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SPM Builds Defense Compliant Battery Packs - YC Launch
Super Powers Mobility (SPM) · Oct 2026 · 1:24 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
00:00:00 / 01:24:00
A defense battery launch film built on a black void: it opens on the SPM lockup, cuts between dark 3D battery renders and high-energy live action (assembly, military deployment, off-road buggies), and uses a Matrix-style CEO monologue plus on-path chart overlays to frame the sourcing pain before pivoting to capability and the EPEX demonstrator. The signature moves are the green digital glitch that dissolves live faces into wireframes, the big white stencil type that slams over footage, and a 143
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 official logo — reused across the film · 40 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 1 graphic passage — draw or supply · 7 3D passages — build or supply
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SPM Builds Defense Compliant Battery Packs - YC Launch, scene by scene
· 51 scenes as text
01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:01
The SPM wordmark and two taglines hold centered on a black field, then a green digital glitch noise floods the background while the static lockup stays locked off.
On-screen text: “SUPER POWERS MOBILITY”, “DEFENSE COMPLIANT BATTERIES”
Camera: Static
02 · Demo · 0:01–0:02
An exploded 3D battery module floats in a dark void, cylindrical cells and a perforated metal plate separated in layers with a grid of glowing dots above. The view pushes in on the plate, filling the frame with its oval cutouts and small white lights.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
03 · Demo · 0:02–0:05
A close, angled shot of a backlit keyboard plate, its grid of rounded cutouts glowing white against a black frame studded with mounting holes. The camera drifts slowly across the surface, the bright cells shifting in perspective.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
04 · Demo · 0:05–0:08
Two silver drill bits descend from a dark machined head and press into the central slot of a bright plate lined with U-shaped cutouts. The locked-off camera holds a tight close-up as the bits make contact and the metal glints.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
05 · Demo · 0:08–0:10
A tight 3D perspective on an assembly machine: a black tray of small cylindrical cells fills the left, a white gantry with two orange cables and a black ribbed rail occupy the right. The camera pushes in slowly, the angle tilting to reveal the mechanism.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
06 · Demo · 0:10–0:12
A close-up of a circuit board with a black sensor, orange wires, and a green translucent component. The frame is locked off.
Camera: Static
07 · Problem · 0:12–0:14
Three young men work over a table, assembling an orange battery pack with green and yellow cables. One drives a screw with a cordless drill while the others steady the pack. Big white text ENERGY DOMINANCE and smaller IS A fade in across the frame.
On-screen text: “ENERGY DOMINANCE”, “IS A”
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:14–0:15
Overhead live-action shot of two technicians working on an orange battery pack inside a vehicle chassis. Large white stencil text overlays the frame; the top two lines hold while the bottom line reveals NATIONAL PRIORITY to complete the slogan.
On-screen text: “ENERGY DOMINANCE”, “IS A”, “NATIONAL PRIORITY”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:15–0:16
A locked-off close-up of an orange battery rail set into a dark vehicle chassis, framed diagonally. Large static text reads ENERGY DOMINANCE, ISA, NATIONAL across the frame.
On-screen text: “ENERGY DOMINANCE”, “ISA”, “NATIONAL”
Camera: Pull out
10 · Problem · 0:16–0:17
A tight close-up tracks along a glossy orange structural rail set inside a dark chassis. Black plastic housings, bolts and bundled wiring fill the frame edges, held in shallow focus as the camera drifts slowly forward.
Camera: Pull out
11 · Problem · 0:17–0:18
A black robot with an orange bumper and glowing orange lights drives away down a muddy forest trail, throwing up a spray of dirt and leaves. The camera tracks it from behind at a low angle.
Camera: Pull out
12 · Problem · 0:18–0:20
A wide locked-off shot of a dark U.S. Army helicopter on a tarmac, rotors spinning, with a tan utility vehicle parked in front and a soldier at the open door under a blue sky. A large white headline appears across the top of the frame.
On-screen text: “MOBILILZING ENERGY”
Camera: Static
13 · Problem · 0:20–0:22
Two soldiers in digital camouflage stand on a sunlit tarmac in front of a black U.S. Army helicopter. They lift a tan METEOR battery case from a black flight case and hold it upright at chest height. The camera stays locked off while the figures straighten and the case grows larger in frame.
Camera: Push in
14 · Problem · 0:22–0:23
Soldiers in camouflage stand and sit on a rocky desert ridge beneath a clear sky, one walking toward the camera with a rifle slung. The headline METEOR and the tagline QUIET TACTICAL POWER scale in over the live footage.
On-screen text: “METEOR”, “QUIET TACTICAL POWER”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
15 · Problem · 0:23–0:25
A low tracking shot follows an open-frame dune buggy speeding down a forest dirt trail, its roll cage filling the bottom of the frame. Radial speed blur streaks the green canopy and brown path as the vehicle chases a second buggy ahead.
Camera: Push in
16 · Problem · 0:25–0:27
A green data tunnel of streaking light rushes toward the camera, resolving into a holographic wireframe figure seated in meditation, with a still Chinese character held in frame. The camera pushes in on the figure's glowing green hands and face as the streams pass.
