Filmed Off a Monitor — effect skill for UI walkthroughs

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The UI looks filmed on a real display: slight perspective, focus falloff and glare.

What it does

Built on Filmed Screen by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

A screen plane at a gentle angle; depth of field keeps one element sharp while edges blur; soft highlight and a hint of pixel texture.

When: Give a flat screen recording a cinematic, physical feel between crisp UI shots.

Watch out: Do not blur the part being explained; move the focus to it.

Timing: Camera drift 3–5 s linear; focus pull 0.6 s.

Also called: screen with depth of field, monitor shot, physical screen

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add filmed-screen

Point the block's focus target at the element the voiceover names.

In Remotion

// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/camera-lens
<div style={{transform:'perspective(1400px) rotateY(-14deg) rotateX(6deg)', filter:'contrast(1.05)'}}><OffthreadVideo src={rec}/></div>

In CapCut

Apply Effects → "Lens blur"/"Depth of field" with a radial focus; add a light-leak overlay at 15% opacity.

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Example output

https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/components/filmed-screen.mp4 — Preview of the Filmed Screen component that builds this take (credit: Filmed Screen · hyperframes, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/filmed-screen)

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