Atom-by-atom vaccine molecular film
A 16-second vertical molecular animation of a vaccine, with every protein built atom by atom. Copy the prompt into Claude and change the captions and colours.
A virus covered in spike proteins opens the film, then a lipid nanoparticle melts into a brown cell membrane while new spikes build themselves. Antibodies clamp onto a spike, a T-cell receptor docks onto a presented fragment, and a long pull back closes. Each protein is one sphere per atom in pastel chain colours.
You can rewrite all nine captions, marking one word in red, and change the spike colour, the antibody heavy chains and the accent red. Made for 9:16, it suits Reels, TikTok and Shorts, and science explainers or biology lessons that need a short, readable story about immunity.
Use it for
- Vaccine explainer for Reels
- Biology lesson opener
- Science channel Shorts
Specs
- Length: 16 seconds
- Format: vertical 9:16 (1080x1920), 30 fps
- Built with: Three.js in HyperFrames
- Category: Explainers
What happens, beat by beat
- 0 to 3 s, the hook. Ease-out push from 92 to 52 nm towards the crown of the virus with a 27 degree swing and a roll that settles, then a slow drift. Captions: [e.g. "This…
- 3 to 7 s, delivery. A three-quarter view from above of a membrane slab. A lipid nanoparticle drifts down, squashes like a droplet and sinks in; lipids passing below the surface lay flat in an area-preserving…
- 7 to 11 s, antibodies. Low and wide on one hero spike, push 80 to 58 nm with a 12 degree orbit, the camera aimed down the first antibody's Y so it reads face-on. It glides…
- 11 to 14 s, recognition. Two membrane slabs. Push down into the MHC groove while the peptide swells and glows in the accent red, ride down with the T cell as it descends 24 nm and…
- 14 to 16 s, payoff. Exponential pull back from 72 to 560 nm, still moving on the last frame: every spike coated, three free antibodies drifting in, the cell below fading into the backdrop. Caption: [e.g.…
Post, palette and type
- Composite: AO multiply, a warm-white rim wherever a silhouette stands in front of something far behind, depth fog into a brown gradient backdrop ([backdrop colour, e.g. #6b5040]) with faint blurred…
- Gather depth of field on a golden-angle spiral, background beyond a 7% depth band defocusing twice as fast; then +14% saturation, ACES, a vignette, a dark floor under the captions…
- Palette: spike [e.g. coral #f08474] with pink and peach protomers and cream glycans; antibody heavy chains [e.g. teal #4fd0c3], light chains lilac; MHC sage, β2m butter yellow, TCR blue and…
- Captions: Open Sans 600, 56 px, white, centred near the bottom with a soft dark radial pad behind; the word renders bold in the accent. Each fades and rises 10…
How the prompt opens
Make a 16-second, 9:16 (1080x1920, 30 fps) molecular-art film in which every protein is built from its real atomic structure, one sphere per atom, in soft pastel chain colours on a warm brown membrane. The example explains [your topic: e.g. how a vaccine trains your immune system] in five hard-cut shots: a virus bristling with spike proteins, a lipid nanoparticle melting into a cell membrane as new spikes build themselves, antibodies clamping onto a spike, a T-cell receptor docking onto a presented fragment, and a long pull back. Small captions sit low with one key word in red. Swap in your own structures, captions and colours.
The full prompt runs 1,100 words. Copy it free (2 a day) from this page.
Copy the prompt into Claude, or pull the scene into Claude Code and render the MP4 on your machine: how it works.