# Captioned steps → comment gate — rebuild sheet

A 38-second locked-frame two-hander that gives away a complete home remedy in four captioned steps, then holds a book to the lens and gates it behind a comment — 4,079,192 views, 69,738 likes, by hua_jin123.

**Why it works**
It spends its whole runtime giving, not selling: an exact ingredient, an exact amount, an exact routine and an exact promised result, all finished before any ask arrives — so the object held out at the end reads as more of the same rather than as a pitch. The one borrowed close-up at the hook (stained, damaged teeth) buys the attention that the calm, static, no-cut delivery then keeps.

**The beats**

| Time | What happens | On-screen text |
|---|---|---|
| 3.07s | Static chest-height two-shot — older woman front, younger woman at her shoulder, shelves of glass herb jars and a framed calligraphy scroll behind. A hand tips water from a plastic bottle into the top of frame. The bottom half of the frame is a full-width inset close-up of stained, damaged teeth and gums with foam on them. | because whitening strip brands |
| 9.22s | Same frame, inset gone. A small glass bowl of white powder with a spoon and a dried root sit on the stone counter. Older woman to the lens, younger woman smiling behind. | half a teaspoon of baking soda |
| 15.37s | Same frame. The spoon stirs the bowl; the younger woman leans in and points at it. | brush with it every morning for 2 minutes |
| 21.52s | Same frame, still stirring. The younger woman is bent over the bowl looking into it. | that funky yellow will disappear |
| 27.67s | Both further back in frame. The older woman's arm is extended toward the lens holding a brown leather book, cover reading ANCIENT REMEDIES BIBLE. A bowl of dried red berries now on the counter. Mouth open mid-sentence. | *(none)* |
| 33.82s | Same, book held closer to the lens, both smiling straight down the barrel. | and I will send you my ancient remedies Bible |

The post caption does the closing: *"Comment Book and I'll send you my Ancient Remedies Bible right away 📖 Make sure you follow me first or I won't be able to reach you ❤️ #syntheticperformer #ad"*

**Not shown by the frames** — six stills across 38 seconds cannot prove there are no cuts or no slow drift between them, only that the framing and background are consistent. There is no audio here, so whether the captions are subtitles of speech or standalone overlays is an inference from their phrasing, not evidence. Nothing between the sampled beats is known. Every frame carries a small `genaicontent` watermark top-left and the caption tags `#syntheticperformer` — the two performers in this video are AI-generated, not filmed.

**What carries the value**
The complete free recipe. Nothing is withheld — ingredient, amount, routine, duration and result are all handed over before the ask — so the gate at the end feels like an offer of more, not a price.

**Shoot it**
- **Camera:** phone on a tripod at chest height, vertical, one framing for the whole video. It never moves. Everything that changes — the bowl, the pointing hand, the book — changes inside a fixed frame.
- **Light:** soft daylight from a window at frame right. No lamps, no fill, no colour grade.
- **Set:** a counter the pair stand behind, with a wall of visible authority behind them (jars, labelled containers, a framed piece). It has to read as a place where remedies come from, not a kitchen.
- **Cast:** two people, an elder in front doing the talking and a younger one at their shoulder reacting and pointing. The younger one never speaks to camera — she reacts, which is what makes the elder the authority.
- **Wardrobe:** plain dark tops, same family for both. No logos, no jewellery pulling focus.
- **Props:** the ingredient in a clear bowl so the amount is visible, one spoon, and the lead magnet as a real physical object you can push toward the lens.
- **Text:** one caption line per beat, centre-low, white with a soft shadow. Steps only — no exclamation, no hype words.
- **The gate lives in the post caption, not on screen:** one comment word, plus "follow me first or I won't be able to reach you".

**Or generate it**

```
vertical 9:16 photograph, static chest-height medium two-shot of {SUBJECT} standing front
and centre behind a pale stone counter with a second, younger person just behind their
shoulder, both in plain dark mandarin-collar tops, {PRODUCT} on the counter in front of
them, floor-to-ceiling shelves of glass apothecary jars filled with dried herbs and a
framed calligraphy scroll on the wall behind, soft daylight from a window at frame right,
pale green cabinetry, phone-camera look, slight grain, no retouching, no on-screen text
```

**Motion:** camera absolutely static at chest height, no push and no drift — only the hands, the bowl and the second person move inside the frame.

**Text overlay pattern:** one line per beat, centre-low, reading as speech —
`because {the usual product} {fails}` → `{amount} of {ingredient}` → `{how to use it} for {duration}` → `{the result, in plain words}` → `and I will send you my {lead magnet name}`.
Post caption: `Comment {WORD} and I'll send you my {lead magnet} — follow me first or I won't be able to reach you`.

Generate every beat from the same seed frame so the room and both faces stay identical across the cuts — the format dies the moment the background shifts.

**Reference:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbx_hb0hT_Z/
