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1920s silent film animation style

Painterly · 16:9

Engraved ink-and-wash one-reel: a flickering 14:9 print between velvet curtains, intertitle cards, iris moves, hand-cranked chases and deadpan gags.

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8-second cut from a test film, sound off. Made by a fresh Claude Code with only this kit in an empty folder.

What you'd type

Make a 2-minute video about [your topic] in the reelstyles silent-film style. Show me the scene plan first.

Briefs we tested this kit with

  1. "The bank run, 1929 style": a newsreel in three reports (headline card → locked wide of a queue growing → card "Meanwhile, in the vault…" → an empty-vault gag with a spring double-take). Cold-blue tint after the card; iris close on the teller's empty drawer.
  2. "How the telephone ruined dinner": a one-reel melodrama: a family at table, a ring, the father crosses the room (undercranked), the near-miss with the receiver, a `tender` card, final iris on the cold soup.
  3. "A product launch, in 1924": a trick film for a coffee machine: one stage, the machine appears by a substitution cut, the chain in one take (cup → pipe → crowd), a `shout` card with the price, the film breaks on the last beat.

In the kit

  • Style guide: palette, type, how things move and cut
  • Scene templates your agent builds from
  • A checklist your agent grades its own stills against before it renders
  • Render steps for 16:9, 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps

Your films are yours to publish and monetise. Licence and refund

Video formats it fits

Guide: How to make animated videos with Claude Code

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