Founder on-screen films a late-night studio vlog beside a whiteboard roadmap video, made for SaaS, optimized for LinkedIn in 16:9 · Voiced in 🇺🇸English

Founder vlog, 30 seconds, 16:9 landscape, 10 cuts, spoken dialogue, no on-screen subtitles, no music.

CAMERA:
DV 16mm tape camcorder handheld aesthetic, landscape framing. A charismatic young startup founder films himself by hand in selfie-cam and first-person style. Keep realistic hand shake, slightly crooked framing, delayed autofocus, awkward zoom-ins and zoom-outs, occasional motion blur, and small framing mistakes where part of his face briefly slips out of frame. Mix handheld selfie footage with a few fixed external shots. Never show him placing, adjusting, or setting up a camera. When switching from handheld footage to a fixed external angle, use a clean jump cut as if the camera had already been positioned before the shot began. The camera itself must never appear on screen, including in window reflections or on the laptop screen.

LOOK:
Soft digital tape camcorder look with subtle vintage DV character. Slight blur, faint tape noise, mild highlight bloom from the desk lamp and glowing laptop screen, subtle auto-exposure flicker, muted contrast, warm low-light indoor tones, realistic skin texture, believable late-night office lighting.

STYLE:
A realistic late-night building-my-startup founder vlog with authentic build-in-public energy. The tone is passionate, confident, a little tired, playful, and natural, a founder genuinely excited about what he is making. He is charismatic and camera-friendly, but the video must still feel like a believable self-recorded vlog, not a polished startup commercial. Fast clean jump cuts, strong continuity, natural body language, natural breathing, no awkward dead moments.

CHARACTER:
He must stay identical in every shot, same face, same features, fully consistent. A charismatic European male startup founder in his late 20s. Striking light-blue eyes, expressive eyebrows, medium-brown hair pulled back into a low bun with a few loose strands, a short neatly trimmed beard and mustache, fair skin with realistic natural texture, lean athletic build. He looks like an authentic indie founder documenting his journey, smart, driven, slightly sleep-deprived, likable, not an actor and not a corporate executive. He wears a plain black crew-neck t-shirt, dark casual pants, and clean sneakers. No jewelry, no watch, no glasses.

SETTING:
A quiet modern startup studio at night. A desk with a glowing laptop and a second monitor, a whiteboard on the wall with product sketches and the brand name written large and clearly, a coffee cup on the desk, a notebook and pen, a small plant, a hoodie draped over the chair, soft warm desk-lamp light, a dark window showing the city at night, mostly empty space, calm focused atmosphere, no other people.

BRAND AND TEXT RULES:
The only readable text in the entire video is the brand name, on the whiteboard and optionally as a simple logo on the laptop screen. It must always be spelled exactly the same way, correctly, in every shot where it appears. No gibberish text, no distorted letters, no extra words, no fake UI text that changes between shots. The laptop screen may show a simple, consistent video-generation interface with a video thumbnail of the founder himself, no readable paragraphs.

CONTINUITY RULES:
The same man in every shot. No face changes, no hairstyle changes, no outfit changes, no body changes. No extra people appearing, not even in window reflections or on screens. No duplicated limbs, no broken hands, no disappearing coffee cup. No moving furniture, the desk, whiteboard, and laptop stay identical between shots. No impossible movements. Window reflections must match his real position and must never show a camera.

STORYBOARD, 10 cuts of about 3 seconds each:
1. Arm's-length selfie. He walks slowly into the dim studio holding the camera himself, tired but smiling confidently, the desk lamp glowing behind him. Dialogue: "Okay... late-night founder vlog."
2. Handheld pan across the room and back to him. The camera drifts across the desk, the glowing laptop, the whiteboard with the brand name, the dark window, then returns to his face. Dialogue: "Welcome to headquarters. Yes, ok... it's just me."
3. Close selfie near the whiteboard. He stops beside it, points a thumb at the logo behind him, and smirks at the lens. Dialogue: "One selfie... and AI puts you in the video. Like this one."
4. Fixed external medium shot. Jump cut. He is already seated at the desk, typing, face lit by the laptop glow, focused. No camera setup shown. No dialogue.
5. Same fixed shot. He presses Enter with a casual flourish, leans back, watches the screen, then breaks into a genuine smile. Dialogue: "Render's done... and that's me. Well, AI me."
6. Handheld walking selfie. He picks the vlog back up in selfie mode, coffee cup in his other hand, walking a few slow steps through the studio. Dialogue: "One photo in... a full video of you out. Still blows my mind."
7. Tight handheld close-up. He raises the cup, takes a sip, lowers it, and exhales in relief. Dialogue: "Best part of the night."
8. Fixed external wider shot facing the whiteboard. Jump cut. He does a quick stretch, taps the roadmap on the whiteboard, then laughs softly at himself. Dialogue: "A little stretch so I can pretend I have work-life balance."
9. Handheld close selfie. His eyes are tired but bright, he brushes back a loose strand of hair, smiling in a satisfied way. Dialogue: "I always say one last fix... and then I stay forever."
10. Arm's-length selfie ending. He walks toward the door, still filming himself, gives a tired little wave and a genuine smile. Dialogue: "Okay, I'm done. Good night."

FINAL INSTRUCTION:
The result must feel like a real self-recorded late-night vlog by a passionate founder building a product. Prioritize realistic handheld motion, strong continuity, believable pacing, natural breathing, authentic tired-but-excited energy, and subtle imperfection. Genuine build-in-public content, charismatic, warm, and real. Not artificial, not stiff, not corporate, not boring.