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VSL editing case study: a founder-led video sales letter for an AI receptionist
Project overview
A video sales letter for an AI voice receptionist. The founder speaks to camera about missed calls and slow follow-up; we edited the talking-head footage and built the graphics around it, including an animated diagram of how calls flow through the receptionist into the calendar and sales pipeline. The edit runs about 47 seconds in 16:9.
The challenge
A talking-head VSL loses viewers when the same framing runs for too long, and the product itself (an AI that answers calls) has no screen to show. The edit had to keep attention on the offer and make an invisible service easy to picture.
Our approach
We cut between the founder and full-screen graphics so the frame changes every few seconds. The core idea is shown as a node diagram that builds piece by piece: callers, the receptionist, the script, the calendar, the pipeline and finally a fresh lead. Word-by-word captions highlight the key phrase in each line, and key words are placed in depth behind the speaker for emphasis. An illustrated set-up scene explains that each receptionist is customised for the business.
- Alternate talking head and full-screen graphics to change the frame every few seconds
- A call-flow diagram that builds step by step to explain an invisible product
- Word-by-word kinetic captions with a highlighted key phrase
- Depth text placed behind the speaker on the key claim
Production process
- 01Selecting takes and tightening the founder's delivery
- 02Designing the call-flow diagram and illustrated scenes
- 03Kinetic captions and depth-text compositing
- 04Sound design for transitions and emphasis
- 05Final 16:9 export
Deliverables
- Video sales letter edit, about 47 seconds, 16:9
Frames from the film
What the finished video shows
The finished VSL shows how pacing, captions and simple diagrams carry a talking-head sales message and make a service without a screen easy to understand.
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