{ "schema_version": 1, "review_date": "2026-09-05", "techniques": [ { "id": "title-cut", "composition": "TitleCut", "title": "Type a premise, then cut to the product", "purpose": "Separate the claim from its visual proof.", "boundary": "Adjacent source frames 596 (19.867 s) and 597 (19.900 s) change from title to browser. This is a direct cut, not a dissolve.", "framing": "Centered two-line title gives way to a wide browser inside a colored field. The browser continues enlarging after the cut.", "layers": "Title on white; then browser, page, cursor and background replace it together.", "motion": "Characters accumulate and the text recenters. A formed browser arrives at the cut; subsequent camera scale changes are separate.", "typography": "Black, heavy, centered type. Exact font and metrics are not recovered.", "order": "Page context → title construction → complete title → browser proof.", "holds": "The complete phrase is present in the 19.033 s sample and through 19.867 s: at least 0.834 s of sampled complete-title visibility, not its exact full hold.", "matches": "Growing centered text, complete-title hold and one-frame title-to-window replacement.", "differs": "Original wording, neutral fixture and chosen type metrics. The recreation keeps the arriving window fixed instead of continuing the source scale-up.", "measured": [ "Cut pair: 19.867 / 19.900 s, source frames 596 / 597." ], "inferred": [ "Reading begins when the complete phrase is available; no comprehension duration was measured." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej6hnsQgV_c", "film_title": "Introducing ChatGPT Atlas", "publication_timestamp": "2025-10-21T10:22:07-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "74bd47a01176497da7c28cfb61233a9a6ae5a9d40b199654bd8310f72ddf125f", "inspected_interval_s": [ 16.5, 20.5 ], "native_interval_s": [ 19.75, 20.05 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 16.5, "native_frame_count": 9, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/title-cut/01.webp", "frame": 517, "pts_s": 17.233, "caption": "Title construction replaces the page" }, { "file": "annotations/title-cut/02.webp", "frame": 571, "pts_s": 19.033, "caption": "Complete phrase visible in this sample" }, { "file": "annotations/title-cut/03.webp", "frame": 596, "pts_s": 19.867, "caption": "Last title frame before the cut" }, { "file": "annotations/title-cut/04.webp", "frame": 597, "pts_s": 19.9, "caption": "First browser frame; later scale-up is separate" } ] }, { "id": "punch-cut", "composition": "PunchCut", "title": "Cut directly from context to detail", "purpose": "Make an interaction readable without spending time on camera travel.", "boundary": "Frame 690 at 23.000 s is wide; frame 691 at 23.033 s is the tight sidebar composition.", "framing": "The sidebar composer becomes the subject. Part of the property page remains at the left as an orientation landmark.", "layers": "Page and sidebar share the crop; there is no separate moving callout or title.", "motion": "An abrupt scale/position discontinuity. Neighboring frames do not show intervening magnifications.", "typography": "Native UI text enlarges with its surface; no independently animated title.", "order": "Established browser → direct crop → readable composer.", "holds": "The detail persists through this 24.8 s window; later interaction lies outside it.", "matches": "A single-frame crop of exactly the same original artifact, with no tween.", "differs": "Focus point, 1.55× default magnification and output hold are chosen. Source crop is not numerically fitted.", "measured": [ "Cut pair: 23.000 / 23.033 s, frames 690 / 691." ], "inferred": [ "Remaining page content supplies orientation." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej6hnsQgV_c", "film_title": "Introducing ChatGPT Atlas", "publication_timestamp": "2025-10-21T10:22:07-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "74bd47a01176497da7c28cfb61233a9a6ae5a9d40b199654bd8310f72ddf125f", "inspected_interval_s": [ 22.5, 24.8 ], "native_interval_s": [ 22.9, 23.2 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 22.5, "native_frame_count": 9, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/punch-cut/01.webp", "frame": 687, "pts_s": 22.9, "caption": "Browser context with sidebar open" }, { "file": "annotations/punch-cut/02.webp", "frame": 690, "pts_s": 23.0, "caption": "Last wide frame" }, { "file": "annotations/punch-cut/03.webp", "frame": 691, "pts_s": 23.033, "caption": "First detail frame: no travel between them" }, { "file": "annotations/punch-cut/04.webp", "frame": 695, "pts_s": 23.166, "caption": "Same composer remains in the detail" } ] }, { "id": "camera-push", "composition": "CameraPush", "title": "Move