Drum Roll: a slot machine text animation that spins through names
Drum Roll is a five-second scene where a headline opens in the middle and a drum of profile cards spins up in the gap, turning like a slot reel through your list before it eases to a stop on the last name. Each card holds a photo in a circle, a small kicker word and a name. It suits products with named people or personas worth seeing one by one, such as team members, AI agents, customers, experts or roles.
The preview shows placeholder content. Your video uses your UI, words, logo and colors.
- Role
- Feature
- Length
- 5 seconds
- Uses
- Your words and logo
- Format
- 16:9, up to 4K
What it looks like
Your headline sits in two halves on either side of a gap. A drum of cards spins up inside the gap, each with a round photo, a small kicker word and a name. The drum turns through the whole list and eases to a stop on the final card, so the headline reads as one sentence with that name in the middle. With Icon Style set to Shapes, the photos give way to brand colored shapes, so the same scene can list features, integrations or plans. It feels precise, mechanical and premium.
It usually comes right after the hook, as the line that shows who or what is inside the product, and it feels precise and premium.
Best for
- Introducing the AI agents or personas inside your product
- Showing the kinds of customers or roles your product serves
- Running through experts or team members before a section about one of them
- Listing features, integrations or plans with brand colored shapes
What you add
- A headline in two halves that reads as one sentence with a name between them
- At least three cards, each with a short kicker word and a name of up to three words
- A photo for each card, or Icon Style set to Shapes
No recording needed
This scene is built from your words, logo and brand colors. Add your website and Wevi pulls your logo, colors and fonts, so it matches your product without design work.
Videos this scene works in
SaaS explainer video
Problem, solution, proof. Explain what your software does in under a minute.
Read the guideAI product demo video
Show prompts, answers and agents at work without a shaky screen recording.
Read the guideProduct launch video
The 30 to 45 second video for launch day: what it is, who it is for, why now.
Read the guidePairs well with
Feature
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Opener
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Questions
How many cards does it need?
At least three, with no name repeated. Keep each name to three words or fewer, since long names and sentence fragments do not fit the card.
Can it list features instead of people?
Yes. Set Icon Style to Shapes and the photos become brand colored shapes, so the cards can name features, integrations or plans.
When should I use Roll Call instead?
Use Roll Call to show a whole group rolling past under a title. Drum Roll shows the names one at a time inside a sentence.
Put Drum Roll in your next video
Describe the video in a sentence. The Wevi Agent reads your site, captures your product, plans the scenes and renders with voiceover and music. Start free.
Or ask your assistant: Make a launch video for mysite.com with Wevi and open on the Drum Roll scene