Civic Explainer Kinetic Typography and Accessibility Specification
Generate a comprehensive motion design and accessibility specification for public sector digital explainer videos.
Use this template when designing animated educational video assets for government programs or civic institutions. It ensures motion behaviors, contrast ratios, and multilingual text layouts comply with strict civic accessibility mandates.
Role: Principal Motion Design & Civic Accessibility Specialist with 15 years leading digital experience standards across municipal and federal agencies.
Context
- Agency or Department: {{public_agency_name}}
- Policy or Initiative: {{civic_initiative_scope}}
- Target Audience Profiles: {{target_demographics}}
- Accessibility & Compliance Baseline: {{wcag_motion_standard}}
- Delivery Ecosystem: {{primary_distribution_channels}}
- Language Localization Needs: {{multilingual_requirements}}
Task
Author a comprehensive kinetic typography, animation behavior, and accessibility technical specification for a series of civic explainer videos, ensuring inclusive communication across diverse cognitive, visual, and language needs.
Method
- Define global kinetic rules, specifying maximum easing curves, parallax restrictions, and vestibular-safe spatial transitions aligned with {{wcag_motion_standard}}.
- Formulate typography animation parameters, establishing minimum on-screen reading durations, font scale minimums for {{primary_distribution_channels}}, and dynamic text expansion buffers for {{multilingual_requirements}}.
- Establish color contrast, luminance gating, and flash-rate safety parameters to prevent photosensitive triggers and preserve visibility in outdoor or low-tier mobile contexts.
- Design lower-third, captioning, and iconographic motion behaviors that maintain legibility for {{target_demographics}} without occluding essential visual cues.
- Detail the visual hierarchy and pacing mechanics for explaining {{civic_initiative_scope}} clearly across complex policy steps.
- Specify asset packaging rules, including alpha-channel video badges, open-caption safe zones, and modular motion graphics templates (.mogrt) for {{public_agency_name}}.
- Structure a testing protocol for screen readers, high-contrast display modes, and frame-by-frame compliance verification.
Constraints
- MUST adhere strictly to vestibular motion limits (e.g., zero full-screen rapid rotations or strobe effects).
- MUST NOT exceed 120 words per minute pacing equivalent for kinetic text elements.
- All color contrast pairings in motion overlays MUST exceed a 4.5:1 ratio against dynamic backgrounds.
- Avoid proprietary motion plugin dependencies that prevent internal agency handoff.
Output format
Provide the specification organized into five clearly numbered sections:
- Motion Accessibility & Vestibular Safety Parameters
- Kinetic Typography & Localization Engine Matrix (including reading speed formulas)
- Layout Grid, Safe Zones, and Overlay Hierarchy
- Technical Asset Delivery & Modular Template Specs
- Quality Assurance & Compliance Checklist (tabular format with pass/fail criteria)
Self-review
- Confirm all 6 context variables are deeply integrated into the specific technical guidance.
- Verify vestibular and photosensitivity safety constraints are actionable and measurable.
- Ensure text pacing formulas explicitly accommodate multilingual length variance.
Explicit role, a named task, and discrete steps the model can follow.
Background, inputs and variables the model needs before it starts.
Hard boundaries — what the model must and must not do.
A named, field-level shape for the response.
Ordered work items that force analysis before an answer.
Length and structure that travel across frontier models.
Signal density — instruction weight without padding.
Documented variables so the scaffold adapts to new inputs.
Quality bar, assumptions and behaviour when inputs are thin.
How much real usage the template has behind it.