the camera, then expose the action", "purpose": "Guide attention toward a target after establishing the workspace.", "boundary": "No cut is claimed during the inspected push: multiple intermediate magnifications are visible.", "framing": "The complete window grows beyond the frame edges and brings the workspace selector forward.", "layers": "Window and native cursor participate in the source framing; the selector menu is an internal UI layer.", "motion": "Large scale changes around 3.963–4.255 s precede the visible selector menu at 4.296 s. Motion blur is visible in intermediate frames.", "typography": "Existing application type scales with the camera; no new chapter copy.", "order": "Wide context → rapid push → menu appears → menu remains readable.", "holds": "The menu is visible in the 4.296–4.463 s consecutive frames and later overview samples. No exact fitted settle threshold.", "matches": "Shared workspace camera, short attention move, then an action label at rest.", "differs": "No source motion blur, exact zoom or easing reconstruction. The supplied cubic Bézier and 15-frame travel are chosen.", "measured": [ "Intermediate source frames 96–102, 4.004–4.255 s; menu visible at frame 103, 4.296 s." ], "inferred": [ "Menu follows the large push; residual motion is not claimed to be exactly zero." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-Brv-gS9Q", "film_title": "A first look at the Codex app", "publication_timestamp": "2026-02-02T10:03:33-08:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "d5f8b05e7d123aa336f22d01210b315bfd914aa3d380e70ca21783f023174895", "inspected_interval_s": [ 3.4, 5.8 ], "native_interval_s": [ 3.85, 4.5 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 3.42, "native_frame_count": 15, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/camera-push/01.webp", "frame": 94, "pts_s": 3.921, "caption": "Wide context before the large move" }, { "file": "annotations/camera-push/02.webp", "frame": 96, "pts_s": 4.004, "caption": "Intermediate scale with visible blur" }, { "file": "annotations/camera-push/03.webp", "frame": 100, "pts_s": 4.171, "caption": "Further intermediate magnification" }, { "file": "annotations/camera-push/04.webp", "frame": 103, "pts_s": 4.296, "caption": "Menu now visible after the large push" } ] }, { "id": "pointer-type", "composition": "FocusType", "title": "Establish the input before typing", "purpose": "Make the target of an instruction clear before the words arrive.", "boundary": "This excerpt is a reframe and input beat, not evidence of a submission cut.", "framing": "The view moves down from the workspace selector toward the composer. The lower window edge remains an orientation cue.", "layers": "Native composer, caret/pointer and window chrome; no editorial keystroke overlay.", "motion": "Camera reframing precedes the request growth visible from roughly 9 s. The later text does not fully finish in this window.", "typography": "Native sentence grows along the composer baseline. Its typing rate is not recovered.", "order": "Target is located → field remains visible → text begins growing.", "holds": "Empty input is available across several samples before typing. This interval does not establish complete-request reading time or submission.", "matches": "Pointer aim before text growth, stable field and baseline.", "differs": "The original example completes a shorter request and holds it. No submission is animated or inferred; camera movement is omitted to isolate focus order.", "measured": [ "Inspected 6.500–10.500 s request, consecutive subset 7.500–8.500 s." ], "inferred": [ "Target-first sequencing helps causal legibility; source caret and camera timing are not fitted." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-Brv-gS9Q", "film_title": "A first look at the Codex app", "publication_timestamp": "2026-02-02T10:03:33-08:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "d5f8b05e7d123aa336f22d01210b315bfd914aa3d380e70ca21783f023174895", "inspected_interval_s": [ 6.5, 10.5 ], "native_interval_s": [ 7.5, 8.5 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 6.507, "native_frame_count": 24, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/pointer-type/01.webp", "frame": 156, "pts_s": 6.507, "caption": "Workspace area before composer reframe" }, { "file": "annotations/pointer-type/02.webp", "frame": 173, "pts_s": 7.216, "caption": "Composer now occupies the lower frame" }, { "file": "annotations/pointer-type/03.webp", "frame": 199, "pts_s": 8.3, "caption": "Empty input remains available" }, { "file": "annotations/pointer-type/04.webp", "frame": 243, "pts_s": 10.135, "caption": "Request growing; submission not