# 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.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [UI walkthroughs](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/ui.md)
- **Slug:** `filmed-off-a-monitor`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/filmed-screen
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio
- **Requires:** HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), Remotion, CapCut (by hand)
- **Cost:** Free — the take renders locally; generated footage, if any, bills by the model

## What it does

Built on [Filmed Screen](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/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

```bash
npx hyperframes add filmed-screen
```
Point the block's focus target at the element the voiceover names.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// 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.

### Ready-made components

- [Filmed Screen](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.filmed-screen/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add filmed-screen
- [Camera Lens](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.camera-lens/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/camera-lens

### Where this comes from

- [Lago: we killed our motion design job (Linear-style films, Remotion)](https://getlago.com/blog/we-killed-our-motion-design-job)
- [Steve Lemuel: Raycast kinetic product motion (Figma + Jitter)](https://contra.com/p/llNMeeMX-raycast-kinetic-product-motion)

## Use when

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

## Not for

- Do not blur the part being explained; move the focus to it.

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
- Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a codex -y`
- Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a cursor -y`

## 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)

## More UI walkthroughs skills

- [Zoom to the Action](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/zoom-to-the-action.md): The full app establishes, then the camera pushes 1.5–2× into the part being used and eases back out.
- [3D Tilted Dashboard Reveal](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tilted-dashboard-reveal.md): The dashboard rises from a steep 3D tilt to flat, like a screen lifting toward the viewer.
- [Floating UI Panels in Depth](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/floating-ui-panels.md): The interface splits into its panels, which float apart in depth with parallax, then snap back.
- [UI Builds Itself Piece by Piece](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/ui-builds-itself.md): Grey skeleton blocks pulse once, then real cards, charts and text fill in with a stagger.
- [Before/After UI Wipe](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/before-after-ui-wipe.md): A divider sweeps across one screen, turning the old version into the new one underneath.
- [Card Expands Into Detail](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/card-expands-to-detail.md): A small card grows into a full detail panel in one continuous shape change.

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- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
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