Drop

Each word falls into place from above and bounces as it lands the moment it is spoken, and the whole phrase drops out of frame when the speaker pauses

Installation

$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @remocn/caption-drop

Usage

CaptionDrop takes a timed transcript and renders only the text block, so place it inside your own AbsoluteFill. Every word stays hidden until its own start time, then falls from above with a little random tilt and bounces as it lands. The space for the whole phrase is reserved from the first word, so the line never reflows. When the speaker pauses long enough for the page to leave, the words fall out downward one after another instead of fading. See Positioning for safe placements and Get a transcript for producing captions.json.

import { AbsoluteFill } from "remotion";
import { CaptionDrop } from "@/components/remocn/caption-drop";
import captions from "./captions.json";
 
export const MyScene = () => (
  <AbsoluteFill
    style={{
      justifyContent: "flex-end",
      alignItems: "center",
      paddingBottom: 108,
      paddingInline: 192,
    }}
  >
    <CaptionDrop captions={captions} />
  </AbsoluteFill>
);

Words fall from about one and a half lines above their slot, so leave that much room above the block if something sits directly over it.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`captions`	`Caption[]`	`—`	The timed transcript, in the `Caption` shape from `@remotion/captions`. Times are relative to the start of the surrounding `Sequence`.
`bounce`	`number`	`0.6`	How much each word bounces on landing, from 0 (settles without bouncing) to 1 (a lively rebound).
`combineTokensWithinMilliseconds`	`number`	`1200`	How much speech one page may span before the next word starts a new page. Pages also break at the end of a sentence and on any pause of at least `holdMs` (300 ms minimum).
`holdMs`	`number`	`600`	How long a page stays after its last word when the next page is not already due. At the end of the hold the words fall out of frame.
`fontSize`	`number`	`64`	Font size in pixels.
`fontWeight`	`number`	`800`	Font weight. The font itself is inherited.
`color`	`string`	`"#ffffff"`	Text colour.
`shadow`	`boolean`	`true`	A tight text shadow that keeps the caption legible over bright footage.
`className`	`string`	`—`	Classes for the text block — width, font family, `uppercase`.

Slice

Each word arrives cut in two, the top half sliding in from the left and the bottom from the right, locking together the moment it is spoken

Typewriter

Each word types out character by character at the pace it is spoken, with a caret that blinks while the speaker pauses