shown" } ] }, { "id": "chapter-return", "composition": "ChapterReturn", "title": "Interrupt a task and return to its state", "purpose": "Mark a new part of the argument without losing the task.", "boundary": "A white chapter card separates two views of the same agent setup. Cut onsets outside the native subset are only sample-bracketed.", "framing": "Two-pane application → centered single-line chapter → two-pane application.", "layers": "Chapter replaces the entire product composition. No background task is implied to complete behind it.", "motion": "Letter construction on the title, then product return and later composer input.", "typography": "One centered heavy sentence grows; complete text is visible by the 70.917 s sample.", "order": "Setup summary → test chapter → same setup context → next request.", "holds": "Complete chapter is present at 70.917, 71.633 and 72.367 s; the app has returned by 73.083 s. These bound, not exactly measure, the hold.", "matches": "A title interruption and return to an identical original task snapshot.", "differs": "Exact pixel identity across our return is an implementation invariant, not a measured source guarantee. Copy, timing and geometry differ.", "measured": [ "Native inspection 69.500–70.750 s; broader interval 68–76 s." ], "inferred": [ "Task continuity comes from the same agent setup, not from a claimed unchanged backend state." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnSPedbA02Q", "film_title": "Workspace agents in ChatGPT: Third-party risk management agent", "publication_timestamp": "2026-04-24T13:00:56-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "5835f85d7e330116302428404d11e7774edb533602094fcc0aa908b9d4a7a5bc", "inspected_interval_s": [ 68, 76 ], "native_interval_s": [ 69.5, 70.75 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 68.0, "native_frame_count": 75, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/chapter-return/01.webp", "frame": 4080, "pts_s": 68.0, "caption": "Established two-pane task" }, { "file": "annotations/chapter-return/02.webp", "frame": 4211, "pts_s": 70.183333, "caption": "Chapter sentence still growing" }, { "file": "annotations/chapter-return/03.webp", "frame": 4342, "pts_s": 72.366667, "caption": "Complete chapter holds" }, { "file": "annotations/chapter-return/04.webp", "frame": 4385, "pts_s": 73.083333, "caption": "Return to the same task context" } ] }, { "id": "selection-context", "composition": "SelectionContext", "title": "Keep the selected scope through a reframe", "purpose": "Connect an edit request to the object it addresses.", "boundary": "A move into the selected table is followed later by a pullback; this is not a proven instantaneous crop cut.", "framing": "Table close-up becomes readable while the presenter inset stays screen-anchored. The wider conversation returns near the end.", "layers": "Selection under table text, attached action/input, document and conversation; separate presenter inset.", "motion": "The contextual action becomes a request field, text grows, then the camera pulls back.", "typography": "Table glyphs remain above selection fill; entered request stays attached to selected scope.", "order": "Selected table already present → close view → request → wider context.", "holds": "Request is complete in the 26.276 s sample; pullback appears at 26.693 s. Selection onset predates the interval.", "matches": "Selection, attached request and restored context remain related.", "differs": "Original table rows and simplified request. The source already has selection; ours introduces it. No presenter inset is included in the presentation study.", "measured": [ "Consecutive 23–24 s frames; full inspected interval 23–27.5 s." ], "inferred": [ "The selection identifies scope, but this interval does not prove the requested modification completed." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3dDr_QtBuo", "film_title": "Work with docs, sheets, and slides in ChatGPT", "publication_timestamp": "2026-07-23T07:17:31-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "a26e0d15e19bf589eaae945b803ed2f7224b53c1cd8c6ff498ff4fd84c52dc6b", "inspected_interval_s": [ 23, 27.5 ], "native_interval_s": [ 23, 24 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 23.023, "native_frame_count": 24, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/selection-context/01.webp", "frame": 552, "pts_s": 23.023, "caption": "Table already selected before the close view" }, { "file": "annotations/selection-context/02.webp", "frame": 561, "pts_s": 23.398375, "caption": "Attached action in close framing" }, { "file": "annotations/selection-context/03.webp", "frame": 630, "pts_s": 26.27625, "caption": "Complete request visible in