Kinetic intro: "January 2026" tag pops in, "Gmail removed" scales up, a red strike-through wipes across "removed", "Check mail from other accounts" scales in below. 2.8 s.
Typewriter outro: "mailbridge.app" types on letter by letter with a blinking cursor. "30-day free trial" scales in below with a subtle pulse. 3.0 s.
Real footage stays the spine: 18 s of the mailbridge.app live scroll with 4 captioned narration beats and the logo badge, unchanged.
Callout overlays removed: I tried red circles on the real UI. They kept landing on the wrong content because the scroll timing is fiddly. The intro and outro carry the "attention grab" without noise on the real UI.
v2
v1 (for comparison)
What to check
Does the intro hook attention in the first 2 seconds?
Is the strike-through animation on "removed" the right punch, or too on-the-nose?
Does the typewriter outro feel earned, or gimmicky?
Is the mailbridge.app scroll pace right?
If you like v2
Produce 5 provider variants (Yahoo, Outlook, DreamHost, Hostinger, AOL). Each records a provider-specific mailbridge.app page (like mailbridge.app/yahoo-to-gmail/).
Upload 1 or 2 to YouTube as tests. Keep the 6 animated slide videos private.
Measure watch retention against the animated baseline over 30 days.