Voronova · NASA Space Apps story reel · vertical 1080x1920
Notes for the editor
Each section starts with reference frames to match, with a short note under each, followed by the details. Mock frames are rough guides made from the existing video, so recreate them properly from the original photos. Every voice line is below as its own file, so you can move or trim them freely.
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Current rough cut (2:23)
720p preview. Download · Full voice track only: voronova_vo_full.mp3
Beat 0 · "So it was 7pm, I was lying in bed writing code, when my friends from Punjab University called" · rough cut ≈ 0:08–0:13
Replace the bed shot with a better clip

- Swap it for a better clip of the same moment from Waleed's Google Drive. Waleed will share the folder link. Pick the sharpest, best-lit take, ideally with the laptop and code visible, and with real motion rather than a still.
- Keep the existing "it was 7 PM / I was lying" text animation on top, and match the warm night grade of the surrounding shots.
- Cut to the phone call on "called" (the Punjab University friends photo follows).
Beat 1 · right after "…just kidding, Sharafat" · rough cut ≈ 0:44
Team intro, movie-style (with motion)





- The photo must move the whole time. No static holds. Keep the camera slowly pushing even while a title is up.
- Outline: rotoscope each person (or use an AI cut-out) and add a 6–8 px white stroke. Animate the stroke drawing on over about 8 frames.
- Grade: background desaturated and about 65% darker, subtle film grain, slightly warm highlights on the person.
- Titles: high-contrast serif (Didot or Bodoni style), large and tracked out a little, with a small subtitle under it. Fade/slide up in about 10 frames, timed to the name in the VO, with a soft whoosh or low hit on each name.
- Waleed (right, black t-shirt) stays dimmed for both intros.
- The colour frame in the video has "Straight to campus" text over it, and the mock has a smudge where we removed it. Use the original photo (ask Waleed).
Beat 2 · "So I called in the big guns, Jensen Huang… just kidding, Sharafat"
Jensen Huang joke


- On "Jensen Huang": about a 1 s cut of Jensen on stage, ideally him turning or gesturing to camera.
- On "just kidding": record scratch or freeze plus a quick desaturate, then hard cut to Sharafat's photo.
- Keynote page: nvidia.com/en-us/gtc/keynote
Beat 3 · "we picked the Home in Space challenge. we wanted to save the time it takes to make 2D and 3D assets for designing space habitats" · rough cut ≈ 0:58
Home in Space: habitat b-roll (NASA)



- Cut 2–3 short shots (about 1 s each) to the beat, punching in to fill 9:16.
- 4K alternatives (public domain): NASA SVS Artemis II gallery (3840x2160) · Tour of the Moon 4K · Gateway 3D animation · SVS Mars gallery · Mars Dune Alpha habitat tour
Beat 4 · "so we made a conversational agent, fine tuned on NASA's drawings and models. it generates an editable 2D habitat layout, and once the design is final, it spits out a 3D model" · rough cut ≈ 1:03–1:11
Our AI: 2D layout → 3D model (TRELLIS)
Show the flow: chat prompt → 2D floor-plan layout being edited → 3D model building up. Use the TRELLIS footage for the 3D part. For the chat and 2D layout, a quick screen recording of our app works best (ask Waleed).




- Downloads, 1080p direct: trellis2.mp4 (59 s) · bg.mp4 (16 s loop) · TRELLIS.2 page
- Crop out the text labels ("ORGANIC", "INTERNAL STRUCTURE") and keep just the models.
- For an image-to-3D moment, screen-record the live demo turning a floor-plan image into a 3D model.
Beat 5 · after "No internet, even Canva stopped working" · original 0:52
"And this was us" (dino game)


- Show only that clip, full screen, with a slow push-in. Viewers work out the game from the footage. Don't add captions explaining it.
Ending · from the winners announcement to the last line
Ending order
- "Then they announced the winners" → "Honestly, we never thought we'd win…" over the crowd.
- "Team Voronova" on the team walking up.
- "We did it" goes right before the speech, the clip of the team at the front with the mic (original ≈ 1:38–1:46). Let the speech play with its own audio (music ducked) or a short bit of it.
- After the speech: "So here's the point. If a 15 year old can pull this off, you can too. Keep hope in you." This is the last line, over the end cards.
If the video runs too long
Cutting it down, or splitting into 2 parts
The current cut is 2:23. Under about 1:30 holds attention best on Reels and TikTok. Either trim (option A) or post as a 2-part series (option B). Times below are from the current rough cut and will shift a few seconds after the new lines go in, so find each line by its words.
Option A: trims, in order (do the first ones first)
- Music gap after "Team Voronova" (1:57–2:05): shorten 8 s to about 3 s. Keep the team walking up. Saves ~5 s.
- KFC line "Years of those late night KFC runs…" (1:13–1:17). The picture is a static hold here anyway. ~5 s.
- "At events like Google, Figma, Canva, you keep meeting the same kind of people" (0:13–0:18). ~4.5 s.
- "10x hackathon winners, cracked folks I'd never met in Pakistan": keep "19 challenges, people had been preparing way before the competition" and cut the second half (≈0:28–0:31). ~3.5 s.
- "Questions were supposed to be 5 minutes, it went on for 15" (1:36–1:39). ~3.5 s.
- Tail of "honestly…": end at "making jokes" and drop "talking with people, learning from their experiences, it was fun" (≈1:49–1:54). ~4 s.
- Einstein/Elon line (0:37–0:41): only if still long. The Jensen joke right after carries the same humour. ~4.5 s.
All seven together save about 30 s, bringing it to roughly 1:47. Cut on breaths or pauses, never mid-word, and let the music run under the cuts so they don't jump.
Never cut: the hook ("We won…, team lead…"), the team intro, Home in Space + the agent, "everything broke" / "and this was us", winners → Team Voronova → "we did it", or the closing line.
Option B: 2-part series
- Part 1 (≈1:20): "the build". Hook + team lead → finding the hackathon → team intro (Ahad, Sharafat) → Home in Space + the agent → all-nighter → "Then straight to the campus, and of course everything broke." Stop on "everything broke" as the cliffhanger, then a 1 s end card: "Part 2" (same typography as the reel).
- Part 2 (≈55 s): "the win". Opens with Waleed's line "part two. so we got to campus, and everything broke." (ready-made file:
vo_part2_opener.wav) over the campus photo → "No internet, even Canva stopped working" → "and this was us" (dino) → presenting, jokes, questions, phones → winners → honestly → Team Voronova → "we did it" → closing line. - Each part keeps the music bed. Re-time the music so Part 1's build peaks on "everything broke" and Part 2's peaks on "Team Voronova".
- Captions: Part 1 cover text "how a 15 year old won NASA Space Apps (part 1)". Part 2: "part 2: the presentation".
- Apply the Option A trims inside each part too, if needed.
Already done in the voice track
Other changes
- Removed "At least there were snacks and no parents complaining…".
- Removed "so what can we do?" after "they were forced to listen anyways".
- "Team Voronova" lands on the team walking up (original ≈ 1:34), followed by about 8 s of music only, then "We did it".
- Music ducks under the voice. Final mix target is -14 LUFS.
Who's who: Ahad = left (grey striped shirt), Sharafat = middle (brown shirt, behind the banner), Waleed = right (black t-shirt).
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