sample" }, { "file": "annotations/selection-context/04.webp", "frame": 650, "pts_s": 27.110417, "caption": "Wider context returns" } ] }, { "id": "scroll-mask", "composition": "ScrollMask", "title": "Move the document, not the viewport", "purpose": "Land on a result while retaining orientation.", "boundary": "Continuous content scrolling within the inspected native window; no scene cut is inferred from large pixel changes.", "framing": "A calendar rises into view. Outer window title and presenter inset stay in frame space.", "layers": "Scrollable document under a clipped viewport, fixed header, fixed inset.", "motion": "Upward content movement brings the calendar into view, then slows and leaves the calendar available.", "typography": "Text moves with the document; no simultaneous reading task is added during travel.", "order": "Request and partial calendar → scroll → calendar fills viewport → reading.", "holds": "The calendar is substantially exposed by 47.631 s and remains through 48.965 s. Residual document motion is visible; this is not an exact zero-motion hold.", "matches": "Fixed viewport and header with content-only translation and a protected destination hold.", "differs": "Original catalog instead of calendar; chosen 360 px offset and easing. The example fully stops the document and does not include a person.", "measured": [ "36 consecutive frames within 46.750–48.250 s." ], "inferred": [ "The landing establishes the result; source scroll physics are not recovered." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzmNh8lbSp8", "film_title": "Make information visual with ChatGPT", "publication_timestamp": "2026-08-24T16:09:56-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "631dd67fc14e4f5861fd7efeeb1ab502a66a1793f8f8b7003c3055b149f81745", "inspected_interval_s": [ 44, 49 ], "native_interval_s": [ 46.75, 48.25 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 44.002292, "native_frame_count": 36, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/scroll-mask/01.webp", "frame": 1055, "pts_s": 44.002292, "caption": "Partial result below the request" }, { "file": "annotations/scroll-mask/02.webp", "frame": 1120, "pts_s": 46.713333, "caption": "Content before the main upward travel" }, { "file": "annotations/scroll-mask/03.webp", "frame": 1131, "pts_s": 47.172125, "caption": "Calendar rises; header and inset remain" }, { "file": "annotations/scroll-mask/04.webp", "frame": 1153, "pts_s": 48.089708, "caption": "Destination occupies most of the viewport" } ] }, { "id": "split-result", "composition": "SplitResult", "title": "Reveal a result pane before its content", "purpose": "Show where a result comes from while making it readable.", "boundary": "Within the same window, the conversation narrows and a right-hand preview becomes available. It is not a cut to an unrelated finished output.", "framing": "Full conversation becomes a left column next to a wider preview.", "layers": "Outer window, conversation, empty preview container, then loaded prototype.", "motion": "Pane geometry changes before the calendar content arrives. Source camera framing continues changing after arrival.", "typography": "Conversation reflows into a narrower column; preview has its own application text.", "order": "Conversation → room for preview → empty preview → loaded content.", "holds": "Right pane is blank at the 52.833 s sample and populated by 53.267 s. Content remains available through 55.967 s, while the outer framing moves.", "matches": "Container-before-content order and retained request. A separate settle boundary protects the completed result.", "differs": "Original static artwork rather than a running calendar. Longer stationary read hold, chosen opacity/translation and no simulated application latency.", "measured": [ "45 consecutive frames in 51.500–53.000 s; arrival bracket is sampled at 52.833–53.267 s." ], "inferred": [ "Visible container is not yet readable proof; exact load duration and final chart-like settlement are not established here." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ImjmzAyus", "film_title": "Build and share interactive prototypes in Codex", "publication_timestamp": "2026-06-04T11:06:29-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "4160a9600cb24ae556bb60397fbe5f9499301702b8fcdaf96b0940fe28ed19fe", "inspected_interval_s": [ 51, 56 ], "native_interval_s": [ 51.5, 53 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 51.0, "native_frame_count": 45, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/split-result/01.webp", "frame": 1530, "pts_s": 51.0, "caption": "Conversation before the split" }, { "file": "annotations/split-result/02.webp", "frame": 1571, "pts_s": 52.366667, "caption": "Empty preview beside