@FinanceYF5: Matt Chow: How They Made a YC Launch Video with Fable 5 in 1.5 Days — Agency quotes $4000–$8000, 2–4 weeks. Fiverr quotes $500–$2000, but at least over a week. They launched Trope on YC this week and...
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Matt Chow shares how they used Fable 5 (based on Remotion) to produce a YC launch video in 1.5 days, comparing agency and Fiverr quotes and timelines, demonstrating a method to create high-quality videos quickly and at low cost.
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Matt Chow: How they used Fable 5 to make a YC launch video in 1.5 days
Agency quotes: $4000–8000, with a turnaround of 2–4 weeks.
Fiverr quotes: $500–2000, but still at least a week or more.
This week they launched Trope at YC, with a 75-second video. Many people who saw it asked: “Which agency made this?”
The answer: a condo clubhouse, an iPhone, and Fable 5 running Remotion.
Here’s the full breakdown.
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