hilarious cinematic launch video
- fantastic acting
- great shots (especially the horizontal dolly shot when hes on the phone)
- hilarious premise and script
- good set, costumes, lighting. bloody face at the end is really well done.
- love the climax at the end. paradoxical to have the main character near crying but hyping up the startup but it works
but
- not sure why the UI is really old school looking. would have been more powerful with something familiar like cursor or shadcn. if that's the actual product, they should have emphasized it more in the video
- takes a while to show the product (definitely underoptimized but thats the point)
probably the best executed cinematic launch videos of the year. some of the best acting overall. best makeup/costume overall as well.
overall super entertaining, funny, and engaging. I will say that cimena is moving away from shots like these that are >3 seconds long (see oppenheimer) to keep attention.
could have been a lot better (and higher retention) with the same script and cinematic approach, but more frequent cuts between shots.
usually advise against cinematic launch videos, but this is incredibly well executed and its just their pre-seed announcement so its reasonable to do now.