retained conversation" }, { "file": "annotations/split-result/03.webp", "frame": 1585, "pts_s": 52.833333, "caption": "Container present, content still absent" }, { "file": "annotations/split-result/04.webp", "frame": 1598, "pts_s": 53.266667, "caption": "Content available; camera behavior remains separate" } ] }, { "id": "object-context", "composition": "ObjectContext", "title": "Carry identity across a container cut", "purpose": "Retain the same request when moving from isolated input to device context.", "boundary": "Source frame 487 at 8.116667 s shows isolated input; frame 488 at 8.133333 s shows an almost-empty phone. No geometric morph connects them.", "framing": "Readable isolated composer gives way to a smaller request inside a tall phone on a colored field.", "layers": "White field and composer are replaced by phone and background; the request is introduced within the phone after the cut.", "motion": "Phone establishes with changing scale/position, then the request grows into view. The same sentence supplies semantic continuity.", "typography": "The same text changes scale and line breaks when it returns; identity does not imply fixed coordinates.", "order": "Submitted-looking input → cut → briefly empty phone → same request → later response.", "holds": "The native frames show request content returning from about 8.216667 s and becoming complete by roughly 8.300 s. No exact product latency is implied.", "matches": "Hard container cut, a brief empty-device interval, then the same request returns.", "differs": "Original artwork is added as a second continuity cue. Four output frames of empty device and the 30-frame settle interval are chosen, slower than the source.", "measured": [ "Cut pair 8.116667 / 8.133333 s, frames 487 / 488." ], "inferred": [ "Semantic handoff rather than pixel-matched object motion." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th8u0bqYsQk", "film_title": "Find the perfect gift by shopping with ChatGPT", "publication_timestamp": "2026-03-27T13:55:13-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "bbdc4f174ec401b6b52c2291a8957f396485be1ecb856f7d8efa998dcebc9099", "inspected_interval_s": [ 7.5, 11.5 ], "native_interval_s": [ 8, 8.7 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 7.5, "native_frame_count": 42, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/object-context/01.webp", "frame": 487, "pts_s": 8.116667, "caption": "Last isolated composer frame" }, { "file": "annotations/object-context/02.webp", "frame": 488, "pts_s": 8.133333, "caption": "First phone frame: no continuous morph" }, { "file": "annotations/object-context/03.webp", "frame": 493, "pts_s": 8.216667, "caption": "Request begins returning within the phone" }, { "file": "annotations/object-context/04.webp", "frame": 498, "pts_s": 8.3, "caption": "Same request now readable in its new context" } ] }, { "id": "caption-cut", "composition": "CaptionCut", "title": "Keep a caption outside the shot transform", "purpose": "Retain identity while the underlying shot changes scale.", "boundary": "Source frame 237 at 9.884875 s is the wider presenter shot; frame 238 at 9.926583 s is a closer angle.", "framing": "The person changes scale and background framing. Name and role remain at the same screen location.", "layers": "Live-action shot beneath independently positioned white identifier text.", "motion": "One direct shot replacement; caption does not scale with the person.", "typography": "Name and role remain on one horizontal line. Native font and backing treatment are not recovered.", "order": "Presenter → identifier appears → cut to closer presenter with identifier retained.", "holds": "Identifier survives the 9.926583 s cut and remains through the sampled close shot; it disappears before the later screen-demo composition.", "matches": "Caption persists unchanged in screen space while the original workspace below it cuts to detail.", "differs": "An artifact label on a contrast panel, not a speaker lower third or live-action recreation. It does not combine a talking head with presentation video.", "measured": [ "Adjacent cut frames 237 / 238 at 9.884875 / 9.926583 s." ], "inferred": [ "Screen anchoring is visible; actual compositing software is unknown." