Changelog video
A ~25-second release update for the weeks that ship several small things — same open, same pace, every release
Not every release deserves a launch. Most weeks ship three or four small improvements — a fix, a speedup, a new option — and that's exactly what this video carries. About twenty-five seconds, no big reveal, posted on a rhythm: weekly, monthly, every release. It's the lightweight sibling of the Feature announcement — when one change deserves the spotlight, use that recipe; when the week shipped several small things, use this one.
The storyboard
Block width follows the estimated length of each beat
- 1~4 sStamp
- 2~5 sItem one
- 3~5 sItem two
- 4~5 sItem three
- 5~3 sNudge
- 6~3 sLockup
- The stampYour product name and the date or version land together, like a postmark. This is the recurring open viewers learn to recognize.
- Item oneThe change's name and one line on what it does.
- Item twoSame shape, next change.
- Item threeSame shape again. If a change is visual, show it instead of describing it.
- The nudgeOne line pointing to the full changelog.
- The lockupYour logo, one short closing line.
The value of this video isn't any single edition — it's the rhythm. Same open, same pace, every release. By the third one, viewers recognize your update in the feed before they read a word. So resist redesigning it each time; change the items, keep the frame.
Your words
- Product name
- <PRODUCT NAME>
- Version or dateWhatever you stamp releases with
- <VERSION OR DATE>
- Three or four changesEach a name plus a one-line payoff, six words or fewer
- <CHANGE 1> — <PAYOFF 1>
- <CHANGE 2> — <PAYOFF 2>
- <CHANGE 3> — <PAYOFF 3>
- Changelog URL
- <CHANGELOG URL>
- Closing linee.g. "Shipping weekly"
- <CLOSING LINE>
The prompt
Paste it into your agent with your words in place of the highlighted blanks.
I'm making a changelog video with remocn (remocn.dev).
Build a ~25-second, 1920×1080, 30fps release update for <PRODUCT NAME> in
this Remotion project, using remocn components — install anything you need
with `npx shadcn add @remocn/<name>`:
1. Stamp — "<PRODUCT NAME>" with "<VERSION OR DATE>" beneath it, landing
together like a postmark. Short and confident — this open repeats every
release, so keep it simple enough to reuse.
2. Items — one beat per change, every beat built the same way: the change
name lands first, its payoff line follows beneath it:
- "<CHANGE 1>" — "<PAYOFF 1>"
- "<CHANGE 2>" — "<PAYOFF 2>"
- "<CHANGE 3>" — "<PAYOFF 3>"
If a change is visual, replace its text beat with a small fake app
screen showing it happen.
3. Nudge — one calm line: "Full changelog at <CHANGELOG URL>".
4. Lockup — my logo (<LOGO FILE, or: use the product name as a wordmark>)
with a closing line: "<CLOSING LINE>".
Style: warm dark background (#141318), off-white text, one accent color
<ACCENT COLOR>, Manrope. One quiet shader-simplex-noise field behind the
whole video. Keep motion restrained and identical across the item beats —
this is a stamp, not a show. Use my copy exactly as written.Directing the result
- Item two runs long — tighten it.
- Hold the stamp a beat longer.
- Change three is visual — show the screen instead of the words.
- The items feel different from each other — make the motion identical.
Next release, don't start over — ask your agent to reuse this video and swap the version and the items.
Get the file
Ask your agent:“Render the video.”
You'll get an .mp4 in the project folder, ready to post.