On-screen text: “自”
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Push in
17 · Problem · 0:27–0:29
A man in sunglasses and a black leather jacket sits centered in a dark studio. He opens as a glowing green wireframe with radiating streaks, then resolves to live action. White name and title text lock in on the left.
On-screen text: “JON POWERS”, “CEO I SPM”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Static
18 · Problem · 0:29–0:30
Extreme close-up of a man's mouth and mustache, lit warm amber on one side against a dark background. His lips part to speak, then press shut. A burst of small white rectangular fragments flickers on the left at the start.
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
19 · Problem · 0:30–0:31
A seated person in a dark leather jacket is framed tight on the torso, one hand clenched into a fist resting on the lap. Warm side light picks out the knuckles while the chair arm and background stay in shadow.
Camera: Static
20 · Problem · 0:31–0:34
A fist in a dark leather sleeve clenches on the lap, then a hard cut to a tight close-up of a man's face behind black sunglasses, lit by a warm side light, his lips moving as he speaks.
Camera: Static
21 · Problem · 0:34–0:36
Tight close-up of a seated person in a dark leather jacket in a dim room. The hand resting on the lap slowly clenches into a fist, lit by a warm side light against deep shadow.
Camera: Static
22 · Problem · 0:36–0:37
A person in a dark jacket holds a small gray cylinder in an open palm, lit against a black background.
Camera: Static
23 · Problem · 0:37–0:38
Extreme close-up of a man's face in low light, framed from the sunglasses down to the mouth. Warm side light catches the nose and mustache while the background stays dark with a small out-of-focus glow. His lips move slightly as if speaking, the camera holding nearly still.
Camera: Static
24 · Problem · 0:38–0:40
A seated person in a black leather jacket holds a small silver cylinder in an open palm under dim light. A dark rack unit with a fan sits blurred in the right foreground, the shot holding steady.
Camera: Static
25 · Problem · 0:40–0:42
A person in a black leather jacket sits in a dim room, holding a small silver cylinder in an open palm beside a large black camera resting on their lap. The shot stays static on the hands and torso.
Camera: Static
26 · Problem · 0:42–0:48
A man in dark sunglasses speaks to camera in low light, his face filling the frame. Green digital rain then cascades over him as he dissolves into a glowing green point-cloud figure, the shot pulling back to his shoulders.
Techniques: Morph, Particles
Camera: Pull out
27 · Problem · 0:48–0:51
A man in a tan jacket stands on a wooded path, speaking to camera as a green scanline glitch clears from the footage. Large white stencil words stack in on the left: RELIABLE, BATTERY, SUPPLIER.
On-screen text: “RELIABLE”, “BATTERY”, “SUPPLIER”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
28 · Problem · 0:51–0:53
A man in a tan jacket stands on a wooded path, speaking to camera. Large white words RELIABLE, BATTERY, SUPPLIER pop in one by one over him, then a smaller white label Battery MOQ Gap slides in on the left.
On-screen text: “RELIABLE”, “BATTERY”, “SUPPLIER”, “Battery MOQ Gap”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
29 · Problem · 0:53–0:55
A man in a tan jacket talks on a wooded path while a left-side data overlay animates: a gray Supplier X bar fills to 100, then an orange SPM LRIP bar shrinks to 4.
On-screen text: “Battery MOQ Gap”, “Supplier X”, “100”, “SPM LRIP”, “4”
Camera: Static
30 · Problem · 0:55–0:56
A man in a tan work jacket stands on a dirt path among shrubs, talking to the camera and waving his hand. On the left, a white overlay swaps from a bar chart titled Battery MOQ Gap (Supplier X 100, SPM LRIP 4) to a thinner chart titled Battery Lead Time Gap.
On-screen text: “Battery MOQ Gap”, “Supplier X”, “100”, “SPM LRIP”, “4”, “Battery Lead Time Gap”, “Supplier X”
Camera: Static
31 · Problem · 0:56–0:58
A man in a tan jacket talks to camera on a wooded path. A bar chart builds at left: a gray bar for Supplier X at 12+ weeks, then an orange bar for SPM at 30 days. The chart cuts to a large stencil word DEFENSE as he points left.
On-screen text: “Battery Lead Time Gap”, “Supplier X”, “12+ WEEKS”, “30 DAYS”, “SPM”, “DEFENSE”
Camera: Static
32 · Problem · 0:58–0:59
A man in a tan jacket stands on a dirt path and speaks to camera. Large white stencil text builds on the left, starting with DEFENSE, then adding COMPLIANT and BATTERIES.
On-screen text: “DEFENSE”, “COMPLIANT”, “BATTERIES”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
33 · Feature reveal · 0:59–1:00
A man in a tan jacket speaks to the camera against a blurred colonnade, trees and pond. Stacked words DEFENSE, COMPLIANT, BATTERIES overlay the shot, the first scaling in.