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB6pOolO7io", "film_title": "ChatGPT can now complete tasks on your computer", "publication_timestamp": "2026-07-16T11:00:16-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "d0363a9494a429830df74b4e8c4a9579dc545732889f3fd8a8d4ecf2a3afa6a2", "inspected_interval_s": [ 6.15, 12.8 ], "native_interval_s": [ 9.8, 10.4 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 6.172833, "native_frame_count": 15, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/caption-cut/01.webp", "frame": 237, "pts_s": 9.884875, "caption": "Last wide shot; identifier at lower left" }, { "file": "annotations/caption-cut/02.webp", "frame": 238, "pts_s": 9.926583, "caption": "Closer shot; identifier stays screen-anchored" }, { "file": "annotations/caption-cut/03.webp", "frame": 243, "pts_s": 10.135125, "caption": "Caption holds independently of subject motion" }, { "file": "annotations/caption-cut/04.webp", "frame": 278, "pts_s": 11.594917, "caption": "Close shot still carries the identifier" } ] }, { "id": "motif-montage", "composition": "MotifMontage", "title": "Cut among variants without losing the motif", "purpose": "Compare a family of outputs rather than demonstrate a control sequence.", "boundary": "After the longer western vignette, native frames show rapid portrait replacements. Examples begin at 49.167, 49.267, 49.367 and 49.467 s.", "framing": "Portrait images sit within a white field; size, crop and angle vary. Recurring character, not exact registration, provides continuity.", "layers": "One output image at a time on a stable field; no native application UI.", "motion": "Motion inside a vignette is followed by hard cuts among distinct character treatments.", "typography": "No reading text in this selected montage interval; later word-based storytelling is a different study.", "order": "Longer subject action → rapid variants → continued sequence outside this window.", "holds": "Several portraits last about three 30 fps source frames, roughly 0.1 s. This is a fast visual rhythm, not adequate time to read dense output.", "matches": "One recognizable silhouette survives direct variant replacements.", "differs": "Original geometric artwork at a fixed footprint, three variants, 0.8 s default cadence and a longer last hold. No generated character or source image is reused.", "measured": [ "Native changes at frames 1475, 1478, 1481 and 1484 (49.167–49.467 s)." ], "inferred": [ "The recurring subject unifies the montage; no consistency benchmark is inferred." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SIDwCQZkU8", "film_title": "ChatGPT Images — Chameleon", "publication_timestamp": "2026-04-21T12:23:50-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "5b6d5cbb1e9afe0a95ac28fac73088174d1c16e37bc431045ff36d48add794bb", "inspected_interval_s": [ 46, 50 ], "native_interval_s": [ 49, 50 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 46.0, "native_frame_count": 30, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/motif-montage/01.webp", "frame": 1474, "pts_s": 49.134, "caption": "Last western-portrait frame before new variant" }, { "file": "annotations/motif-montage/02.webp", "frame": 1475, "pts_s": 49.167, "caption": "New character treatment" }, { "file": "annotations/motif-montage/03.webp", "frame": 1478, "pts_s": 49.267, "caption": "Next hard-cut variant after three frames" }, { "file": "annotations/motif-montage/04.webp", "frame": 1481, "pts_s": 49.367, "caption": "Another treatment; same recurring subject" } ] }, { "id": "density-collapse", "composition": "DensityCollapse", "title": "Collapse a busy wall into a sparse takeaway", "purpose": "Create a clear density change before the closing message.", "boundary": "The visible output field shrinks into a tiny central cluster and clears for bracketed text. The clearing and title introduction are separate states.", "framing": "Edge-to-edge overlapping outputs become a small center cluster on white.", "layers": "Overlapping cards with changing positions; group scale; later title and footer.", "motion": "Large field travel precedes a fast group collapse. The source does not identify a 3D camera or spring.", "typography": "The later title is isolated from the dense output wall, with a small availability footer.", "order": "Many outputs → rapid shrink → tiny cluster → sparse type.", "holds": "Cluster is small by the 39.083 s sample; brackets are present at 39.55 s. Wider ending timing lies outside the clip.", "matches": "Shared group scale and an explicit clearing before the title.", "differs": "Six original cards, less relative card motion, no motion blur, chosen easing and slower 24-frame collapse. No source footer or branding.", "measured": [ "60 consecutive frames from 38.500 to 39.500 s; sample anchors at 39.083 and 39.550 s." ], "inferred": [ "Density reset separates evidence from takeaway; no recovered plugin or animation rig." