# SILENTREEL

> SILENTREEL is an AI Skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor that renders a 1920s silent-film style motion video. A 1920s silent film.

Source: https://sketchry.app/skills/silentreel/

Silent-film motion video

SILENTREEL is an AI Skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor that renders a 1920s silent-film style motion video with a piano score and projector sound synthesised in code. A 1920s silent film: a sepia silver print in a 4:3 gate between velvet drapes and footlights, with flicker, gate weave, scratches, dust and grain, hand-cranked motion, engraved art-title cards, iris shots and exactly one hand-tinted colour, plus a synthesised piano and projector, rendered as an MP4, a poster and a contact sheet.

### What's included

- An MP4 motion video, a poster, a contact sheet and an .srt
- 10 original recipes: stop and run back, patent-plate cutaway, halting iris, dotted trajectory, medallion art title and more
- Print and title-card rules, score and foley guidance, the full workflow and a QA checklist

### Perfect for

- Explainer and product-demo shorts with a period look
- Teachers and science communicators
- Social creators who need a nostalgic hook

### What you need

- Your topic and the points to make
- Video length and aspect ratio
- Claude Code, Codex or Cursor

## FAQ

### How do I use this Skill?

Paste it into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor and give it the one message and the brand name. The AI installs GSAP and the render tools, writes a storyboard and renders the MP4, a poster and a contact sheet frame by frame in your project folder. [How Skills work](https://sketchry.app/blog/what-is-a-skill/#use)

### Is the whole film black and white?

It is a sepia silver print, with exactly one thing hand-tinted in colour. Motion is hand-cranked, stepping every 1/18 s in lively scenes and 1/16 s in quiet ones, captions are engraved art-title cards, and scenes open and close on an iris.

### Can the fonts be used commercially?

Yes. The Skill only uses open fonts licensed for commercial use (Noto Sans TC, Inter and others under the SIL Open Font License). Check the license before switching fonts.

### Does Sketchry receive my content?

No. The Skill runs inside your own AI tool, and the video is rendered on your own machine.

### How much does it cost?

All 81 Skills, future releases included: US$6 a month, US$29 for six months or US$99 once for Lifetime. Prices include tax.

Last updated: 2026-10-20