Remotion Best Practices

Remotion lets you create videos with React, but the learning curve is steep. The API docs tell you how spring() works, not when to use it. You end up with linear animations, static compositions, and videos that look like animated slides. Nobody explains the motion design principles that separate amateur from production-grade output.

Two layers of rules. Layer 1: 36 API rule files covering every Remotion feature (images, audio, 3D, fonts, transitions, timing, captions, charts). Layer 2: 6 Creative Motion Design rule files with 69 rules extracted from analysis of 12 production-grade video prompts. Covers storytelling, kinetic typography, motion design principles, creative transitions, color/mood, and component architecture.

Your Remotion videos look like they were made by a motion designer, not a developer. Spring presets with overshoot instead of linear movement. Staggered entries instead of everything appearing at once. Narrative arcs instead of flat sequences.

• 43 rule files across 2 knowledge layers
• 36 API rules: spring(), interpolate(), Sequence, audio, video, 3D, fonts, charts
• Motion design principles: spring presets, stagger timing, breathing, overshoot
• Visual storytelling: narrative arcs (3/4/6/8 acts), pacing, progressive reveal
• Kinetic typography: highlight boxes, word insertion, stacked words, stroke-to-fill

• React developers creating videos with Remotion
• Content creators who want programmatic video generation
• Anyone who tried Remotion and got flat, amateur-looking output