · Problem · 0:10–0:11

    A green Solitaire window sits centered on a black background in a locked-off frame. A cursor hovers over the top-left stock pile, which cycles through images as a card is dealt to the waste pile beside it.

    Techniques: Cursor demo

    Camera: Static

  9. 09 · Problem · 0:11–0:12

    A 3D pinball table, angled in perspective, fills the left of the frame while a side scoreboard on the right shows the Space Cadet logo, ball count and a rising score. The Hyperspace Bonus line clears as the score ticks up.

    Techniques: 3D mockup

    Camera: Static

  10. 10 · Problem · 0:12–0:12

    Letterboxed first-person game footage: black-gloved hands grip a knife and bob as the view advances through a sunlit desert canyon flanked by brick walls. A round green minimap, orange status icons and a small stats readout stay fixed in the corners.

    Camera: Static

  11. 11 · Problem · 0:12–0:13

    A still photograph on a black background shows a man in a green shirt and glasses seated at a desk, giving a thumbs up toward a laptop. A red cup, a book and papers sit on the desk; a snowy outdoor view fills the window behind him.

    Camera: Static

  12. 12 · Problem · 0:13–0:14

    Close-up of a monitor displaying an early-2000s website with drop-down menus and layout links for Myspace, hi5 and Friendster. The shot holds still with a slight drift, a wooden edge and dark shadow on the left.

    Camera: Static

  13. 13 · Problem · 0:14–0:15

    An early YouTube homepage sits flat in frame, its Featured Videos list and right-hand Member Login box filling the screen. The static page holds still while the voiceover narrates, the interface slightly soft in focus.

    Camera: Static

  14. 14 · Problem · 0:15–0:17

    Close-up of a search field as 'how to kis' types out behind a blinking cursor, then a cut to a laptop on a desk whose red-framed screen shows a couple kissing in a video.

    Techniques: Kinetic type

    Camera: Static

  15. 15 · Problem · 0:17–0:18

    A bald baby, seen from behind, reaches a small hand toward a tablet screen showing a smiling older woman in a video call. The baby's finger taps the screen near her face as the caption 'how to kiss' slides in over the dark edge.

    On-screen text: “how to kiss”

    Techniques: Kinetic type

    Camera: Static

  16. 16 · Problem · 0:18–0:19

    A still photograph centered on black shows a young man in profile at a cluttered desk, typing on an old laptop under a silver lamp, a microphone beside him. The frame is locked off, no motion; a date stamp reads 14.03.2004 in the lower right corner.

    Camera: Static

  17. 17 · Problem · 0:19–0:21

    A Flash editor window shows a curved black path above a gray runway strip. A small white plane illustration lifts off along the path as the cursor scrubs the timeline. The view then zooms into the plane until it fills the frame.

    Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom

    Camera: Static

  18. 18 · Problem · 0:21–0:21

    A dark airplane silhouette banks low across a pale gray sky, flying from left to right and out of frame. The locked-off shot has a grainy, soft look, like footage seen through a window.

    On-screen text: “Help”

    Camera: Static

  19. 19 · Problem · 0:21–0:22

    A still photograph of a smiling woman wearing a headset, seated in an airplane cockpit and turned toward the camera. The instrument panel fills the right side. The date 9/13/2005 sits in the bottom right corner. The frame is locked off with no motion.

    On-screen text: “9/13/2005”

    Camera: Static

  20. 20 · Problem · 0:22–0:23

    A faded vintage photograph shows a young boy in a green shirt typing on an old desktop computer, seated before a round porthole window. The still image is centered in a black letterbox frame and holds without motion.

    Camera: Static

  21. 21 · Problem · 0:23–0:25

    A dim, grainy close-up tracks a hand gripping a beige wired mouse, the index finger tapping the left button. Behind it, a spreadsheet grid glows out of focus in teal and white. The camera holds tight on the fingers and the cable.

    Camera: Static

  22. 22 · Problem · 0:25–0:26

    A full-frame blue Windows stop-error screen holds static, white monospaced text listing a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL crash and troubleshooting steps. No motion; the screen stays fixed for the beat.

    Camera: Static

  23. 23 · Problem · 0:26–0:27

    A flat blue screen fills the frame with rows of white monospaced, scrambled characters. The view drifts slowly downward across the lines of garbled text.