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UlRL_ImvQ0", "film_title": "Build and share apps in Codex", "publication_timestamp": "2026-06-02T09:29:33-07:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "48fdcf37ab3bfa5d990c2bd0b979ae14cf1618e52d73bba14bd1451e4cc43fee", "inspected_interval_s": [ 35, 40 ], "native_interval_s": [ 38.5, 39.5 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 35.0, "native_frame_count": 60, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/density-collapse/01.webp", "frame": 2318, "pts_s": 38.633333, "caption": "Dense output field before collapse" }, { "file": "annotations/density-collapse/02.webp", "frame": 2332, "pts_s": 38.866667, "caption": "Group scale change underway" }, { "file": "annotations/density-collapse/03.webp", "frame": 2345, "pts_s": 39.083333, "caption": "Tiny central cluster" }, { "file": "annotations/density-collapse/04.webp", "frame": 2373, "pts_s": 39.55, "caption": "Sparse title state replaces the wall" } ] }, { "id": "quiet-ending", "composition": "QuietEnding", "title": "Reserve the last beat for a quiet mark", "purpose": "Let a finished presentation stop demanding attention.", "boundary": "The source builds its wordmark, deletes letters, introduces the knot and reaches a quiet endpoint; this is not a dissolve template.", "framing": "Small centered identity on a white field with ample margins.", "layers": "Wordmark, changing knot geometry and background. Exact original layer construction is unknown.", "motion": "Letter changes and a brief mark turn precede the mostly stable last samples.", "typography": "Source wordmark behavior is studied, not licensed or reproduced.", "order": "Wordmark build → hold → deletion → mark change → quiet ending.", "holds": "The mark appears stable across 130.881, 131.298, 131.757, 132.174 and 132.591 s samples. These samples do not prove every intervening pixel is frozen.", "matches": "Short original identity construction followed by a guaranteed motionless tail.", "differs": "Three simple original bars, not the source wordmark or knot. Letter deletion and knot rotation are not recreated; the supported recipe is quiet-ending structure only.", "measured": [ "Exact inspected excerpt 127.85–132.61 s; consecutive subset 128.0–128.8 s covers the early wordmark, not the final hold." ], "inferred": [ "Quiet final samples suggest an attention release, not a prescribed OBS buffer." ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-Brv-gS9Q", "film_title": "A first look at the Codex app", "publication_timestamp": "2026-02-02T10:03:33-08:00", "publication_date_source": "playerMicroformatRenderer.publishDate", "source_sha256": "d5f8b05e7d123aa336f22d01210b315bfd914aa3d380e70ca21783f023174895", "inspected_interval_s": [ 127.85, 132.61 ], "native_interval_s": [ 128, 128.8 ], "source_excerpt_first_pts_s": 127.878, "native_frame_count": 20, "defaults_status": "All Remotion phase frames, cubic Bézier (.16,1,.3,1), geometry, colors, font choice and reading holds are chosen defaults. None is a recovered OpenAI specification.", "annotated_frames": [ { "file": "annotations/quiet-ending/01.webp", "frame": 3076, "pts_s": 128.295, "caption": "Source wordmark established" }, { "file": "annotations/quiet-ending/02.webp", "frame": 3117, "pts_s": 130.005, "caption": "Letters retreat before the mark" }, { "file": "annotations/quiet-ending/03.webp", "frame": 3138, "pts_s": 130.881, "caption": "Mark in a later stable-looking sample" }, { "file": "annotations/quiet-ending/04.webp", "frame": 3179, "pts_s": 132.591, "caption": "Final inspected sample remains quiet" } ] } ], "new_film_investigation": { "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-QteDHdHes", "title": "Use ChatGPT Work to build custom creative tools", "publication_timestamp": "2026-09-04T05:27:16-07:00", "source_sha256": "1bf07570a0982e6cde086bcf4e37fa224da144a00c5ad6afd8142964bbc6c95e", "existing_100_member": false, "full_film_overview": "0–166.683333 s at four-second targets; purposive overview, not every-frame inspection.", "moving_excerpt_s": [ 133, 145 ], "native_subset_s": [ 133.5, 134.5 ], "finding": "The delivered-site hero holds, the page scrolls through two result sections, then the image-editor context replaces it. The native subset is a hero hold; it does not locate the later cut. This corroborates result holds, scrolling and context cuts rather than establishing a new transition mechanism.", "limits": "One additional recent tutorial cannot characterize all 341 in-period uploads outside the existing 100-film study. No soundtrack, generated-output reliability or product availability is evaluated." }, "scope": "Thirteen supported adaptations from ten existing in-period films; one additional recent film investigated. Distinct techniques include direct cuts, state return, semantic continuity and frame-space overlays, as well as in-shot movement. This is a supported vocabulary, not an exhaustive census of every edit in 421 uploads." }