Flash-forward
Watch as an animation →Give a brief glimpse of the ending or the result first, then pull viewers into "how did we get there?"
A Short hook ("3 hours later it looked like this"), ads with a strong result.
Put the most spectacular result cut at 0 to 1.5 seconds first, then run from the beginning after a "few hours earlier" caption. You reuse the same cut at the end, so generation cost doesn't grow.
Two-shot sequence: Shot 1 (opening hook), a golden trophy raised high in a roaring arena with confetti falling, 1.5 seconds; hard cut to Shot 2, one year earlier, a teenager practicing alone in an empty gym at dawn, cold blue light, bottom third left clear for a caption, 4 seconds.
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