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Plan a product demo with a reliable continuity ledger

Plan a demonstration around product actions, with a continuity ledger for screens, props, framing, and timing. Separate evidence of actual product behavior from generated footage. The output is a shot package that an editor can assemble without inventing interface states or suggesting unsupported product capabilities.

For: Product marketers assembling a short demonstration from real screens and illustrative footage.

A miniature film editing bench combines twin green film reels, a physical sequence of illustrated frames and an animation light box.
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YOUR STARTING MATERIAL

Supply the verified product workflow, actual screen references, audience, duration, narrative goal, and visual continuity constraints.

YOUR STARTING OPTIONS

Runway · Luma · Kling AI

THE FINISHED DELIVERABLE

A timed shot list, continuity ledger, illustrative footage briefs, and an editor handoff with verification notes.

The situation

You need a demo showing how a customer moves from an incoming request to a completed handoff. Actual screen recordings establish what the product does, while illustrative shots may provide context. The risk is a sequence that looks smooth but changes the data, actor, or interface state between cuts. Build the story from a verified workflow, document each transition, and review any generated footage against that continuity record before editing.

Build a small, reviewable version

  1. Anchor the verified action

    Walk through the actual workflow and record its starting state, user action, and visible result. Choose one audience problem and one demo outcome. Mark which shots must use real product evidence and which may be illustrative context without implying additional product behavior.

    Check: Every product claim has a corresponding verified action or screen reference.

  2. Build the continuity ledger

    For each planned shot, record duration, actor, product data, screen state, framing, prop details, and transition into the next shot. Limit each shot to one clear action. Check that the next starting state follows from the previous visible result rather than an unexplained jump.

    Check: Each transition preserves the relevant data, actor, and workflow state.

  3. Brief illustrative footage

    Use the ledger to brief any generated context shots, specifying persistent visual details and the action that belongs in each clip. Review candidates for changing objects, distracting motion, or implied interface features. Reject a clip when its apparent story conflicts with the verified product workflow.

    Check: Illustrative clips support context without serving as evidence of product behavior.

  4. Assemble a timed rough cut

    Place reference screens and selected illustrative shots into a rough timeline. Review continuity without sound, then check that narration describes only visible or verified actions. Provide the editor with source references, replaceable placeholders, and unresolved transition notes.

    Check: A reviewer can follow the workflow and identify each remaining placeholder.

Your acceptance checklist

  • The timeline demonstrates one coherent workflow within the agreed duration.
  • Every product behavior shown or narrated has a verified source reference.
  • The continuity ledger accounts for data, actors, and transitions between shots.
  • Illustrative footage and unresolved placeholders are clearly identified in the handoff.

Where the process can go wrong

  • A generated interface can imply a feature the product does not offer.
  • Changing names or data across cuts makes the workflow hard to follow.
  • Narrating an action before its visible result can conceal a missing transition.

Choose the workflow deliberately

Consider Runway, Luma, and Kling AI for footage candidates after the workflow is fixed. Select clips by continuity and narrative purpose rather than novelty. Keep actual screens as the evidence for product behavior, and use a simpler transition when an elaborate clip obscures the demonstration.

A working brief to copy

Create a timed shot plan for [PRODUCT WORKFLOW] aimed at [AUDIENCE] within [DURATION]. Ground all product actions in [VERIFIED SCREEN REFERENCES]. For each shot specify purpose, action, duration, starting state, ending state, and continuity details. Identify footage that must be a real screen recording and footage that may be illustrative. Use [VISUAL REFERENCE] for contextual clips. Flag any transition requiring missing evidence, and do not invent interface states, product features, or successful outcomes that our supplied references cannot establish.

Tool context and original sources

This is an editorial task plan using the products’ published positioning, rather than a record of controlled product testing. The steps describe a trial for you to run. Confirm current access and terms, and review each tool’s limitations.

YOUR STARTING TOOLKIT

Meet the candidates.

Runway

Generate and iterate on video concepts in a creative production workflow.

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Luma

Develop generated video scenes and refine footage in a shared creative workspace.

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Kling AI

Generate video concepts with reference assets and direction for subjects and camera movement.

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