Live structure · re-read on every load

Story Teller — timeline & layers

9:16 · 25.7s · Storytelling. This page reads the published template each time you open it, so it always matches what the app would load.

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How this template is built

Story Teller is built from 22 layers — 20 text layers, 1 video layer and 1 audio layer — spread over 22 tracks and 25.7s of screen time. Something new happens 21 times along the timeline, and 22 of the layers are yours to replace.

These diagrams show the structure of the project — which kind of layer runs when, and what sits in front of what. They deliberately show no wording, footage or artwork: that part is yours to fill in.

Text 20 Video 1 Audio 1 Editable slot 22

The timeline — when each piece is on screen

Time runs left to right across 25.7s. Each bar is one layer; a dashed outline means you replace it. Rows near the top render in front of rows below them.

The layer stack — what sits in front of what

Read this top to bottom the way the camera sees it: the first row is nearest the viewer, the last is the backdrop everything else is drawn over.

  1. 1 Text 4 layers · 4 editable Front
  2. 2 Text 4 layers · 4 editable Track 1
  3. 3 Text 4 layers · 4 editable Track 2
  4. 4 Text 4 layers · 4 editable Track 3
  5. 5 Text 2 layers · 2 editable Track 4
  6. 6 Text 2 layers · 2 editable Track 9
  7. 7 Video 1 layer · 1 editable Track 20
  8. 8 Audio 1 layer · 1 editable Back
Read the structure as a table (22 layers)

The same information as the diagrams above, in the order the layers stack. Useful with a screen reader, and the version an AI assistant reads when it is asked what this template does.

Story Teller — layer structure (25.7s total)
#Layer typeTrackStartsEndsOn screenYou replace it
1 Text 0 1.5s 4.2s 2.7s Yes — text
2 Text 1 1.9s 4.2s 2.3s Yes — text
3 Text 2 2.3s 4.2s 1.9s Yes — text
4 Text 3 2.7s 4.2s 1.5s Yes — text
5 Text 4 4s 8.2s 4.2s Yes — text
6 Text 5 4.4s 8.2s 3.8s Yes — text
7 Text 6 4.8s 8.2s 3.4s Yes — text
8 Text 7 5.2s 8.2s 3s Yes — text
9 Text 8 5.6s 8.2s 2.6s Yes — text
10 Text 9 8s 15.2s 7.2s Yes — text
11 Text 10 8.4s 15.2s 6.8s Yes — text
12 Text 11 8.8s 15.2s 6.4s Yes — text
13 Text 12 9.2s 15.2s 6s Yes — text
14 Text 13 9.6s 15.2s 5.6s Yes — text
15 Text 14 15s 19.7s 4.7s Yes — text
16 Text 15 15.4s 19.7s 4.3s Yes — text
17 Text 16 15.8s 19.7s 3.9s Yes — text
18 Text 17 16.2s 19.7s 3.5s Yes — text
19 Text 18 16.6s 19.7s 3.1s Yes — text
20 Text 19 19.5s 22.5s 3s Yes — text
21 Video 20 0s 25.7s 25.7s Yes — video
22 Audio 21 0s 25.7s 25.7s Yes — audio

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