CNBC-style YouTube Explainer Video Project

CNBC-style YouTube Explainer Video Project
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- About project:
Seeking a video editor that can produce a video that closely mimics the video quality of CNBC's explainer videos, and
can create two YT thumbnails.

- budget: $118 (fixed price)
- project deadline: Sunday, 2025.11.16
- YT channel:
- scope: geopolitics and economics
- video type: explainers
- url: https://www.youtube.com/@Harbinger-777

- Attatched files: a project folder will be provided once desired candidate is selected. Project folder includes the following:
---
./project_root
├── src
│ ├── audio
│ │ ├── production_audio
│ │ │ ├── vo_ch1.mp3
│ │ │ ├── vo_ch2.mp3
│ │ │ ├── vo_ch3_pt1.mp3
│ │ │ ├── vo_ch3_pt2.mp3
│ │ │ ├── vo_ch4.mp3
│ │ │ ├── vo_ch5.mp3
│ │ │ └── vo_ch6.mp3
│ │ └── soundtrack
│ │ ├── tech-news-2025-10-02-15-43-54-utc.zip
│ │ ├── UniSounds_Tech-News.mp3
│ │ └── UniSounds_Tech-News.wav
│ └── scripts
│ └── v1_script.txt
└── README.txt
---

- Project details:
- Product requirements: surface level
- must produce an explainer video that replicates the editing style, including motion graphics, of CNBC explainer videos
- must also reproduce audio (mixer) quality, where background music is subtle and does not drown voiceover (will provide)
- example CNBC videos that captures editing style: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDt0J62yU45vlT_RCq5ajAT_T-gUnBJsZ
- must also produce two thumbnails for said explainer video

- Functional requirements: refined: what the video must do
- must mimic editing style of CNBC videos
- explainer video must contain similar motion graphics from CNBC videos
- must use steady, non-energetic background music similar to CNBC's videos

- Non-functional requirements: refined: how the video must perform--it's constraints
- video length must be at most five to six minutes
- a-roll (relevant news clips) and b-roll (stock footage/motion graphics) must transition every four to seven seconds to keep viewer engagement
- background music must not drown voiceover (will provide); must match CNBC's style
- thumbnail best practices:
- design must "pop"
- 1280 px x 720 px; 16:9
- desired formats: .jpg or .png
- follow "rule of thirds" design principle: main subject should be where lines intersect
- employ dynamic use of color and composition

- Design requirements: refined: video characteristics
- title:
- video: "Why Vietnam Is Quietly Becoming China's Biggest Problem in the South China Sea"
- thumbnail: "The Silent Expansion"
- must contain animated chapter transitions (will provide chapter titles)
- must contain animated articles
- must contain animated info graphics
- must contain any other motion graphics present in CNBC explainer videos