🎬 TikTok Video Curation Report

🎨 Visual Style

Modern, cinematic, with a mix of moody and vibrant shots. Emphasis on natural light and authentic moments. All footage will be portrait (9:16) orientation.

✂️ Editing Notes

  • Maintain a slightly desaturated, cool tone for the ‘routine’ segments (Scenes 2-8), gradually shifting to warmer, more vibrant tones for ‘alive’ segments (Scenes 10-13).
  • Use quick cuts and a slightly faster pace for the routine montage (Scenes 3-7) to emphasize repetitiveness and the feeling of days blending.
  • Employ slower, more thoughtful transitions for reflective and impactful moments (Scenes 1, 8, 9, 14, 15) to allow the viewer to absorb the message.
  • Music should subtly shift from a repetitive/somber melody to a more hopeful/uplifting and dynamic track as the message transitions from problem to solution.
  • Text overlays should be minimal, used only for key phrases (‘Watching vs. Living’, ‘Comfort vs. Life’, ‘Protecting vs. Avoiding’) if desired for emphasis, using a clean, modern sans-serif font.

🎞️ Scene-by-Scene Storyboard

📍 Scene 1 (3s)

Voiceover: “Most people think feeling alive means something big has to happen.” Visual Goal: A person stands looking out at a grand, inspiring landscape (e.g., mountain range, vast ocean), appearing somewhat contemplative but slightly distant. Mood: Aspirational, slightly distant. | Pexels Query: woman looking majestic view cinematic

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 2 (2s)

Voiceover: “But that’s not usually how it works.” Visual Goal: Transition to a person in a mundane, everyday setting, perhaps an office cubicle or waiting for public transport, looking bored or tired. Mood: Mundane, realistic. | Pexels Query: tired person office mundane

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 3 (3s)

Voiceover: “A lot of people spend years moving through their days doing what they’re supposed to do.” Visual Goal: A quick montage of generic daily routine actions. Start with a hand reaching for an alarm clock. Mood: Repetitive, routine. | Pexels Query: morning routine minimalist aesthetic

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 4 (2s)

Voiceover: “Wake up.” Visual Goal: A close-up of an alarm clock ringing, or a hand hitting the snooze button. Mood: Start of routine, slightly jarring. | Pexels Query: alarm clock ringing morning

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 5 (2s)

Voiceover: “Go to work.” Visual Goal: A person navigating a busy commute, perhaps on a train or walking through a blurred city crowd. Focus on anonymity. Mood: Hectic, impersonal. | Pexels Query: commuter city crowd blurry

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 6 (2s)

Voiceover: “Answer messages.” Visual Goal: Close-up of hands typing on a laptop or scrolling on a phone, with notifications subtly appearing. Mood: Busy, connected. | Pexels Query: hands typing keyboard cinematic

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 7 (2s)

Voiceover: “Make plans for later.” Visual Goal: A person looking at a calendar or a planner with a slightly unenthusiastic or resigned expression. Mood: Obligatory, scheduled. | Pexels Query: planning calendar thoughtful soft

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 8 (4s)

Voiceover: “And somewhere along the way they start feeling like they’re watching their own life instead of living it.” Visual Goal: A person sitting alone, looking out a window or into space, a subtle reflection visible. Their expression is detached and reflective. Mood: Detached, reflective, melancholic. | Pexels Query: person reflective window melancholic

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 9 (3s)

Voiceover: “Here’s the strange part. Feeling alive rarely comes from comfort.” Visual Goal: Contrast shot: A comfortable-looking, inviting sofa or bed, but empty or with someone looking bored. Then a quick cut to a person looking determined, ready to move. Mood: Contrast, realization. | Pexels Query: empty comfortable sofa cozy

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 10 (3s)

Voiceover: “It shows up when you try something that might fail.” Visual Goal: Someone attempting a new, slightly challenging skill (e.g., painting, learning an instrument, or a physical activity). Focus on their concentration and a slight struggle. Mood: Challenging, determined. | Pexels Query: person learning new skill challenge

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📍 Scene 11 (3s)

Voiceover: “When you tell the truth you’ve been avoiding.” Visual Goal: Two people having a serious, intimate conversation, one looking vulnerable but resolute, the other listening intently. Or a single person writing a difficult letter. Mood: Honest, brave. | Pexels Query: vulnerable conversation deep talk

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 12 (3s)

Voiceover: “When you step toward something that scares you a little.” Visual Goal: A person taking a cautious but determined step into an unknown environment (e.g., a dimly lit path in a forest, standing at the edge of a new experience). Mood: Courageous, uncertain. | Pexels Query: person stepping unknown path

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 13 (3s)

Voiceover: “That small edge of uncertainty… that’s where life usually is.” Visual Goal: A person looking genuinely joyful and engaged in an activity that involves a sense of adventure or newness (e.g., laughing while hiking, running through nature, exploring a vibrant market). Mood: Alive, joyful, vibrant. | Pexels Query: joyful person adventurous outdoors

🔍 Pexels Options (Portrait):

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📍 Scene 14 (3s)

Voiceover: “So if everything feels perfectly safe all the time you might want to ask yourself something.” Visual Goal: A person in a very comfortable, perhaps overly sterile or dull, environment, looking contemplative and slightly questioning. Mood: Questioning, introspective. | Pexels Query: person contemplative safe environment

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📍 Scene 15 (3s)

Voiceover: “Are you protecting your life, or avoiding it?” Visual Goal: A person looking directly at the camera with a profound, challenging, yet open expression, as if addressing the viewer directly. Mood: Direct, thought-provoking, impactful. | Pexels Query: person serious direct gaze

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📚 B-Roll Library Options

Query: daily routine morning minimalist

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Dur: 20s		 HD / HD
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Dur: 12s		 HD / HD
ID: 6603300
Dur: 11s		 HD / HD
ID: 9786449
Dur: 11s		 HD / HD
ID: 5137581
Dur: 13s		 HD / HD

Query: people working focused cinematic

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ID: 5452534
Dur: 19s		 HD / HD
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Dur: 10s		 HD / HD
ID: 8086294
Dur: 10s		 HD / HD
ID: 5989769
Dur: 13s		 HD / HD
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Dur: 86s		 HD / HD

Query: nature adventure exploring moody

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Dur: 36s		 HD / HD
ID: 20141793
Dur: 40s		 HD / HD
ID: 33645565
Dur: 7s
ID: 29468013
Dur: 16s

Query: introspective person deep thought

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Dur: 10s		 HD / HD
ID: 7710496
Dur: 19s		 HD / HD

Query: authentic human connection soft light

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