On-screen text: “DEFENSE”, “COMPLIANT”, “BATTERIES”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
34 · Feature reveal · 1:00–1:01
A low, locked-off shot of an orange and blue SPM off-road buggy parked on a speckled warehouse floor. Rows of other vehicles, a hanging American flag and sponsor banners fill the dark background.
Camera: Static
35 · Feature reveal · 1:01–1:02
Close-up of black-gloved hands holding a battery pack of cylindrical cells with teal rings; one hand works a small tool at a terminal. Large white stencil text 'ANY CELL' sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “ANY CELL”
Camera: Static
36 · Feature reveal · 1:02–1:03
Locked-off shot through the doorway of a military tent: soldiers in camouflage sit at laptops and monitors under warm strip lights. A large white caption at the bottom reads ANY CELL, then switches to ANY VOLTAGE.
On-screen text: “ANY CELL”, “ANY VOLTAGE”
Camera: Static
37 · Feature reveal · 1:03–1:04
A 3D battery pack of cylindrical cells sits on a black background as a cell drops into place, with ANY CAPACITY sliding in below. It cuts to a workshop where a man walks past off-road buggies while ANY VOLTAGE and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA hold in the corners.
On-screen text: “ANY CAPACITY”, “ANY VOLTAGE”, “MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
38 · Feature reveal · 1:04–1:06
A camo off-road buggy with a green roll cage is parked at an open garage bay. A man in a green tee walks right to left and steps into the dark garage, where a second buggy waits. A white caption reads MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA at the bottom right. Locked-off shot.
On-screen text: “MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA”
Camera: Static
39 · Feature reveal · 1:06–1:07
A wide field holds two UTVs in the foreground, each carrying crew in tactical gear, while a gray military helicopter banks low across the tree line behind. The shot stays static as the aircraft drifts right.
Camera: Static
40 · Feature reveal · 1:07–1:08
A roll-caged off-road vehicle kicks up a thick dust cloud as it drives across a dirt track toward the camera, backlit by warm golden light. It enters from the right, crosses the frame, and whooshes past in a blur, with hazy trees behind.
Camera: Pan
41 · Feature reveal · 1:08–1:09
An orange and blue off-road UTV rips across a dry dirt track, kicking up a thick plume of dust. The shot cuts from a high angle to a low side view as the rear wheel throws dirt, then to a wider view with a blurred foreground.
Camera: Push in
42 · Feature reveal · 1:09–1:10
A black off-road buggy charges toward a locked-off camera on a dusty desert track at dusk, throwing up dirt. Centered white stencil text reads DESIGNED, then swaps to BUILT as the vehicle closes in.
On-screen text: “DESIGNED”, “BUILT”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
43 · Feature reveal · 1:10–1:11
Low close-up of a muddy orange dirt-bike wheel spinning through wet leaves in slow motion, throwing up a spray of dirt and debris. The word TESTED in huge white stencil type sits centered over the wheel, then clears.
On-screen text: “BUILT”, “TESTED”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
44 · Feature reveal · 1:11–1:12
A dark UTV with a metal roll cage drives across orange sand dunes, kicking up a wide dust plume behind it. The camera tracks low beside the vehicle under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.
Camera: Pull out
45 · Feature reveal · 1:12–1:14
A modified orange and blue UTV with a Christmas wreath on the front drives through a snowy forest, kicking up a wide spray of snow. The driver wears a Santa hat and green shirt. The camera tracks the vehicle as it moves left across the frame.
Camera: Push in
46 · CTA · 1:14–1:16
A man in a tan jacket stands before a blurred red suspension bridge, speaking to camera. Large white stencil letters read PUSHING MOBILITY on the left as he talks, then the SPM Electric wordmark settles in.
On-screen text: “PUSHING MOBILITY”, “SPM”, “ELECTRIC”
Camera: Static
47 · CTA · 1:16–1:17
A man in a tan jacket stands before a blurred red bridge, speaking to camera. Large white stencil text stacked on the left reads PUSHING MOBILITY, then FORWARD drops in as a third line.
On-screen text: “PUSHING”, “MOBILITY”, “FORWARD”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
48 · CTA · 1:17–1:18
A man in a black leather jacket and sunglasses sits in a white chair against a black background. He leans forward and points at the camera as green digital glitch lines and static flicker over the image.
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
49 · CTA · 1:18–1:20
A man in a navy quarter-zip shirt with a small SPM logo stands centered in a gym-like industrial hall, an orange wall and yellow equipment blurred behind him. He faces the camera and speaks, head and shoulders filling a locked-off medium frame.
Camera: Static
50 · CTA · 1:20–1:22
A white uppercase headline, “WE BRING THE POWER”, sits centered on a plain black background. The condensed sans-serif letterforms carry thin diagonal slice cuts, and the frame holds perfectly still for the entire shot.
On-screen text: “WE BRING THE POWER”
Camera: Static
51 · Outro · 1:22–1:24
A white SPM logo lockup sits centered on a black background, with the small tagline SUPER POWERS MOBILITY below it. The frame stays locked off for the full shot.
On-screen text: “SPM”, “SUPER POWERS MOBILITY”
Camera: Static