# Indian civilisation as a motion showreel

> A 76-second motion-graphics sweep through Indian civilisation, framed as a designer's showreel. Claude Code on Opus 5.5 at xHigh effort made it in one shot for about $9, from a version of the viral showreel prompt that adds three.js for the 3D.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/prompt.txt
- Made with: Claude Code
- Model: Claude Opus 5.5
- Built with: Three.js
- Style: Motion graphics; motion graphics, showreel, 3d, history, india
- Length and format: 1 min, 16:9 (1920x1080 source)
- Shared by @rashem48 in X, Sep 26, 2026: https://x.com/rashem48/status/2103850664007028964
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. Work in Claude Code with Claude Opus 5.5, or the closest equivalent you have.
2. Follow the prompt below. It is the creator's text, unedited.
3. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Replace "Indian civilisation" with your own subject; "Use three.js for any 3D graphics." is the line that steers the 3D sections.
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompt

```text
As a motion designer, make a dynamic motion graphics video that shows Indian civilisation, like it's your showreel for a résumé. go all out.  Use three.js for any 3D graphics.
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A history reel in numbered chapters, framed like a recording HUD: भारत in saffron Devanagari, a 3D brick city with the ratio 4:2:1, a golden Ashoka wheel, pi beside a black torus, a Chola temple, the Taj Mahal, the 1947 tricolour, a lander on the Moon, and a closing title.

- Color: Saffron, gold and deep orange on navy, black and warm cream, with terracotta brick, a pale lilac Taj Mahal, and the flag's saffron, white and green.
- Type: Huge condensed display numerals (4:2:1, π ≈ 3.1416, 15 · 08 · 1947), Devanagari for भारत, italic serif captions ("Symmetry, perfected.", "Five thousand years, and counting.") and small monospace HUD labels such as "CLAUDE / MOTION REEL '26", a REC timecode, chapter names and dates.
- Framing: A fixed HUD with corner brackets frames every chapter: big type left or center against a single 3D object or flat emblem, with the chapter name, a progress rule and a date along the bottom.
- Structure: भारत title, the Sindhu brick city (c. 2600 BCE), the Ashoka chakra, Aryabhata's pi, the Chola temple at Thanjavur (1010 CE), the Taj Mahal, independence in 1947 with "a tryst with destiny", a Chandrayaan Moon landing ("TOUCHDOWN."), then भारत again over a gold mandala.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 4.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 12.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 21.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 29.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 38.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 46.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 55.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 63.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 71.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/indian-civilisation-as-motion-designer-s/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- One-shot: yes, a single prompt with no follow-ups
- Reported spend: Around $9 in total, according to the creator.
- Notes: The creator posted the prompt in two replies, one saying it was simply one prompt to Claude Code with Opus 5.5, and another giving the cost and the effort setting (xHigh). The double space before "Use three.js" is as posted.

> It was simply one prompt dude to Claude Code with Opus 5.5 model, here is the prompt, then sit back and see Claude’s magic:
> (@rashem48)

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/rashem48/status/2103850664007028964
- Original post: https://x.com/rashem48/status/2103850664007028964
- The prompt, in the creator's reply: https://x.com/rashem48/status/2104085260522623390
- The showreel prompt first appeared in this post by @shneural: https://x.com/shneural/status/2103151003272962130