A Living Gallery for Three Graces
A continuous browser tour turns a dark Three.js sculpture into an interactive gallery through lighting, close-ups, and editorial type.
Field notes / why it works
The near-black sculpture resolves into three readable faces by 0:02.8 while the title stays fixed, creating a reveal inside one browser shot. Three close-up selections from roughly 0:11 to 0:29 and a process-page interruption near 0:30 refresh the visual story without cuts; the dramatic full-group return at 0:32–0:40 overlaps the strongest replay window at 0:39.6–0:40.0.
Plate 01 / The format in one breath
A dark, art-directed website appears to contain a living monochrome sculpture. A short, continuous screen recording begins with a shadow-to-light reveal, explores three close-up stories through understated text tabs, briefly shows a making/process page, then returns to the full hero composition. The promise arrives visually by about 0:03: this is a rich, interactive object worth exploring.
Why it works
- The subject resolves from near-black silhouettes to three readable faces in the first 2.8 s while the title stays fixed, giving an immediate visual question and answer.
- The same object yields multiple compositions: full group at 0:04–0:07, face close-ups at 0:11–0:26, and a refreshed hero at 0:32–0:40. One asset supports a complete tour.
- There are no video cuts, yet 17 measured internal picture changes (22.7/min). Interactive camera and page states supply rhythm without breaking the illusion of a live site.
Plate 02 / Format card
| Platform · aspect · length | YouTube · 16:9, 640×360 source · 44.9 s · 29.97 fps |
| Pace | 1 continuous screen-recorded shot; 0 cuts/min; 17 internal changes, 22.7 picture changes/min; one 44.9 s take |
| Script | No reliable spoken script or voiceover; on-screen title, three short tab labels, compact descriptive paragraphs, process heading |
| Voice | None; speech recognizer's isolated “Music” and “You” are not evidence of narration |
| On screen | Essentially 100% browser recording of a 3D web experience; hero, close detail states, and process section |
| Captions | None; interface typography carries the information |
| Sound | Continuous tonal/music-like bed measured at about −15.9 LUFS overall; no verifiable cut effects |
| Structure | Reveal → hero hold → three detail selections → process interruption → hero reprise → brief final detail; no in-video CTA |
Pro / 13 plates + recipe
The first plates are open. The full dissection is Pro.
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Open the full blueprint- Plate 03 / The hook, frame by frame (first 3 seconds)Pro
- Plate 04 / Structure (beat sheet)Pro
- Plate 05 / Shot grammarPro
- Plate 06 / Visual style guidePro
- Plate 07 / Voice and deliveryPro
- Plate 08 / Sound designPro
- Plate 09 / PackagingPro
- Plate 10 / Script templatePro
- Plate 11 / Production planPro
- Plate 12 / PromptsPro
- Plate 13 / Edit recipePro
- Plate 14 / QA checklistPro
- Plate 15 / Make it yoursPro
- Recipe / runnable promptPro