    Camera: Static

  24. 24 · Problem · 0:27–0:29

    A blue screen with thin curved white and green lines holds a centered loading state: a small hollow circular spinner beside the words Please wait. The frame stays locked and motionless throughout.

    Camera: Static

  25. 25 · Problem · 0:29–0:31

    A glossy orange and green tube draws itself into a 3D angular logo mark at center, then the mark rotates in perspective against a dark grid background.

    Camera: Static

  26. 26 · Problem · 0:31–0:33

    An abstract 3D mark in orange and green extruded tubes, set in perspective on a black grid, assembles as thin wireframe lines thicken into solid edges, then the whole shape fades to black.

    Camera: Static

  27. 27 · Problem · 0:33–0:34

    Over-the-shoulder close-up of a CRT monitor glowing with green terminal text on a black screen. A blurred figure fills the right foreground, partially blocking the display. The focus stays soft, keeping the code illegible as the frame drifts slightly.

    Camera: Static

  28. 28 · Problem · 0:34–0:36

    A CRT monitor shows a music software interface, then the shot cuts to a hand typing on a keyboard as three gray error dialogs stack up, each reading 'An Unknown Error has occurred.'

    Camera: Static

  29. 29 · Problem · 0:36–0:36

    A soft-focus stack of gray error dialogs with OK buttons floats in 3D perspective over a monochrome cloudy sky, drifting slowly upward. The composition stays static and out of focus throughout the short clip.

    Techniques: 3D mockup

    Camera: Static

  30. 30 · Problem · 0:36–0:37

    Grayscale error dialog boxes float at different depths over a cloudy sky. A white cursor hops from one OK button to the next as the front-most popup shifts position.

    Techniques: 3D mockup, Cursor demo, Parallax

    Camera: Static

  31. 31 · Problem · 0:37–0:38

    Close-up of a dark blue interface panel. A white cursor glides up from the lower right and lands on a power icon button. The panel scrolls up, revealing a 'Shut down' label above the button as the cursor clicks it.

    Techniques: Cursor demo

    Camera: Static

  32. 32 · Problem · 0:38–0:40

    A dark power menu lists Sleep, Shut down and Restart. A white arrow cursor glides up from the Restart row to Shut down, which lights up with a lighter highlight. The frame stays locked off with a faint push-in.

    Techniques: Cursor demo

    Camera: Static

  33. 33 · Problem · 0:40–0:41

    A near-black grid fills the frame as the words Sleep, Shut down, and Restart appear one after another at center. Shut down scales up while the other two hold still, all on a locked-off frame.

    On-screen text: “Sleep”, “Shut down”, “Restart”

    Techniques: Kinetic type

    Camera: Static

  34. 34 · Problem · 0:41–0:42

    A dark space-like backdrop with a warm orange glow in the upper left and a curved blue atmospheric band along the bottom. Small glowing particles drift across the frame as the light slowly intensifies.

    Techniques: Particles

    Camera: Pan

  35. 35 · Problem · 0:42–0:42

    A blurred abstract panel: a warm amber glow above a pale misty band, small white particles drifting in diagonal trails with one small purple dot. The camera pulls back slightly to reveal the rounded-corner frame.

    Techniques: Particles

    Camera: Static

  36. 36 · Problem · 0:42–0:44

    A rounded rectangle on black holds a soft, grainy gradient: a warm orange band at the top, a gray middle, and white mist below. Small white dots drift like stars. The frame slowly shrinks while the orange band fades to gray.

    Techniques: Particles

    Camera: Static

  37. 37 · Product intro · 0:44–0:47

    A frosted white card with a smoky texture sits on black, then dissolves into the dark Raycast search palette. The search field and favourites list brighten and settle into clear view.

    Camera: Static

  38. 38 · Product intro · 0:47–0:48

    The dark Raycast search window fades out to black while the centered serif title “Discover Raycast” stays locked in place. A faint night landscape with clouds sits at the top of the frame.

    On-screen text: “Discover Raycast”

    Camera: Static

  39. 39 · Outro · 0:48–0:52

    A dark, grainy 3D landscape with dithered clouds fills the frame. White serif text with a red-cyan fringe reads 'Discover Raycast', then 'Now on Windows', both centered and static. A small white Raycast logo fades in at the center as the text clears.

    On-screen text: “Discover Raycast”, “Now on Windows”

    Camera: Static